Allahbadia: The Indian podcast boom is driven by Gen Z loneliness
Ranveer Allahbadia · Ep# 13 | WTF does it take to Build Influence Today? Nikhil w/ Nuseir, Tanmay, Prajakta & Ranveer · Nikhil Kamath · Nov 20, 2023 · at 1:32:26
Ranveer Allahbadia (BeerBiceps) discusses audience psychology with Nikhil Kamath, explaining why long-form raw audio resonates with urban youth.
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“Also this generation, like the new, the younger people that I have come across, the ones that work with me, I've seen generally Have more problems dealing with loneliness than people I aged it. It says that there is some kind of vacuum there, which I've seen gets filled with emotional content and really raw content, which is also why I think podcasts are taking off in the country.”
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