On this episode, I welcome Calvin Jiang from Castbox — a podcast distribution platform headquartered in the U.S. and China with over 30 million registered users and available in over 175 countries and 70+ languages.

Calvin is Partner and Head of Investor Relations at Castbox, and we talk about the future of podcasting as he has some bold predictions about the future of his industry.

Some of the takeaways you will hear include what language is a big upcoming market, how Twitch for Audio also known as live-streaming might be the next big money maker, and how the China podcast market differs from the rest of the world not to mention what Calvin thinks of Spotify’s foray into podcasting.

Yes, this is podcast inception – a podcast talking about podcasts on a podcast platform.

Castbox
http://www.castbox.fm

iVoox
https://us.ivoox.com/en/

GVR Podcast Market Report
https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/podcast-market

Last Podcast on the Left Patreon page, has 12K subscribers earning roughly 67K per month
https://www.patreon.com/lastpodcastontheleft

Investing in the Podcast Ecosystem in 2019
https://a16z.com/2019/05/23/podcast-ecosystem-investing-2019

Will Audio Live-streaming Take off in America
https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/20/will-audio-livestreaming-take-off-in-america

Spotify needed a huge podcast, and it just bought one of the biggest
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21124201/bill-simmons-the-ringer-spotify-acquistion-podcast-purchase

Matthew Ball on AudioTech
https://www.matthewball.vc/all/audiotech

Web Summit
http://www.websummit.com

RISE
http://www.riseconf.com