According to estimates, there could be over 100 million podcast listeners in the United States by 2024, up from 75.9 million in 2020. Podcasts have grown increasingly popular in recent years, and are used by consumers for both entertainment and educational purposes, as well as for branding and raising awareness of key issues in society.
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Number of podcast listeners in the United States from 2017 to 2024
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The Music, Radio & Podcasts segment comprises all revenues generated by traditional and digital radio advertising, consumer purchases of live music event tickets, all sales of tangible audio recording formats, paid digital downloads of professionally produced single tracks/compilations, ad-supported services, and subscription-based, on-demand streaming services.
Non-audio services, such as video streaming and pay-TV, are not included in this segment.
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All figures are estimate. A detailed methodology can be found in the Statista Market Outlook.
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Statista. (February 23, 2022). Number of podcast listeners in the United States from 2017 to 2024 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1123105/statista-amo-podcast-reach-us
Statista. "Number of podcast listeners in the United States from 2017 to 2024 (in millions)." Chart. February 23, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1123105/statista-amo-podcast-reach-us
Statista. (2022). Number of podcast listeners in the United States from 2017 to 2024 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1123105/statista-amo-podcast-reach-us
Statista. "Number of Podcast Listeners in The United States from 2017 to 2024 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1123105/statista-amo-podcast-reach-us
Statista, Number of podcast listeners in the United States from 2017 to 2024 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1123105/statista-amo-podcast-reach-us (last visited June 28, 2022)
