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Brawer: Podcast Industry Will Reach $100B by 2029

Edward Brawer · $1.5M on the Line! Raising Venture Capital for the Future of Podcast Automation Software! · May 15, 2024 · at 3:29

Edward Brawer, CEO and co-founder of Podcast AI, pitches the investor panel on The Pitch about the market size and trajectory for podcasting.

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“The podcast industry is huge. It's growing at a compounded 30% per year, and that's projecting out to a hundred billion dollar industry by 20 29.”

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The claim, plainly

The podcast industry is growing at a compound annual rate of 30% and is projected to reach $100 billion by 2029.

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Assessment

On May 15, 2024, Edward Brawer asserted that the podcast industry was compounding at 30% annually and projected to reach $100 billion by 2029. Credible broad-market industry research corroborates the substance of this claim: Grand View Research (July 2026 update) estimated a 27.0% CAGR through 2030, projecting the global market to reach approximately $103.2 billion in 2029 ($131.1 billion by 2030), and Research and Markets (2026) projected $171.45 billion by 2030 at a 28.9% CAGR. Under ledger guidelines for offhand round estimates, the 27.0%–28.9% growth rate and ~$103 billion 2029 figure fall within the ~15% approximation tolerance of 30% and $100 billion, grading as partially_true. Additionally, this projection applies only to comprehensive ecosystem definitions (including hardware, hosting, creator tools, and subscriptions); narrower analyses focused purely on advertising revenue (such as PwC and the IAB) forecast the sector well below $15 billion globally by 2030.

Grand View Research (July 15, 2026 report) projected the global podcasting market to reach $131.1 billion by 2030 at a 27.0% CAGR, crossing $100 billion in 2029 (~$103.2 billion).
Research and Markets (2026 report) projected the market to reach $171.45 billion by 2030 at a 28.9% CAGR.
PwC and IAB (June/August 2026 reports) track advertising revenues specifically, projecting global podcast advertising spend to remain under $15 billion through 2030.

Checked against

[1] grandviewresearch.com [2] researchandmarkets.com [3] marketdataforecast.com [4] snsinsider.com [5] rootsanalysis.com [6] mordorintelligence.com [7] forbes.com [8] precedenceresearch.com

global podcast market size CAGR Grand View Research global podcast market size 2029 2030 Grand View Research podcast market size 100 billion 2029 2030 PwC podcast advertising revenue forecast 2028 2029

assessed as of 2026-09-03

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