Uploaded February 2016 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Do you know how many people listen or watch your podcast? Do you have stats? Are they accurate? Would you know if they weren't?
Podcast audience measurement can be a tricky thing. Most of us leave that task to our podcast media host or some other third party stat tracking service. But how do they measure stats and who is doing it most accurately?
Many companies and member groups have been working on podcast audience measurement since podcasts began but not everyone agrees on how this should be done. In other words, not everybody counts downloads the same.
Join Ray Ortega, +David Jackson +Daniel J. Lewis +Rob Greenlee and +Todd Cochrane to discuss the past, present and future of stat tracking, who will set the standard and what it all means to the average podcaster.
Do you know how many people listen or watch your podcast? Do you have stats? Are they accurate? Would you know if they weren't?
Podcast audience measurement can be a tricky thing. Most of us leave that task to our podcast media host or some other third party stat tracking service. But how do they measure stats and who is doing it most accurately?
Many companies and member groups have been working on podcast audience measurement since podcasts began but not everyone agrees on how this should be done. In other words, not everybody counts downloads the same.
Join Ray Ortega, +David Jackson +Daniel J. Lewis +Rob Greenlee and +Todd Cochrane to discuss the past, present and future of stat tracking, who will set the standard and what it all means to the average podcaster.





![Canon 40mm f2.8 Unboxing
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I bought the Canon 40mm f2.8 STM Macro pancake lens because it was so cheap. That doesnt mean its a bad lens and from the reviews Ive seen its quite the opposite, it looks like a really good lens.
It certainly is a great way to stay very compact and small as possible if you need your camera to be lighter or more travel-friendly.
Things I like about the lens upon first opening the box is of course its size, its really small and it feels well built. It has a metal mounting ring for durability and I was surprised how tightly it went on to my camera body. Probably the best connection Ive had on any lens.
I like that its macro but its not that macro. You still have to be about 11 inches from your subject but its nice that it can focus in tight spots. The aperture of 2.8 is great for low-light and the bokeh or out of focus shots look great. At 40mm its even easier than the 24mm version to get out blurry backgrounds.
It has an STM motor which would be great for continuous auto-focus shots on camera that support it like the Canon 70D and 80D but this is on my 60D so I cant test that.
It doesnt have manual focus override so if you want to switch from AF to Manual, you need to do that via the switch on the lens itself. The focus ring is very small and its very likely that you will get your finger in the shot when manually focusing, just something to be aware of.
This is just an unboxing and initial impressions so I cant tell how sharp the lens is or its other features but I will do a more in-depth review once I have spent more time using it.
Another reason I bought the 40mm over the 24mm is because the 40mm is an EF lens. Meaning it covers the sensor of a full frame camera whereas the 24 only covers crop sensors. Not a big deal if you have a crop sensor camera but one of the other things this does is the EF will mount to the Sigma MC11 adapter and if I move to Sony cameras, this lens, with that adapter, can go with me.
For the price, its hard not to own one of these extremely compact lenses.
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