I think the most obvious factor is quantity. There are very few women-fronted podcasts, and they're terrible. There are many men-fronted podcasts, and most of them are terrible, there's just enough for five or ten of them to be really good. They get into it thinking they can throw an hour of them shooting the shit on the internet with zero equipment, zero editing, and worst of all, zero prep, and then they don't get better.

You really can't record once a month on a Sunday and get it uploaded on Wednesday and expect your content to be relevant or interesting. There have probably been three games since you recorded, ffs! Very few people can get away with posting garbage to talkshoe once a blue moon and maintain an audience (I think the puckcast finally put us out of our misery). Sure, podcasting is a hobby, but it's also work.