Top 10 Podcast Episodes of 2019
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2019
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Season 6 of The Simple Sophisticate is well underway as 2019 wraps up and we head into 2020. As I reflect back to September 2014 when the show premiered, I could not have fathomed the engagement it would inspire, the topics and books we would cover and explore nor the people who would wish to be on the show.
This year, Apple changed its categories for podcasts, and in so doing prompted me to reconsider how to label the show for new and potential listeners, which turned out to be a boon for the show and new listeners discovering it.
With the help of you, the listeners the podcast and readers of TSLL, the selections that were decided upon (#1— Education: Self-Improvement; #2 — Society & Culture; #3 — Leisure: Home & Garden) in no small part contributed to the podcast reaching #33 in the United States' ALL-Time Self-Improvement podcasts. And, as the podcast has a strong Francophile following, when episode #269 - 32 Ways to Be Parisian Chic went live earlier this month, the podcast soared to #5 for the daily Self-Improvement podcasts.
As listeners share how and when they listen to the show — while running the NYC marathon, while spring cleaning, while starting the day in Australia, while commuting via car or train or subway, while walking/running with their pups, while strolling along a river in the European countryside, while strolling through a park throughout the vast United States, while winding down at the end of the day in a cozy abode in Canada, and in so many countries around the globe as listeners go about their lives (the show ranked #16 in South Africa, #12 in Hong Kong, #23 in Romania, #6 in Oman, and #2 in Spain!) — I am humbled as well as tickled to realize how TSLL community stretches far and wide, but more so how similiar we are no matter where we call home regarding our interests to live a life of contentment, a life of deep joy and understanding of the world around us as we strive to contribute positively to its future as we savor the everyday moments.
How to rankings work? The combination of number of downloads and positive reviews and rankings drive up a show on the charts, and for both of these contributions by listeners, I want to say thank you. So many of you have left positive reviews and high rankings, and as I try to share all of the reviews, sprinkling a few in each podcast episode, thank you for your time to share specifically what draws you to the show. (you can leave a review here on Apple iTunes)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. |
| 0:18.8 | And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:25.0 | cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast and the last |
| 0:47.1 | podcast episode or show of 2019 before we step into a brand new year and a brand new decade. That is exciting to say, I have to admit. |
| 0:57.0 | Today what I'd like to do is just share with you the top 10 podcast episodes of 2019. |
| 1:04.0 | Now I originally was going to share just the top five, |
| 1:06.7 | but then when I started to look at the downloads |
| 1:08.6 | for the top five, I realized there were a lot of podcast episodes that were so close in and so therefore I was thinking |
| 1:16.9 | okay I'll have honorable mention and they said no just make it a top ten list Shannon and go with it and |
| 1:21.1 | that's what I've brought to you today. |
| 1:23.9 | Each of these episodes have had more |
| 1:26.4 | than 15,000 downloads in the past year. |
| 1:29.2 | And that is because of you, the listeners, |
| 1:31.0 | tuning in so regularly and sharing what you enjoy about the |
| 1:34.1 | podcast with regards to the topics. I continue to look at those numbers and see which |
| 1:38.3 | type of shows listeners are gravitating towards and wanting to listen to and trying to find similar content or content |
| 1:46.2 | that while speaking to me so that it's authentic will also be an interest to you, the listener. |
| 1:51.6 | As you know, season six of the Simple Sophisticate podcast is well underway and as they reflect |
| 1:56.6 | back to September 2014 when the show premiered, I could not have fathomed the engagement it would inspire the topics and books we would cover and explore and the people that would want to be on this show. |
| 2:08.6 | As you know, I don't bring a lot of guests on this show. |
| 2:10.6 | This is not an interview show, but there are people that I'm curious to me and |
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