Introduction: How do I read the insights on the Bumper Dashboard?

The Bumper Dashboard sorts through the noise to highlight the three signals we believe are most important to pay attention to:

• People who are actually listening to or watching your show
  • Verified Listeners identifies your show's total audience size on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, as measured by people who start an episode.
• Playback, or how often people are consuming your show
  • Playback, with play inflation removed, gives you an accurate picture of how many times a podcast was actually listened to or watched across popular apps
• Time Spent with your podcast
  • Listen & Watch Time represents the total time your audience has spent listening to or watching your show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube

Taken together, these metrics can help you identify growth trends and opportunities, compare episodes within a show or between shows across your network, and understand the true performance of your podcast.