Why Do Podcasters Post Their Audio On YouTube?

[Jadori]

I have noticed the trend of audio podcasters posting their shows on YouTube. Since YouTube is a visual format I thought that it is interesting that I see more and more of that on there. Why do you think that people are doing that?

[mcphillips]

It's all about reaching more listeners. There are lots of audio-only uploads on YouTube. It has the most traffic of any entertainment site. The question in my mind is, why would you NOT post your audio on YouTube?

[Amnon]

It's all about reaching more listeners. There are lots of audio-only uploads on YouTube. It has the most traffic of any entertainment site. The question in my mind is, why would you NOT post your audio on YouTube?

Hey, never thought about posting the audio there. They would not let me post the 5 Hours show, but the audio is a pretty small file.

[Donovan]

Hey, never thought about posting the audio there. They would not let me post the 5 Hours show, but the audio is a pretty small file.

YouTube has allowed unlimited time for about a year now. I post our 1+ hour shows there every week.

[Amnon]

YouTube has allowed unlimited time for about a year now. I post our 1+ hour shows there every week.

Well, I tried about two months ago again, and no dice. Will try again.

[mcphillips]

The last time I checked, there was a time limit more so than a file size limit. Things change all the time, so give it a shot. Audio files are easily edited into segments.

[Amnon]

YouTube has allowed unlimited time for about a year now. I post our 1+ hour shows there every week.

Well, if they claim that then there is something wrong. I uploaded yesterday's show, and right after it was done, I gor this:
"This video has been removed because it is too long.
Sorry about that."

[Donovan]

Well, if they claim that then there is something wrong. I uploaded yesterday's show, and right after it was done, I gor this:
"This video has been removed because it is too long.
Sorry about that."

I'm not sure why they won't allow you to upload longer than 15 minutes. If you visit http://www.youtube.com/southgeekme, you'll see that my videos are well over 10 or 15 minutes.

I know that as I created my accounts, I would be notified within a few minutes that my account was now allowed to upload videos of unlimited length. The file size limit is 20GB (if memory serves me correctly).

[Spencer Kobren]

It's all about reaching more listeners. There are lots of audio-only uploads on YouTube. It has the most traffic of any entertainment site. The question in my mind is, why would you NOT post your audio on YouTube?

Like Mike say's, audio only uploads work! More than 22,000 views for this one...Come to think of it, I should start posting more audio interviews

[Jadori]

I think you should. I will start doing it as well.