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• Joe Rogan has three times the number of followers than the next biggest show on Spotify, according to new figures from Rephonic. The service uses Spotify’s published follower figures. Interestingly, given data we published earlier this year showing that Spotify is #1 in most countries outside the US and UK, 76% of the top shows are in English.
• Most podcast consumers are open to discovering new podcasts, says research unveiled at Podcast Movement last week, by Cumulus Media and Westwood One. The data was collected nearly a year ago.
• Audiomeans has achieved IAB v2.2 certified status. The French podcast hosting company is certified for Download, Ad Delivery, Listener and Client-Confirmed Ad Play, and is the first hosting company to achieve certification in all four metrics for v2.2.

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