AIE 158: Year in Review 2023

It's that time of year. Time to look back on Adulting Is Easy's FOURTH full year of podcasting.

(BLOOPERS at the end)

       
Audience: more than doubled again; getting more
than 2000 listens per month, and almost 40k in total

About the listeners:

81% from the US (83% last year)
Others: Canada, UK, South Africa, Australia, Cambodia,
Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Mexico, Sudan, Switzerland, Philippines, UAE,Japan, India, Ireland, Israel, Denmark, Ghana (new), Belgium, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Sweden, Italy, France (new), Nigeria, Peru, Romania, Greece, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Colombia, Bahrain, Bolivia, Oman, Czech Republic, Brazil, Poland,
Namibia (new), Singapore, Norway, Russia, Finland, Turkey, Austria, Portugal, Uganda (new), Zambia (new), Pakistan, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong (new), Lithuania (new), Kenya (new), Sierra Leon, Kuwait, Chile (new), Morocco (new), Malaysia (new), Ukraine, South Korea, Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Iceland, Jamaica, Slovakia, Malawi, Indonesia, Qatar (new), Uruguay, Iraq, Ecuador, Thailand (new), Latvia (new), Aruba (new),Lebanon (new), St. Kitts and Nevis, Hungary, Iran, Republic of Moldova (new), Fiji (new), Maldives (new), Paraguay (new), Algeria, Vietnam, Liechtenstein, Mongolia, Faroe Islands (new), Ethiopia, Egypt, Bulgaria (new), Belize (new), Zimbabwe (new), Honduras (new), Tanzania (new), Kazakhstan (new), Guatemala (new), [We lost Bangladesh]

Gender (Spotify):
43% female (31% last year, 29% in 2021, and 69%
in 2020)
55% male (69% in 2022 and 2021, 49% in 2020)
2% No non-binary or unspecified (past: 0%)

Age (Spotify)
0-17: 0.3%
18-22: 5%
23-27: 14.5%

28-34: 36.8%
35-44: 26.5%
45-59: 14.5% 
60+: 1.5%
Where are you listening?
Apple: 66%
Spotify: 16%
Overcast: 5%
Browser: 3%
Google podcasts: 3%
Castbox: 2%
Other: 5%  

107: Financial Impacts of Divorce with Chris
108: Value-Add House Hacking
109: FIRE Off the Grid with Steve on Speed   
110: Real Estate Agent Perspective
111: Getting Paid in Tips with Barbara
112: It’s Not Too Late for Real estate
113: Couples and Finances
114: Self Managing 87 Rentals
115: Dividends with Dividend Dream
116: Land Flipping 
117: Real Estate as a Side Hustle – Top 5
118: Friends, FOMO, and Finances with Money with Katie – Top 5

119: Cost Segregation
120: Go to the investing Gym But Don’t Get An Investing Tattoo with Decade Investor (Kolin)
121: Manager STRs While Working Full Time
122: Finding Passionate Income with Brian Luebben

123: House Hacking STRs with Mold
124: NFL Players Side Hustle Too with Devon Kennard
125: Optimize my Airbnb
126: Crying Over Debt to $1 Million Net Worth
127: Retiring from the 9-5 – Top 5
128: Managing STRs from Abroad
129: The Easy Way to Get Wealthy with Wealth Dad – Top 5
130: Life in a Personal Finance Wind Tunnel
131: Budgets for Dummies with Athena – Top 5
132: STR Arbitrage
133: Retiring While Blind at 32
134: Success Mindsets (Growth Guide Episode 100)
135: NFL Player to House Hacker to STR Host
136: Should you invest your emergency fund?
137: Serving Tables, Showing Up, and Hustling
138: Wake Up Call
139: The Future of STRs
140: Online Businesses with Eric
141: STR Cleaners
142: Investing for Your Kids with Budget Dog
143: Dividends with Dividend Dave
144: Entrepreneurial Mindset and a Dog Resort Abroad
145: Entrepreneurial Misadventures to 6 Figure W2
146: 6x Your Returns with Credit Card Rewards
147: 51k in Debt to House Hacking
148: A Million Bucks by 30 with Alan Corey
149: Personal Finance is Personal and So Is Investing
150: REPLAY of Episode 87
151: Our Financial System Runs on Bonds
152: Mobile Homes May Be the Future of Affordable Housing
153: Doing Your First Deal with Your Family
154: Small Business Exit to Accredited Investor and Beyond
155: Nerding Out Over Airbnb Stock 
156: Financial Independence Doesn’t Have To Be Extreme
157: Regulating Personal Finance Influencers
158: TODAY

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