Spotify’s video podcasts hit half a million shows, with watch time doubling and partnerships extending their reach across platforms. Spotify’s video podcast expansion shows no sign of slowing down. According to TechCrunch, the streaming platform now hosts nearly half a million video podcasts, with more than 390 million users having watched at least one. That’s a 54% increase compared to last year, highlighting just how popular video content has become on Spotify. Just over a year ago, Spotify counted around 250,000 video podcasts. Since then, it has introduced tools allowing non-hosted podcast creators to upload their own video episodes directly…