The Power of Podcasts
6 min readAug 1, 2023
A Captivating Medium Shaping the Digital Landscape
Podcasts, a portmanteau (which is a fancy way of saying the combination of two words) of “iPod” and “broadcast,” first gained traction in the early 2000s.
Initially, podcasts were primarily associated with tech enthusiasts, but as smartphones and improved internet accessibility became ubiquitous, podcasts entered the mainstream.