Online audio: content use in Germany 2020

This statistic shows the results of a survey on the use of podcasts and radio broadcasts according to content type in Germany in 2021. At the time of the survey, around 73.7 percent of respondents indicated that they listen to podcasts or radio broadcasts on demand which fall under the category of "News".

Which of the following online audio contents do you listen to?

Characteristic	2016 (n= 1.118)	2017 (n= 1.130)	2018 (n= 4.851)	2019 (n= 4.801)	2020 (n= 6.313)	2021 (n=6.083)
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Release date

September 2021

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

CATI: 29.04.2020 to 15.06.2020; CAWI: 20.05.2020 to 18.06.2020

Number of respondents

6,083 respondents

Age group

14 years and older

Special properties

Online audio users who listen to podcasts or radio broadcasts on demand at least once a month

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

* The values for the years 2016 and 2017 refer to the category music videos.
** In 2016 und 2017, the answer "Knowledge and education" was not included as an option in the survey.
*** Included as an option in the survey from 2019.

The question in the survey was phrased in the following way:
"You listen to radio broadcasts which can also be heard without the internet / "offshoots" of well-known "classic" radio broadcasts that can only be heard on the internet / web radio broadcasts, i.e. broadcasts that are only available on the internet / audio services on demand over the internet. What do you listen to there? Do you listen to…"
(Original in German: "Sie hören ja Radiosender, die man auch ohne Internet hören kann / „Ableger“ von bekannten „klassischen“ Radiosendern, die man nur im Internet hören kann / Webradioprogramme, also Sender die es nur im Internet gibt / Audio-Angebote auf Abruf über das Internet. Was hören Sie da? Hören Sie da…")

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