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Americans still listen to music on the radio

16/12/2024

Americans still listen to music on the radio for 32% of their music listening time according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. Using their Share of Ear survey that measures the full audio space it shows how much music the average American listens to in a typical day using a nationally representative sample of those aged 13+ surveyed in Q3 2024. The survey shows that listeners in the US spend 74% of their average daily audio time listening […]

29% of US motorists listen to audio on their phones

12/12/2024

29% of US motorists listen to audio on their phones according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. Using their Share of Ear survey that measures the full audio space and how much the audio average American consumes in a typical day using a nationally representative sample of those aged 13+. In 2014, only 15% of in-car audio users listened on their phones in the car. Today that number has nearly doubled, and now 29% of the US population […]

Top 50 US podcasts for Q3 2024

21/11/2024

The Top 50 US podcasts for Q3 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 Q3 2024 list is derived from data collected continuously during the third quarter of 2024, and interviewing 5,000 weekly podcast consumers ages 13 and older in the US. […]

YouTube is the preferred podcast listening service in US

24/10/2024

YouTube is the preferred podcast listening service in the US according to a recent report by Edison Research. According to Edison Podcast Metrics, 31% of weekly podcast listeners age 13 and up choose YouTube as the service they use most to listen to podcasts, surpassing Spotify (27%) and Apple Podcasts (15%). Edison Podcast Metrics is the only podcast measurement service that measures listening, not downloads, across all networks, shows, and platforms. As the world of podcasting evolves, many […]

Podcast listening by US Latinos is booming

14/10/2024

Podcast listening by US Latinos is booming with over a third more time spent than the non-Latino population according to a recent report by Edison Research. According to their Share of Ear research, persons 13 or older who identify as Hispanic or Latino spend an average of nearly five hours listening to audio each day, while the non-Latino population consumes 3 hours and 55 minutes — more than a one-hour difference. In 2014, podcasting was just […]

US Latin music grew 7% in first half of 2024

14/10/2024

The US Latin music market grew 7% in first half of 2024 with 98.7% being digital according to the RIAA, the US recording industry association. During this period revenues from Latin music in the US grew to a record high of $685 million and represents 7.9% of the total US music market up from 7.5% in the first half of 2023. Paid streaming subscriptions contributed more than two-thirds of total revenues and added more value than […]

Rock Q Radio

03/10/2024

Rock Q Radio is an internet radio station based in the US playing Classic Rock with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream. Their website has a webplayer plus a song request function. The station is run by ‘Mr Todd’ who also provides a WordPress and audio streaming hosting service. Website: https://mrtodd.net/live-stream/ Webplayer: https://mrtodd.net/live-stream/ CD Quality Lossless FLAC: http://radiostream.mrtodd.net:8000/stream To find out more about CD Quality Internet Radio go here. To find out more about HiRes […]