Listening to podcasts is becoming increasingly popular, with more and more people turning to them for their fix of series to binge on. In The Infinite Dial’s latest report, 24% of Americans said that they had listened to a podcast in the last month – a staggering number. 

The rising interest in podcasts, is down to a combination of factors: celebrities using them to express their opinions, TV comedy shows being based around the medium and hit shows grabbing the attention of the masses. All of this is great news for podcasting, and what better way to reach this new market of listeners than Spotify?

This February 8th-10th, Orlando, Florida will be taken over by Podfest Multimedia Expo. A conference created for independent podcasters (from beginners to veterans) by podcasters, with the aim of building and developing an international podcast community through networking, events and exchanging of ideas. This year is the event’s fourth year and will see over one thousand content creators flock to find out what’s hot and what’s not in the podcasting world.

During the course of the three days, six key topics, or ‘tracks’, will be the umbrella themes for all panels and discussions, this year’s are: Monetization, Multimedia, Technology, Audience Building, Entrepreneur, and Social. To really get under the skin of these topics, there will be events of all varieties, ranging from demos of the latest products and services to workshops and panels. All will be followed by a Q&A.