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date: 2025-05-15
link: https://justinjackson.ca/youtube-kill-podcasting
title: Will YouTube kill the podcast industry?
cited: Justin Jackson

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> tl;dr – The podcast industry has long relied on the open nature of RSS to sustain a wide variety of small businesses. But that could all disappear if YouTube becomes the de facto place to publish podcasts.
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> Podcast Movement Evolutions, a conference focused on 'the business of podcasting,' hosted 2,000 podcast professionals in Chicago on March 31-April 3, 2025.
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> The dominant conversation? YouTube. With [**41% of people**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGDvlsFaoVs) now using YouTube as their primary podcast platform, many industry leaders celebrated it as the future. They're welcoming YouTube with open arms. I left feeling a growing sense of dread.