{"id":8508,"date":"2021-03-26T15:13:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.libsyn.com\/?p=8508"},"modified":"2021-03-26T15:13:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:13:44","slug":"the-perfect-length-for-a-podcast-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libsyn.com\/blog\/the-perfect-length-for-a-podcast-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Length for a Podcast Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8508\" class=\"elementor elementor-8508\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b9a1fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b9a1fa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b0aab9\" data-id=\"0b0aab9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-caaf069 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"caaf069\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Here are some of the top questions that we hear from podcasters&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow long should my episode be?\u201d <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat is the approximate length of an episode?\u201d <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIs having a shorter or longer episode help me gain an audience?\u201d <\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter what way the question is asked, we\u2019ve always told our podcasters the answer is however long you want it to be!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The question came up on the Feed Episode 188 and co-host Rob Walch, Libyn\u2019s VP of Podcater Relations has data to support our answer. The stats below are from the episode. You can listen here: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Feed188Blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/Feed188Blog<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><h3><strong>Rob compared the Top 200 episodes in Apple Podcasts from February 2021 to the past three years. <\/strong><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a look at the chart below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-112073a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"112073a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/libsyn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-1-768x576.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8541\" alt=\"apple-podcast-show-graph\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libsyn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/libsyn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/libsyn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-1.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" title=\"apple-podcast-show-graph - Official Libsyn Blog\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91c7360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91c7360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Top 200 (Shows 22 minutes or less)\u00a0<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021, the percentage of podcasts in the Top 200 that were 22 minutes or less was 8%. In 2020 it was 8.5%, 2019 was 6.6% and in 2018 was 8.1% giving us a steady overall average around 8%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>That means in the past 4 years 8% of the shows in the Top 200 in Apple Podcast had a show that was 22 min or less<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3><b>Top 200 (Shows 40 minutes or longer)\u00a0<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The percentage of podcasts in the Top 200 that were 40 minutes or longer in 2021 was 78%. It was 80.5% in 2020, 75% in 2019 and 69% in 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Overall holding an average in that 75-80% range of shows that are longer than 40 minutes in the Top 200 in Apple Podcasts.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3><b>Top 200 (Shows 120 minutes or longer)\u00a0<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The percentage of those Top 200 podcasts that were 120 minutes or longer dropped this year versus the past year (2020) at a percentage of 5.5% in 2021 and 11% in 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cdde9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cdde9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, we highlight this here to show you how one show can change stats so quickly. The drop resulted from Joe Rogan\u2019s The Joe Rogan Experience. His show is no longer in the top 200 episodes as it went exclusive with Spotify the beginning of December 2020. In the past Joe typically had 10 to 15 episodes in the top 200 at any given time &#8211; most around 160 to 180 minutes in length.\u00a0 The removal of his show is why the Average dropped from 67 minutes in 2020 to 65 minutes in 2021. That said the median overall still went up to 60 min in 2021 vs 58 average minutes in 2020. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff12c5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff12c5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Top 200 (Show length median)\u00a0<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year half (50%) of the episodes in the Top 200 in Apple Podcasts were over 60 minutes and half (50%) were under 60 minutes (between 40-60 minutes).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3fec49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e3fec49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f66e88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f66e88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, as you can see with the data above, the answer to the question: what is the ideal length of a podcast episode is <\/span><b><i>there is no ideal length!<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever it takes you to get through the content and produce the show that you want is the right length for you!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5fc16c elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f5fc16c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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