New podcasts from AI now outnumber new podcasts from humans

Podcast: Podnews Weekly Review · James Cridland and Sam Sethi

Opublikowano: 2026-04-17

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail AI is now publishing podcasts at a pace that can outstrip humans, and we feel the knock-on effects in discovery, trust, and monetisation. We trace how copycats and AI slop farms exploit platform incentives, then map the few practical levers creators and companies can pull right now. • more AI-generated podcast launches than human launches on some days, and what that signals for the podcast industry • a copycat studio mimicking titles and artwork to siphon first listens and ad revenue • why near-copy metadata can evade simple copyri...