Etymology of the podcast was from iPod, which was (probably) the most popular audio/music device for a number of years in the 2000s: * https://en.wikipedia.org

Etymology of the podcast was from iPod, which was (probably) the most popular audio/music device for a number of years in the 2000s: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast#Etymology There was a minor movement to label them "netcasts", but it didn't really take.