• A report by Buzzsprout on the top 200 Apple podcasts by primary genre ranked the following topics as in the top — comedy, news & politics, society & culture, personal journals, history, science & medicine, management & marketing, professional, sports & recreation, performing arts, business, TV & film, investing, literature, kids & family, and self-help respectively.
• 19 podcast ideas for topics and content type in 2020 was published by Buzzsprout on a blog post.
• These ideas include: sailing, welding or metal working, pest removal, long-haul truck driving, the outdoors such as hiking, camping, & boating, pets, crafting such as pottery, sewing, basket weaving, woodworking, & quilting, musical instruments, flipping homes, podcasting, wedding planning, 3D printing, storm chasing, aquariums, caving, spelunking, rock climbing, rappelling, celebrity net worth, tiny homes, urban farming, and book summaries.

Next Steps

• We recommend more research to identify additional topics and content types that will potentially present an opportunity for podcasts in 2020.