During the latest annual survey in 2022, it was found that 62 percent of US consumers listened to audio podcasts, up from 57 percent in the previous year. Podcasts have grown increasingly popular, with the percentage of U.S. consumers saying that they had ever listened to a podcast more than doubling over the last decade.
Percentage of consumers who have ever listened to audio podcasts in the United States from 2006 to 2022
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Audience demographics
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Consumption
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Triton Digital. (March 23, 2022). Percentage of consumers who have ever listened to audio podcasts in the United States from 2006 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/188955/percentage-of-us-adults-who-listen-to-audio-podcasts-since-2006/
Triton Digital. "Percentage of consumers who have ever listened to audio podcasts in the United States from 2006 to 2022." Chart. March 23, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188955/percentage-of-us-adults-who-listen-to-audio-podcasts-since-2006/
Triton Digital. (2022). Percentage of consumers who have ever listened to audio podcasts in the United States from 2006 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188955/percentage-of-us-adults-who-listen-to-audio-podcasts-since-2006/
Triton Digital. "Percentage of Consumers Who Have Ever Listened to Audio Podcasts in The United States from 2006 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188955/percentage-of-us-adults-who-listen-to-audio-podcasts-since-2006/
Triton Digital, Percentage of consumers who have ever listened to audio podcasts in the United States from 2006 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188955/percentage-of-us-adults-who-listen-to-audio-podcasts-since-2006/ (last visited June 17, 2024)
Percentage of consumers who have ever listened to audio podcasts in the United States from 2006 to 2022 [Graph], Triton Digital, March 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/188955/percentage-of-us-adults-who-listen-to-audio-podcasts-since-2006/