[Our_Benefactors]

Joe Rogan for example is a “podcast” but also films all their episodes so you can watch the host and guests reactions and body language during the segment. “Podcast” doesn’t just mean audio anymore, the definition has evolved.

[jimkleiber]

What I've seen is that it might be easier to promote a podcast if it has video because the web is a visual space and audio-only can be hard to make visual, unless one creates audiograms with text subtitles, but still not as compelling visually.

Plus, YouTube and other visual platforms seem to have better discoverability.

But I'm open to being proved wrong, as I'd love to record audio only lol.

[coffeebeqn]

Exactly. You can much easier make TikToks and such if you already have the video