There are 8,000+ Lightning-Enabled Podcasts
397 sats \ 9 comments \ @kr 28 Jun 2022 bitcoin
There are now over 8,000+ podcasts with value tags in their RSS feeds, enabling anyone to send Lightning payments to the show owner.
This time last year, there were only 246 podcasts that could accept Lightning payments.
Impressive growth to date, and hopefully lots more to come. There are roughly 4 million podcasts on the internet today as per the Podcast Index.
June 2022 is on pace to be the biggest month of all time for Lightning podcasting growth.
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69 sats \ 3 replies \ @BlokchainB 29 Jun 2022
It’s one thing to sign up but are people actually streaming sats? What’s the metrics on sats streamed/boosted
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371 sats \ 2 replies \ @kr OP 29 Jun 2022
In @merryoscar’s AMA earlier this week, he mentioned that 257 shows have earned sats from listeners in the last 30 days.
#39079
Anecdotally, I can say that my show has been consistently earning 100k-300k sats per month on Fountain… I have been getting sat boosts every single day for the last 3-4 months.
Worth noting that I only receive 44-49% of the sats sent in to my show (so the total is higher than 100-300k), the rest go to guests, Fountain, the Podcast Index, and one listener.
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69 sats \ 1 reply \ @moel 29 Jun 2022
Why would "one listener" get a big chuck of you sats ?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr OP 29 Jun 2022
on every episode, i now reserve 10% of the sats for a listener question.
basically, i tweet out my upcoming guests and if listeners send in questions for them, the best question gets added to the show splits.
it’s an extension of the value 4 value idea, if listeners provide valuable questions, they get value in return.
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69 sats \ 1 reply \ @moon 28 Jun 2022
I wouldn't be shocked if this number does a 10x by the EOY
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr OP 28 Jun 2022
we’re getting 500-1,000 new shows/month now, but could definitely see a mid-tier podcast player turning on value 4 value payments for all their hosted shows this year. seeing some really solid traction on my show despite the bear market for Bitcoin.
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69 sats \ 0 replies \ @Majjin 28 Jun 2022
That's awesome! I hope that V4V really blows up. The thesis behind it seems really sound. For the curious: https://dergigi.com/2021/12/30/the-freedom-of-value/
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69 sats \ 0 replies \ @AJ 2 Jul 2022 freebie
Really stoked that V4V is gaining traction.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @premitive1 3 Jul 2022
That seems like a lot to me, I'm wondering if some service doesn't automatically enable the value tag, even when the creator of the podcast hasn't inputted an address to receive the funds.
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