Business analysis — April 2026

Your podcast.
The exam that keeps students up at night.
Your moment.

Market research, business model and platform plan prepared for Joanna Sobierska-Paczesny.

~18,000
students in your target market
0
podcasts in this niche
1.8%
of the market buys your freedom

No one else holds your cards.

In the entire Polish online space for bilingual matura preparation, there is no creator who comes close to your combination of credibility.

CKE bilingual English matura examiner You know exactly what the exam tests and how every point is awarded. No YouTube tutor has that knowledge.
Co-author of the Macmillan Bilingual Matura Compendium You literally wrote the book students use to prepare. This niche is yours — not someone else's to walk into.
English & literature teacher at a top IB bilingual school in Warsaw Current, live classroom practice. You know what's hard for the class of 2026, not the class of 2018.
Specialist in critical thinking and English literature The bilingual matura is all about analysing complex texts under pressure — precisely your area.

A small niche. Wide open.

Around 6,000 students sit the bilingual English matura every year. Across three year groups preparing at any one time, that's a steady pool of ~18,000 students and their parents.

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~190 bilingual & IB schools

A growing network of schools with bilingual divisions across Poland — well beyond Warsaw.

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Zero podcasts in this niche

Verified — no podcast dedicated to the bilingual matura exists on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. The field is empty.

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One online competitor: CS English

Dry video lessons, no personality, no podcast format. A completely different proposition from yours.

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Private tutoring: 90–120 zł/hour

Your subscription (59 zł/month) costs less than one hour of private tutoring. An easy decision for any parent.

You're not entering a crowded market.
You're creating one.

Here's everything a student can currently use to prepare — and what's missing from each option.

Your podcast CS English Private tutor YouTube
Price 59 zł / month ~60–80 zł / month 90–120 zł / hour Free
CKE examiner knowledge Rarely
Live classroom experience
Podcast format
Structured curriculum Varies
Available 24/7, anywhere
Personality & trust Varies

The only option that checks every box — at a fraction of the cost of private tutoring.

Free builds trust. Premium builds income.

Free episodes grow your audience and establish your authority. A premium subscription is the natural next step for anyone who finds you valuable.

🆓 Free access

1–2 public episodes per month
Archive of all free episodes
Available on Spotify & Apple Podcasts

Purpose: building trust and your mailing list

⭐ Premium

Unlimited access to all episodes
PDF materials & transcripts
Weekly tips newsletter
Full premium archive

59 zł/month or 449 zł/year
Launch offer: first 100 subscribers lock in 39 zł/month forever

How much could you make?

The table below shows when the podcast income crosses your teaching salary — and what happens beyond that.

Scenario Premium subscribers % of market Monthly income Horizon
Launch First months 90 0.5% ~4,500 zł Month 3–6
Side income Solid supplement 200 1.1% ~10,000 zł Year 1
Break-even Financial independence ~320 1.8% ~16,000 zł Year 1–1.5
Growth Flying 900 5% ~45,000 zł Year 3+

* Mix of 60% monthly (59 zł) / 40% annual (449 zł) subscribers. Platform costs ~190 zł/month and Stripe fees (~1.4%) already deducted.

You record. The platform handles everything else.

Once set up, the platform runs automatically. Every hour you invest goes into content — not technology.

1

Record in Descript

Screen + microphone, or face-to-camera. Edit by correcting the auto-transcript — you remove words like text in a document, not clips on a timeline.

2

Export with one click

Descript generates both an MP4 (video) and an MP3 (audio) simultaneously.

3

Upload video to Bunny.net

Drag and drop in the browser. A fast CDN means smooth playback for students anywhere in Poland.

4

Create a new post on Ghost

Paste the video embed, attach the MP3 and any PDF materials. Choose whether the episode is free or premium.

5

Publish — Ghost takes care of the rest

The platform sends the newsletter to subscribers, updates the Spotify and Apple Podcasts feeds. All without you lifting a finger.

4 tools. ~190 zł a month. Nothing more.

No server to maintain, no coding once it's live, no technical upkeep on a daily basis.

🎙️ Descript
Recording & editing audio/video
~50 zł/month
👻 Ghost Pro
Website, subscriptions, newsletter, RSS
~100 zł/month
🐰 Bunny.net
Video hosting (CDN)
~25–40 zł/month
💳 Stripe
Payments, subscriptions, invoices
1.4% + 0.25 zł / transaction

The platform will be built and configured by Maciej. You receive a ready-to-use dashboard and start recording.

Three stages to financial independence.

The recommended path: start alongside your teaching job, make the call when you hit 200 subscribers.

Stage 1 — 1–2 weeks Platform setup, record your first 3 episodes, launch
Stage 2 — months 1–12 Regular publishing alongside your job, grow to 200 subscribers
Stage 3 — the decision point 200 subscribers = ~10,000 zł/month from the podcast → consider leaving your job

This is genuinely achievable.

You are the only person in Poland who can do this with your level of credibility. The market is waiting — and no one has claimed it yet.

Step 1 You say yes to the plan
Step 2 Maciej builds the platform
Step 3 You record your first episode

Analysis based on CKE 2024 data, GUS 2024/2025 statistics and online market research — April 2026