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Number of podcast listeners in the U.S. 2014-2022
Number of podcast listeners in the United States from 2014 to 2022 (in millions)
by Amy Watson,
last edited
Nov 26, 2018
The graph presents the number of podcast listeners in the United States from 2014 to 2017, as well as a forecast from 2018 to 2022. According to the source, the average number of monthly podcast listeners amounted to about 67 million in 2017, and is due to increase to 132 million by 2022.
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by Amy Watson,
last edited
Nov 26, 2018
The graph presents the number of podcast listeners in the United States from 2014 to 2017, as well as a forecast from 2018 to 2022. According to the source, the average number of monthly podcast listeners amounted to about 67 million in 2017, and is due to increase to 132 million by 2022.
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- Number of podcasts subscribed to by consumers in the United States as of February 2019Podcast subscriptions by U.S. consumers in 2019
- Percentage of consumers who are aware of podcasting in the United States from 2006 to 2019Share of U.S. adults aware of the term podcasting 2006-2019
- Percentage of consumers who have ever listened to audio podcasts in the United States from 2006 to 2019Share of U.S. consumers who listen to audio podcasts 2006-2019
- Share of U.S. population that have listened to an audio podcast in the last month from 2008 to 2019Audio podcast consumption in the U.S. 2008-2019
- Share of U.S. population that have listened to an audio podcast in the last week from 2013 to 2019Weekly podcast consumption in the U.S. 2013-2019
- Reach of podcasts on a typical weekday in the United States as of January 2018, by daypart Podcast reach on weekdays in the U.S. 2018, by daypart
- Consumer behavior
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- Leading reasons for listening to podcasts in the United States as of February 2019Leading reasons for listening to podcasts in the U.S. 2019
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- Factors that would lead to increased podcast consumption in the United States in 2017Factors leading to increased podcast consumption in the U.S. 2017
- Attitudes towards ads among podcast listeners in the United States as of July 2018Podcast listeners' ad receptivity in the U.S. 2018
- Frequency of using podcasts as source of news among adults in the United States as of November 2018Frequency of podcast news consumption in the U.S. 2018
- Demographics
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- Share of people who listen to podcasts on a monthly basis in the United States from 2017 to 2019, by age groupShare of people who listen to podcasts monthly in the U.S. 2017-2019, by age group
- Distribution of monthly podcast consumers in the United States as of February 2019, by genderMonthly podcast consumers in the U.S. 2019, by gender
- Distribution of monthly podcast consumers in the United States as of February 2019, by ethnicityDistribution of monthly podcast consumers in the U.S. 2019, by ethnicity
- Share of household members in the United States who watched or listened to podcasts on their computer in 2018, by incomeAmericans who watched or listened to podcasts on their computer 2018, by income
- Device and source usage
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- Preferred devices for playing podcasts among adults in the United States as of February 2019Devices used to play podcasts in the United States in 2019
- Sources used for discovering new podcasts among weekly podcast listeners in the United States as of July 2018Discovering new podcasts in the United States in 2018
- Share of downloads of podcasts made via Spotify's app in the United States between June 2018 and January 2019, by statePodcast download share from Spotify in the U.S. 2018-2019, by state
- Distribution of time spent listening to audio content among podcast listeners in the United States in 2018, by sourceShare of time spent listening to audio sources by U.S. podcast listeners 2018
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- Leading podcast publishers in the United States in September 2019, by unique monthly audience (in millions)Leading podcast publishers in the U.S. 2019, by monthly unique audience
- Leading podcast publishers worldwide in September 2019, by unique streams and downloads (in millions)Podcast publishers' global unique streams and downloads 2019
- Preferred podcast providers among adults in the United States as of March 2019Podcast providers in the United States 2019
- Average unique weekly users of National Public Radio (NPR) podcasts from 2014 to 2018 (in millions)NPR: number of podcast users 2014-2018
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- Number of podcast listeners in the U.S. 2014-2022
- U.S. households with podcast fans 2018, by genre
- Podcast subscriptions by U.S. consumers in 2019
- Share of U.S. adults aware of the term podcasting 2006-2019
- Share of U.S. consumers who listen to audio podcasts 2006-2019
- Audio podcast consumption in the U.S. 2008-2019
- Weekly podcast consumption in the U.S. 2013-2019
- Podcast reach on weekdays in the U.S. 2018, by daypart
- Leading reasons for listening to podcasts in the U.S. 2019
- Frequent locations for listening to podcasts by U.S. 2019
- Factors leading to increased podcast consumption in the U.S. 2017
- Podcast listeners' ad receptivity in the U.S. 2018
- Frequency of podcast news consumption in the U.S. 2018
- Share of people who listen to podcasts monthly in the U.S. 2017-2019, by age group
- Monthly podcast consumers in the U.S. 2019, by gender
- Distribution of monthly podcast consumers in the U.S. 2019, by ethnicity
- Americans who watched or listened to podcasts on their computer 2018, by income
- Devices used to play podcasts in the United States in 2019
- Discovering new podcasts in the United States in 2018
- Podcast download share from Spotify in the U.S. 2018-2019, by state
- Share of time spent listening to audio sources by U.S. podcast listeners 2018
- Leading podcast publishers in the U.S. 2019, by monthly unique audience
- Podcast publishers' global unique streams and downloads 2019
- Podcast providers in the United States 2019
- NPR: number of podcast users 2014-2018
- Locations for podcast listening at home in the U.S. 2017
- Factors leading to podcast listening among non-listeners in the U.S. 2017
- Share of people listening to podcasts weekly in Denmark 2015-2018
- Weekly podcast listening in the United Kingdom (UK) Q4 2018, by age
- Weekly podcast listening in Sweden 2018, by age
- Curated music activity reach among streamers worldwide Q3 2018
- Weekly podcast listening in Denmark 2018, by age
- Podcast curators vs. recording artists listenership revenue comparison worldwide 2019
- Weekly podcast listening in the Nordic countries 2018
- Time spent listening to podcasts by weekly U.S. podcast users 2018
- Weekly podcast listening in Germany Q4 2018, by age
- Weekly podcast listening in Germany Q4 2018
- Weekly podcast listening in Finland 2018, by age
- Weekly podcast listening in the United Kingdom (UK) Q4 2018
- Weekly podcast listening in Norway 2018, by age
- Number of hours spent per week in front of a screen in France 2016
- Penetration rate of print magazines in China 2011-2015
- Frequency of photo messaging on a mobile phone in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011-2015
- Weekdays media use time among children in Japan 2017
- Share of radio listeners in Delhi by place 2015-2016
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