A study conducted in early 2022 revealed that 26 percent of US adults had listened to a podcast during the week leading up to the survey, slightly down from 28 percent who said the same the year before. Weekly podcast consumption has grown more than threefold since 2013, when just seven percent of consumers listened to podcasts on a weekly basis.
Share of U.S. population that have listened to an audio podcast in the last week from 2013 to 2022
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Triton Digital. (March 23, 2022). Share of U.S. population that have listened to an audio podcast in the last week from 2013 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/690831/weekly-podcast-consumption-usa/
Triton Digital. "Share of U.S. population that have listened to an audio podcast in the last week from 2013 to 2022." Chart. March 23, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/690831/weekly-podcast-consumption-usa/
Triton Digital. (2022). Share of U.S. population that have listened to an audio podcast in the last week from 2013 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/690831/weekly-podcast-consumption-usa/
Triton Digital. "Share of U.S. Population That Have Listened to An Audio Podcast in The Last Week from 2013 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/690831/weekly-podcast-consumption-usa/
Triton Digital, Share of U.S. population that have listened to an audio podcast in the last week from 2013 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/690831/weekly-podcast-consumption-usa/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Share of U.S. population that have listened to an audio podcast in the last week from 2013 to 2022 [Graph], Triton Digital, March 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/690831/weekly-podcast-consumption-usa/