… in Sweden. And I can’t actually confirm whether that’s true or not, but it DID make me smile.
As most of you are probably aware, I released a new Battletech-themed short story podcast last week. You can find it right here if you’re curious and I’m quite proud of it. But a few days ago I received an email stating that some podcast-analysis app that I’d never heard of (and certainly never signed up for) claiming that my new podcast was currently the 75th most popular podcast in the Sci-Fi category for Sweden.
I mean… hey, I’ll take it. It’s a very, very niche genre I’m preparing content for, so it’s possible that there just aren’t that many people in Sweden listening to podcasts (in English!) about science fiction. But it couldn’t have been more than one or two people who downloaded it… last week I only had a few dozen downloads total, and I’d be stunned if many of them were in Sweden.
Although, I suppose, it’s not strictly impossible. It would be surprising.
Anyway. I thought it was a funny claim. The podcast hasn’t hit 100 downloads yet, but it’s still young and I’m certainly not doing a tonne of effort into promoting it. I’ll see what the numbers are for a few weeks, and then consider trying to get the word out more widely. Maybe. Either way, I’m having fun.
75th most popular podcast, baby!
Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!