Tech Stats from BusinessWeek Online

Tech Health Digital Counties Gender Gap IT Investment Outsourcing Backlog Regional Salaries Tech Cash Tech Employment Tech Salaries Tech Spending Plans Tech Spending by State

Internet Blog Readership Browser Share E-Mail Addicted States E-Mail Habits IPTV Subscribers Keylogging Most Visited Sites Net Threats Net Usage Online Ads Phishing Attacks Podcast Growth RSS Growth Search Engine Share Social Network Growth Top E-Commerce Sites Top Net Usage Markets Video Ads Online Web News Sites

Telecom Broadband Penetration Cable TV Growth Cable vs. DSL Cell-Phone Share Cell-Phone Usage Mobile Gamers Mobile TV Subscribers Voice Over IP Wi-Fi Adoption WiMax Growth Wireless Data

Computers Chip-Gear Orders Chip Share Desktop Share Handheld Share Laptop Share PC Share PC Shipments PC Shipments by Region PDA Shipments Semiconductor Sales

Software Antivirus Leaders OS Sales PC Game Sales Security Flaws Software Sales

Consumer Electronics Digital Camera Leaders Digital Camera Sales DVR Leaders DVR Sales LCD vs. Plasma TVs MP3 Player Share Music Phone Sales TV Share

Tech Investing 2005 IPO Filings Funding by Sector IPO Volumes M&A Activity Top 10 VC Deals VC Funding Venture-Backed Deals

Advanced Technology Nanotech Adoption Top 25 Supercomputers VC Nanotech Funding

Podcast Growth

Number of Podcast Feeds 2004
Nov. 1	212
Nov. 15	340
Nov. 29	483
Dec. 13	643
Dec. 27	805
2005
Jan. 10	1,090
Jan. 24	1,394
Feb. 7	1,737
Feb. 21	2,212
Mar. 7	2,714
Mar. 21	3,189
Apr. 4	3,757
Apr. 18	4,252
May 2	5,047
May 16	5,302

Source: Feedburner

Podcasting Explosion

Podcasting, a new technology that lets anyone create and distribute radio shows automatically over the Internet, is showing no signs of slowing. Over the past six months, the number of podcasts has jumped 25-fold to 5,302 feeds in mid-May. Remind anyone of the early days of the World Wide Web?

Posted: 5/23/05

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