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Podcast listening among UK adults hits all time high

27/06/2024

Podcast listening among UK adults hits all time high with listeners spending an average of five and a half hours per week according to The UK Podcast Consumer 2024 report produced by Edison Research. The UK Podcast Consumer 2024 includes data from Edison Podcast Metrics UK. Edison Podcast Metrics UK is the only all-inclusive measurement of weekly reach of podcasts in the UK. Launched in the UK in the third quarter of 2023, Edison Research […]

BBC Sounds got over 5 million weekly users in Q1 2024

24/06/2024

BBC Sounds got over 5 million weekly users in Q1 2024 with a weekly audience of 4.97 million users across the app, website and voice activated devices, and for the first time, a peak of 5.1m. The RAJAR figures for the same period highlight how audiences value BBC Radio with 31.3m people tuning in each week for live output across the stations, with a share of 43.4% of all radio listening in the UK. Podcast […]

The Top Podcast Genres in the US Q1 2024

18/06/2024

The Top Podcast Genres in the US Q1 2024 chart according to Edison Podcast Metrics has been published by Edison Research. Edison Podcast Metrics is the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcast networks in the US. The Edison Podcast Metrics Top Podcast Genres in the US Q1 2024 list is derived from data collected continuously from weekly podcast consumers ages 13 and older in the US during the first quarter of […]

Top 50 US podcasts for Q1 2024

27/05/2024

The Top 50 US podcasts for Q1 2024 chart according to Edison Podcast Metrics has been published by Edison Research. Edison Podcast Metrics is the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcast networks in the US. The Edison Podcast Metrics Top 50 Podcasts of Q1 2024 list is derived from data collected continuously during the first quarter of 2024, interviewing 5,300 weekly podcast consumers ages 13 and older in the US. The […]

Podcast listening hits all-time high in US

14/04/2024

Podcast listening hits all-time high in US up 12% year on year according to The Infinite Dial 2024. The Infinite Dial is produced by Edison Research with support from Audacy, Cumulus Media, and SiriusXM Media and is America’s longest-running survey of digital media consumer behaviour in the US, published annually since 1998. It provides survey data on a number of important media channels, including streaming audio, podcasting, and social media from a representative sample of the US […]

Radio Paradise adds a podcast channel

08/03/2024

Radio Paradise has added a podcast channel called Radio 2050 which started in January 2024 and now has 24 episodes all of which are available in lossless FLAC. According to the station the channel is about “Our Future. Radio 2050 is a flow of music and conversation – exploring ideas, new perspectives and boots-on-the-ground efforts for a better future in the year 2050 and beyond. Be inspired.” Launched with 8 episodes, the aim of the […]

Apple introduces transcripts for Apple Podcasts

08/03/2024

Apple introduces transcripts for Apple Podcasts which provide a full-text display for each episode and is available for English, French, Spanish and German language podcasts. With transcripts, users can read the full text of an episode, search the episode for a specific word or phrase, and tap on the text to play the podcast from that point in the episode. As an episode plays, each word is highlighted, making it easy to follow along. Users will […]