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Yeah, you know, part of our goal, you know, really going in was to not only of course

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cover the Joes that the world and the people who host those Joes, you know, the world knows,

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but to really give a voice to Joes that maybe you haven't heard of, but really should consider

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listening to. And so every month we have multiple under the radar features. Every month we have

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multiple off the charts selections. And then every month we have our Hot 50. Basically,

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it's like if you think about like, you know, Billboard and sort of the top 40 shows or

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whatever, it's the podcast magazine Hot 50, which are shows that aren't the list one through

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50 isn't based on downloads, isn't based on subscribes, isn't based on influencer count.

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Like it's not based on anything other than fan voting. And so that, you know, between

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those three pieces of the puzzle under the radar off the charts and the podcast magazine

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Hot 50 chart, you know, it's really exposed folks to shows that normally they wouldn't

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have an opportunity to even know about. And so, and a lot of the features, you know, a

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lot of the features on the monthly where we go more in depth with folks and the actual

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written pieces there, you know, the more in depth written pieces. So many of those shows,

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I just didn't even know existed. I mean, shows about autism, you know, shows about baking.

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So, I mean, like, you name it, we cover it. And it's just, it's so incredible to me to

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see that there are so many amazing shows out there. And for us to be able to shed some

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light on those shows. And even like you said, I mean, some of the bigger influencers, a

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lot of people don't even realize they have podcasts. Yeah. But to be able to shed some

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light on what's going on here in the space. It's pretty cool.

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Well, it with these hot 50 shows, is it all nomination based? Or do you guys like just

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put out a list? How does it how does that work?

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Yeah, it's strictly fan voting. And, you know, I mean, it's it's what gives everybody a chance

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to get onto the list, right? So just podcastmagazine.com slash hot 50. And, and we encourage podcasters,

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of course, to encourage their audience to vote for their shows if they want to see them

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on the chart. And, and a lot of, you know, a lot of people do.

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That's awesome. But what I also love is that you don't just have the hot 50. You also have

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pretty inexpensive advertising for podcasters. Tell me a little bit about that.

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Yeah, we between you know, our social on our web and our digital edition of the magazine,

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the print edition of the magazine, we're reaching well over 50,000 folks every single month.

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And yeah, and there are ways to get advertising and exposure in the magazine for as little

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as 250 bucks. And even nowadays, we've tried to keep it pretty accessible for folks who

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want really nice, nice visibility in the magazine. You know, our full page at the moment is I

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think it's $2,500. So yeah, it's it's tough to find a more competitive outlet really to

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reach people who obviously have their hand up and love podcasts and in those sort of

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numbers for for such a reasonable cost. Yeah,

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that's awesome. That's awesome. Now, other than the advertising and the hot 50, is there

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any way that someone could get featured in the magazine?

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I'm sure yeah, I mean, we're always looking for awesome shows and people to profile. So

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the best way to make that happen is just simply reach out for the appropriate category director.

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So if you've got a society and culture show, reach out for the society and culture category

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director. If you've got a business show, right, reach out for the business category director.

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And, you know, or just email Kelly at podcastmagazine.com.