How long should your podcast be?

[Podnutter]

I noticed a trend of new podcasts coming out that are 15-30 min long. I was wondering if thats the right format for what we are doing? how long do you guys think is long enough?

[andrewzarian]

Thats interesting. I have also noticed that there seems to be a trend with shorter shows. I think it all comes down to viewership. If its working for you then its great. I personally like doing 1 -2 hour shows.

[Amnon]

4 - 5 hours here :-)

[BradShoemaker]

I'ma fan of the one to two hour shows... it all depends on your topic and your audience.

[Jadori]

My shows are usually between 30 to an hour. But it really depends on the topic you are covering.

[mcphillips]

Size really doesn't matter.

[sunkast]

Personally I think this all depends on your content and how interesting you are. If you are trying to do a 2 hour show, but only really have 30 minutes of content that you are trying to stretch to fill the 2 hours, then you really shouldn't be doing a 2 hour show. I have a short attention span so I tune out pretty easily. If you have more than 5 minutes of stretching/filler, I'm not going to continue listening.

[Jadori]

If you are entertaining and can engage your audience then go for a two hour show. Not everyone is going to like what you do so you need to work with what you are happy with. Then your loyal listeners will understand. I like to call my fans Blasians lol. I listen to them but also make my own judgements as well.