podosphere

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noun

The collective podcasting community.

Similar
Podcastistan
OriginEnglish blogosphere ← Middle English spere ← Old French sphere →
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Meanings

nounpodosphere (plural podospheres)

plural podospheres

  1. slangThe collective podcasting community.

    Religion is one of the most talked about subjects on earth and, unsurprisingly, one of the most podcasted in the podosphere.

    2005, Steve Shipside, Podcasting: The Ultimate Starter Kit, →ISBN, page 132
    2 more examples

    John Markoff, senior technology reporter at the New York Times, says more than 11 million Americans are now in the podosphere and that by 2008 there will be nearly 60 million, and double that worldwide.

    2005 April 10, Garry Barker, “Welcome to the wide world of the podosphere”, in The Age

    You don't want to spend too much money on your podcast at first because you want to see how you like it and how much of a splash you make on the podosphere, but it's difficult to make that splash when you're making subpar recordings.

    2006, Mur Lafferty, Tricks of the Podcasting Masters, →ISBN, page 178

    Synonyms: Podcastistan

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe collective podcasting community.

Similar
Podcastistan
Also see
podcastistan

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Germanic*natją
  8. Proto-West Germanic*nati
  9. Old Englishnett
  10. Middle Englishnet
  11. Englishnet
  12. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  14. Proto-Germanic*werką
  15. Proto-West Germanic*werk
  16. Old Englishweorc
  17. Middle Englishwerk
  18. Englishwork
  19. Englishnetwork
  20. Englishinternetwork
  21. EnglishInternet
  22. Englishi-
  23. Proto-Germanic*paidō
  24. Old Englishpād?
  25. Middle English*pod?
  26. Englishpod
  27. EnglishiPod
  28. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-der.?
  29. Proto-Germanic*braidaz
  30. Proto-West Germanic*braid
  31. Old Englishbrād
  32. Middle Englishbrod
  33. Englishbroad
  34. Proto-Germanic*kas-
  35. Proto-Germanic*kastōną
  36. Old Norsekasta
  37. Middle Englishcasten
  38. Englishcast
  39. Englishbroadcast
  40. Englishpodcast
  41. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
  42. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
  43. Proto-Germanic*weraz
  44. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  45. Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
  46. Proto-Germanic*alaną
  47. Proto-Germanic*aldiz
  48. Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
  49. Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
  50. Old Englishweorold
  51. Middle Englishworld
  52. Englishworld
  53. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  54. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  55. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  56. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  57. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  58. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  59. Old Englishwīd
  60. Englishwide
  61. Englishworldwide
  62. Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
  63. Proto-Germanic*webaną
  64. Proto-Germanic*wabją
  65. Old Englishwebb
  66. Middle Englishweb
  67. Englishweb
  68. EnglishWorld Wide Webellip.
  69. EnglishWeb
  70. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  71. Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
  72. Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
  73. Old Norseliggjader.?
  74. Middle Englishlogge
  75. Englishlog
  76. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  77. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  78. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  79. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  80. Old Englishbōc
  81. Middle Englishbok
  82. Englishbook
  83. Englishlogbook
  84. Englishlog
  85. Englishweblog
  86. Englishblog
  87. Ancient Greekσφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)
  88. Latinsphaera
  89. Late Latinsphēra
  90. Old Frenchsphere
  91. Middle Englishspere
  92. Englishsphere
  93. Englishblogosphere
  94. Englishpodosphere

Most likely a blend of podcast + blogosphere, it seems to have been first coined by podcaster Steve Gillmore during the opening session on podcasting of the Bloggercon III conference. By surface analysis, pod(cast) + -o- + -sphere.

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APA

podosphere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/podosphere

MLA

“podosphere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/podosphere. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “podosphere,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/podosphere.

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