Here are links to my many observations of the podcasting space, most are articles on Medium...

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-podcast-movement-2018-748b4a8bfde1
Podcast Movement #PM18

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-simple-podcast-math-fc8de0928fb
Simple Podcast Math

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-host-domains-international-2f36b98a4862
Host Domains International

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-dormant-vs-dead-bc5b3919ad61
Dormant vs Dead

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-different-statistics-ef57a2610bb3
Different Statistics

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-walking-around-b1382391d398
Walking Around

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-skepticism-in-podcasting-3deba666431c
Skepticism in Podcasting

http://discoverpods.com/podcasting-democratic-medium/
Podcasting is THE Democratic Medium

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-yapt-4b3f3a9e50f3
YAPT

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-podcasting-magazines-257bcf59d7a7
Podcasting::Magazines

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-not-hosts-podcast-hosting-bd21a8d3f359
Not Hosts, Podcast Hosting

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-are-podcasters-different-ca1937152c22
Are Podcasters Different?

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-the-name-aa17ea990bc7
The Name

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-host-read-ads-c372d2cc7489
Host-read Ads

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-diverse-participation-54a5d54b42ef
Diverse Participation

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-hate-listening-473259eb0de6
Hate Listening

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-sleep-listening-7cb53bdd6eb
Sleep Listening

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-new-adoption-1b515ce40b40
New podcast adoption

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-listening-behaviors-f79bc78c4c3f
Podcast listeners share certain basic behaviors; we naturally follow many similar patterns.

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/afterpod-66269786d919
A meandering look at the “death” of RSS and MP3, the podcasting industry, and ways both technology and human behavior affect industry growth rates.

https://medium.com/@GluedToTheScreen/podcasting-diversity-de58f56bfda
Podcasting Diversity

https://twitter.com/search&vertical=default&q=%23pm17%20from%3Aglued2thescreen&src=typd&lang=en
#PM17 tweets

https://medium.com/hashtagpodcasters/personal-take-podcast-movement-2017-8ad44b673189
Personal Take: Podcast Movement 2017 - Anaheim, CA