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Reality TV Podcasts Deep Dive
Research on 1000s of Reality TV podcasts (and our 3 favs)
Dominick Scafidi
April 15, 2024
Reality TV Podcasts Deep Dive
Today we’re talkin’ Reality TV podcasts. And we’re bringin’ data. And we’re recommendin’ 3 shows.
Americans love Reality TV. Turns out, Americans love Reality TV podcasts too.
There are THOUSANDS of companion, after-show, and fan-hosted Reality TV pods. And Podchaser’s got data on all of ‘em. So we decided to publish some research on these Reality TV pods, including audience data and frequent sponsors. You’ll find a few surprising stats 👀
After the research, we found three standout shows from Acast that are making waves in the Reality TV podcasting universe. With an exciting mix of reality TV rizz, nostalgic nods to pop culture, and the inside scoop on The Bachelor, the lineup has something for every listener.
Let’s get listening!
🗞️ This Week’s Lineup:
📊 Reality TV Podcast Research
🕺 Reality TV Rizz!
📺 The Pop Culture Place
🌹 Did You Get a Rose?
We combed through thousands of Reality TV podcasts and their associated audience data. Why? Because Reality TV kinda drives the cultural zeitgeist when you think about it. So we wanted to learn more about who’s tuning into trash TV pods (the author of this post included 🙋). Here’s what we found.
Key Takeaways:
📺 Almost 70% of Reality TV podcasts attract female audiences
📺 Almost 90% of Reality TV podcasts attract listeners age 25-34
📺 84% of Reality TV podcast listeners have average to below average income
📺 Podcast ads are 2x more influential than Cable TV ads
📺 Podcast ads are 3x less likely to be skipped than CTV ads
📺 Almost 37M US-listeners consume Reality TV podcasts monthly
But there are a LOT more stats in the full article. Plus recommendations for podcast advertisers. Get it 👇️
Now let’s look at 3 of our favorite Reality TV podcasts 👇️
Jake Anthony and Matt Marr are two Southern Queens who absolutely love reality shows about lonely hearts looking for love.
They recap it all with charm, including:
TLC's 90 Day Fiancé,
Love is Blind on Netflix,
Love After Lockup,
and some other shows ft. hot messes looking for love.
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“They’re so funny! I love their songs, musical accompaniment, acting out various reality tv characters and finally, their understanding of the human experience.”
Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino breaks down reality TV and iconic pop culture moments.
Special guests deep dive with Danny into the topics we all care about, such as The Real Housewives and nostalgic entertainment, with some fun detours along the way.
Bravo fans absolutely LOVE Danny’s Bravolebrity impersonations. And he’s a world-class storyteller, according to dozens of Apple podcast reviews.
Danny is a nice middle ground in this category: he isn't a sycophant, but he also isn't pure bitchiness.
I particularly love his tangents and his moment of self-care at the end of the episode. His voice is very soothing.
Game of Roses Podcast
In-depth coverage of the fastest-growing professional sport in the world—The Bachelor.
The foremost experts in gameplay analysis, @BachelorClues and @PaceCase, examine every episode as it airs, as well as the history of the game and the plays that happen off the field in the parasocial arena of social media.
Described as "the MoneyBall of The Bachelor” Game of Roses will give even a casual viewer a whole new way to watch America's true pastime.
“An excellent form of media analysis and legitimate metagaming of the hit reality gaming show The Bachelor. PaceCase and BachelorClues break down every bit of this show into succinct detail. It's a wild world that we're all complacent in. Listen to it. It even got me into The Bachelor, which I never thought I would EVER BE.”
Okay that’s a wrap on this special edition of Reality TV podcasts.
What did we learn?
Societally, we love Reality TV so much that we listen to other people talk about Reality TV 😅
Reality TV podcasts are kinda like 4-D influencer marketing for podcast advertisers 😵💫
If you’re gonna listen to Reality TV podcasts, don’t miss Reality Gays, Everything Iconic, and Game of Roses ❤️🔥
Did we win your hearts and minds? Do us a solid and refer a friend to Podchaser Pulse.
👋 See you soon!