Podcasting has emerged out of years of rapid growth and a pandemic boom to face an identity crisis as its ecosystem contracts, advertisement slows and the medium eases into maturity. These shrinking numbers can, in part, be chalked up to a rebound, after the pandemic inspired a boom in new shows and gave many people more time to listen. , one-episode shows…), which is actually a good thing for the industry," Listen Notes' CEO and founder Wenbin Fang told Axios