YouTube's head of products for podcasts Steve McLendon says viewers streamed 700M+ hours of podcasts on TV in October, up from 400M hours in October 2024 (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg : YouTube's head of products for podcasts Steve McLendon says viewers streamed 700M+ hours of podcasts on TV in October, up from 400M hours in October 2024 —  That's up from 400 million hours a year ago as podcasts become the new late-night TV.  —  People are spending more time tuning …