Blog Relations

I’ve just come across the Hott 100 from podcast host, Libsyn. It’s a chart showing the most downloaded podcasts on Libsyn over the past 24 hours. Libsyn probably has most of the top indie pods, so it’s a good one to follow. It’s different from rankings by number of subscribers, such as the Podfeed / FeedBurner top 100. I don’t see many British pods there, but Storynory is at 85 today, and seems to rise to around 51 on our strong days (Monday usually being a good one after we publish on Sunday evening). Learn language pods do well, as does Grammar Girl, for all those Americans who are up tight about not knowing how to write English properly. Askaninja, which passes for humour in Geek land, is number one.

But Grammar Girl really is on to something. It’s short and simple, and presumably easy to make. Take heed Brit-podders, Grammar Girl doesn’t RAMBLE! I think self-improvement is a huge theme in Podcasting, and much over looked. People want to use that half hour on the train to limber up their brain-cells.