Gatina: Religion and spirituality was the top podcast category in audience and creators
Steve Gatina · How 2 Personal Losses Led To Building The #1 Faith-Based Media Company · Apr 18, 2023 · at 39:44
Steve Gatina, founder and CEO of Pray.com, discusses discovering faith-based audio content in late 2015 while researching the podcasting landscape.
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“I found out religion and spirituality was actually the number one category of all podcasts in terms of both audience size. So consumers and content creators.”
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