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Leading reasons for listening to podcasts in the U.S. 2016

Name: Leading reasons for listening to podcasts in the U.S. 2016
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Leading reasons for listening to podcasts among adults in the United States as of August 2016

This statistic shows the main reasons given by podcast listeners for listening to podcasts in the United States as of August 2016. According to the source, 71 of podcast listeners stated that the ability to listen to programs wherever they wanted was a very important factor for them.

Leading reasons for listening to podcasts among adults in the United States as of August 2016

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