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The best performing comedy shows for ads

Episode 2215 Published 3 months, 1 week ago

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Bill Burr performs on stage, but also performs best for advertisers on his podcast - so says the ORBIT Rankings from Oxford Road, focusing this month on the top 15 performing comedy podcasts that deliver the best results for the advertisers who used them. Burr’s Monday Morning Podcast is at #1, NPR’s perennial favourite Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me is at #10. “There are plenty of ways to turn the funny into money,” says the report.
The Podcast Hall of Fame will be on fire next January at Podfest in Orlando - the 2026 induction ceremony will be hosted by John Lee Dumas, organisers have announced. JLD is the host of Entrepreneurs on Fire, which has released more than 4,000 episodes.
Overcast has launched a new feature dubbed “Promos and Reruns” that can automatically skip downloading any feed drops or trailer drops. The app also now - finally - displays per-episode artwork, and shows season/episode numbers. The app will soon support transcripts, we understand.

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