Revealed – The 20 Most Productive Podcasts for 2021

With working from home now the ‘new normal’ for many of us, a new report from PowWowNow reveals the 20 most productive podcasts to listen to in 2021 so you can sit back, relax and learn in your free time.

To create the list, PowWowNow scoured the iTunes podcast library, focusing on categories relating to productivity. Each podcast was then given a score between 0-3, taking the number of episodes, overall rating, and the number of reviews into account.

The Top 20 Productive Podcasts

What came out of all of this scoring and rating was a list of the Top 20 Productive Podcasts. Entrepreneurs on Fire takes the crown as the most productive podcast – with the highest score. There’s only one other business-related podcast in the Top 20 and that’s the $100 MBA Show.

Health and fitness podcasts along with those focusing on mental health both have five podcasts each in the Top 20. Meanwhile, three philosophical podcasts, three based on self-improvement and two focused around spirituality, make up the rest of the list.

Here are the full Top 20 rankings for the most productive podcasts:

Is productivity found in the longest-running shows?

According to the index, quantity often does mean quality, and those with the most episodes are generally deemed to be the most productive overall. The podcast series with the most episodes, Entrepreneurs on Fire, also scored highest with all three factors considered.

Additionally, nine of the 10 longest-running series on the index also rank within the Top 20 podcasts overall, demonstrating the productive value of a show which listeners can really get stuck into.

Does a five-star rating reveal all?

None of the index’s 253 five-star rated shows feature in the Top 20 most productive podcasts, suggesting that, while offering initial value, ratings rarely reveal the full story.

Of the 253 to receive top marks, though, five podcasts (Shawn Ryan Show, New Mindset, Who Dis? Know Your Aura with Mystic Michaela, The Connected Life, Wine & Spirits with Monica the Medium) have also each impressively received over 2,000 reviews from listeners.

In fact, the only criteria holding these five shows back is the index score for the length of the series, with each scoring below 0.15/1. So, there is an indication that, with more episodes under their belt, these could be the podcasts to keep an eye on in 2021.

The podcasts sparking conversations

According to the index, the shows deemed most productive are generally those which impassion fans the most, to the point they leave a review. 9 of the 10 most reviewed podcasts across the index also feature in the overall top 20 for productivity.

Interestingly, the exception to this, the Shawn Ryan Show, sits just shy in 21^st position.

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