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Podcast Maps S3E2 - Community: The Audio 2.0 Opportunity Podcast Maps by Graham Brown

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Tokyo and Shanghai combined have 73 million people. That's more people in 2 cities than the population of California and Texas combined. So many people, so little space. Many of these 73 million people came from outside the city, uprooted from their local communities. It's no coincidence that they have the largest and most profitable Starbucks stores in the world. Not because Starbucks sells coffee, but they sell what people need during times of massive disruption - spaces to connect.

In this article from Unified Communications, the author writes that, "Everyone's talking about Audio Spaces right now”. Clubhouse, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Reddit, Discord and Podcasts are all forms of Social Space reimagined for the world of audio. To the question of who will win long term, this is perhaps best answered not by me, but by the ones who have driven communication technology for the last 20 years - teenagers.

Tokyo and Shanghai combined have 73 million people. That's more people in 2 cities than the population of California and Texas combined. So many people, so little space. Many of these 73 million people came from outside the city, uprooted from their local communities. It's no coincidence that they have the largest and most profitable Starbucks stores in the world. Not because Starbucks sells coffee, but they sell what people need during times of massive disruption - spaces to connect.

In this article from Unified Communications, the author writes that, "Everyone's talking about Audio Spaces right now”. Clubhouse, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Reddit, Discord and Podcasts are all forms of Social Space reimagined for the world of audio. To the question of who will win long term, this is perhaps best answered not by me, but by the ones who have driven communication technology for the last 20 years - teenagers.

12 min