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Deezer reveals podcasting trends

02/10/2021

Deezer reveals podcasting trends to showcase its users’ listening trends to celebrate International Podcast Day which happened on 30th September. Deezer reported a huge 61% increase in audio content streams in the last year with a 40% growth of podcast active users in the same time period. The shows that have captured the world’s attention in 2021 include TED Talks Daily, which took no.1 position in 2021. This was followed by The Daily, Distractible, All […]

Top 50 US podcasts for Q2 2021

13/08/2021

The Top 50 US podcasts for Q2 2021 chart according to the Podcast Consumer Tracker has been published by Edison Research. The Podcast Consumer Tracker is the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcast networks. The Edison Research Top 50 Most Listened to US Podcasts from Q3 2020 – Q2 2021 list is derived from data collected continuously throughout 2020 and 2021from surveying weekly podcast consumers ages […]

Podcast listening up 44% amongst US Latinos

15/07/2021

Podcast listening up 44% amongst US Latinos and one third listen 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 May 2021. The US Latino Podcast Listener Report 2021 found that 36% of US Latinos age 18+ (16 million people) have listened to a podcast in the last month, which is a 44% increase over 2020 (25%). This is […]

Deezer goes global with NPR shows and podcasts

29/06/2021

Deezer goes global with NPR shows and podcasts giving podcast fans access to all of NPR’s original programming. In 2020, the number of global podcast listeners reached 485 million and it’s expected to jump to 800 million by 2025. (Statista – Podcasting Worldwide – statistics and facts, March 2021) NPR’s catalogue ranges from business, comedy, and education, to technology, true crime and more. Deezer podcast fans will have immediate access to popular shows including: TED Radio Hour, […]

Canadian Smart Speaker ownership and podcast listening unaffected by pandemic

02/06/2021

Canadian Smart Speaker ownership and podcast listening unaffected by pandemic according to the Infinite Dial 2021 Canada from Edison Research and Triton Digital. The research carried out in February 2021 surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1001 people aged 18 and older. It found that 27% of Canadians 12+ own a smart speaker, up one percentage point from 2020, and smart speaker households in Canada now own an average of 1.8 of the devices, up from 1.7 in 2020. […]

Spotify Mobile improves Accessibility

22/05/2021

Spotify Mobile improves Accessibility with three updates to its iOS and Android apps: buttons with increased readability features, options for text resizing, and a beta for podcast transcripts. These will all be rolling out in the coming weeks. Improved buttons When you use Spotify, you’re constantly tapping buttons to shuffle a playlist or start a listening session. The colour, text formatting and size of these buttons has been changed to make it easier for low-vision and visually […]

Radio still listened to by 86% of Australians

01/05/2021

Radio still listened to by 86% of Australians and 37% are reached by podcasting each month according to a recent study conducted by Edison Research on behalf of Commercial Radio Australia (CRA), Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) and Triton Digital. The findings are published in The Infinite Dial 2021 Australia which brings together the results of a representative sample of 1000 Australians aged 12 and older conducted in the first quarter of 2021. Key findings from the Infinite Dial 2021 Australia report AM/FM/DAB+ […]