On July 8, Bilibili released a support policy for video podcasts, the "Video Podcast Out-of-Circle Plan", to help audio and text creators transform into video creators. The support plan includes 1 billion cold start traffic during the summer, the upcoming launch of AI creation tools exclusive to video podcasts, and free recording venues in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and other cities. It is reported that the support targets include the video transformation of podcast creators, experts and scholars from various industries, creators in various vertical fields, and newcomers who want to start self-media creation. Earlier news, the user scale of Bilibili video podcasts exceeded 40 million in Q1 this year.