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Audible app integrates Alexa

02/12/2022

Audible app integrates Alexa and enables hands free listening and other voice commands. “Alexa, read The Sandman.” Is just one of many voice commands that the Audible app can understand now that it’s integrated with Alexa technology. While listeners have long enjoyed Audible on Alexa-enabled devices, this development will allow voice control right in the app, enabling a much more hands-free experience. Runners absorbed in a book can repeat a section without breaking stride, cooks can […]

Almost half of Americans listen to spoken word content daily

04/11/2022

Almost half of Americans listen to spoken word content daily making up 29% of all audio listening. These findings are part of the 2022 Spoken Word Audio Report from NPR and Edison Research’s Share of Ear quarterly survey of Americans who are asked to keep a detailed one-day diary of their audio usage. Share of Ear utilizes a nationally representative sample of those age 13+. The sample for this study was 4,118. This year’s study also includes a special focus […]

Podcast listening among US Latinos hits record high

20/10/2022

Podcast listening among US Latinos hits record high with one third listening to podcasts in Spanish. These findings are from an Edison Research report and show the results of a representative survey of 2500 Hispanic/Latino adults age 18+. conducted in June 2022. The U.S. Latino Podcast Listener Report 2022 found that 59% of US Latinos adults have listened to a podcast compared to 44% in 2021. Just over half (51%) of US Latinos have listened to a podcast in English, and […]

Top 50 US podcasts for Q2 2022

19/10/2022

The Top 50 US podcasts for Q2 2022 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 Q2 2022 list is derived from data collected continuously Q3 2021 – Q2 2022, from surveying weekly podcast consumers aged 18 and older in the […]

Top 50 US podcasts for Q1 2022

11/05/2022

The Top 50 US podcasts for Q1 2022 chart according to Edison Podcast Metrics, formerly known as the Podcast Consumer Tracking Report 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 2022 list is derived from data collected continuously Q2 2021 – Q1 2022, from […]

US online audio listening grew in 2021

02/04/2022

US online audio listening grew in 2021 reaching 209 million people according to the Infinite Dial 2022. The Infinite Dial is produced by Edison Research sponsored by Wondery and ART19 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 population aged 12 and over. Online audio consumption […]

American ‘super listeners’ listen to 11.2 hours of podcasts weekly

24/02/2022

American ‘super listeners’ listen to 11.2 hours of podcasts weekly with Super Listeners increasingly finding podcast content on YouTube. These findings are part of third Super Listeners Study from Edison Research in partnership with Ad Results Media based on a survey of Podcast ‘Super Listeners’ Americans aged 18+ who listen to five or more hours of podcasts weekly. The survey was primarily intended to find out what podcast Super Listeners felt about advertising within podcast content but […]