Podcasts are very popular. https://explodingtopics.com/blog/podcast-listeners https://explodingtopics.com/blog/podcast-listeners The sheer diversity of conten

Podcasts are very popular. https://explodingtopics.com/blog/podcast-listeners https://explodingtopics.com/blog/podcast-listeners The sheer diversity of content, and low barriers to entry ensures that almost anyone could find something that suits their interests, no matter how niche. Many people such as myself don't have trouble focusing on a podcasts while doing mundane tasks (cleaning, gardening, driving, going to the gym etc) and happily fill that time by listening to something interesting/entertaining. I don't really understand your point about being "productive", as being productive is not my objective when listening to a podcast. Maybe podcasts are not for you. That's fine. There's lots of entertainment forms that are not for me.