Kuku FM

9 statements across 3 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 5, 2022 by Lal Chand Bisu · said 33 times in 5 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Dec 5, 2022 neutral
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Bisu: More than 90% of Kuku FM's content is non-fiction
“More than 90% content is in non-fiction side. Personal finance, history, biography, recently we did parenting content.”
Lal Chand Bisu Dec 5, 2022 ▶ 5:06 Status-driven Indian Society, Learnings, & Building For Bharat- Lal Chand Bisu, CEO, Kuku FM
Dec 5, 2022 bullish
Insight
Bisu: Audio avoids competing directly with video for active screen time
“Audio is something that can solve this problem. And this time zone is not competing with other time zones that we spend on screen. Like, there are other content formats. We can do it on the video. We have to watch the video on the screen. Like, when you consum…”
Lal Chand Bisu Dec 5, 2022 ▶ 7:38 Status-driven Indian Society, Learnings, & Building For Bharat- Lal Chand Bisu, CEO, Kuku FM
Dec 5, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bisu: Personal finance drives the highest content consumption on Kuku FM
“So today, the most content consumption is happening in personal finance.”
Lal Chand Bisu Dec 5, 2022 ▶ 17:14 Status-driven Indian Society, Learnings, & Building For Bharat- Lal Chand Bisu, CEO, Kuku FM
Dec 5, 2022 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Bisu: Kuku FM targets 50 million paid subscribers by 2025
“So our plan is to cross ten million paid users by next year, and then fifty million by twenty-twenty-five. Then hundred million will be our next target.”
Lal Chand Bisu Dec 5, 2022 ▶ 46:42 Status-driven Indian Society, Learnings, & Building For Bharat- Lal Chand Bisu, CEO, Kuku FM
Sep 29, 2023 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Bisu: Kuku FM Targets 10M Paid Users Next Year, 50M by 2025
“So our plan is to cross ten million paid users by next year, and then fifty million by twenty-twenty-five.”
Lal Chand Bisu Sep 29, 2023 ▶ 30:40 FUTURE of Indian Jobs, India Subscription Model & Life Lessons | Kuku FM Founder on The Neon Show
Sep 29, 2023 negative
Insight
Bisu: Standalone unlinked podcasts fail with mainstream Indian audiences
“So, in India, we started with podcasts, but within three months, we realized that in India, normal people are not consuming content. They don't want to listen to one episode, but they don't want to listen to another episode, because it is not linked. So, there…”
Lal Chand Bisu Sep 29, 2023 ▶ 7:27 FUTURE of Indian Jobs, India Subscription Model & Life Lessons | Kuku FM Founder on The Neon Show
Sep 29, 2023 neutral
Insight
Bisu: Audio listeners abandon low-production content faster than video viewers
“But there was a big learning that, yeah, audio can be low-quality content. And that's why we consume low-quality content on YouTube. But in case of audio, you are listening with only one sensor. If there is a little bit of noise now, you will get irritated and…”
Lal Chand Bisu Sep 29, 2023 ▶ 8:00 FUTURE of Indian Jobs, India Subscription Model & Life Lessons | Kuku FM Founder on The Neon Show
Sep 29, 2023
Disclosure
Bisu: Over 90% of Kuku FM's content is non-fiction
“Like, nine, more than 90% content is in non-fiction side.”
Lal Chand Bisu Sep 29, 2023 ▶ 3:04 FUTURE of Indian Jobs, India Subscription Model & Life Lessons | Kuku FM Founder on The Neon Show
Mar 6, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2029
Kamath: Audio content platform Kuku FM will IPO very soon
“So Cuckoo is gonna do an IPO very soon.”
Sudarshan Kamath Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 4:42 Where SMALL models will Win | Sudarshan kamath, Smallest ai
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