Podcasts surpass AM/FM talk radio in U.S. for first time, Edison Research find

Podcasts now account for 40% of spoken-word listening, edging past radio’s 39% as video viewing surges. For the first time in ...
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Podcasts Surpass Radio in Spoken-Word Listening for First Time

Edison Research Share of Ear shows podcasts now account for 40% of daily spoken-word audio time among Americans 13+, ...

Podcasts Are More Popular Than Talk Radio for the First Time

Several advantages are pushing podcasts past broadcast talk radio, according to iHeartMedia’s 2026 State of Podcasting Report ...

Americans now listen to podcasts more often than talk radio, study shows

Recent findings also show that video podcasting -- while popular -- is not necessarily replacing audio shows.
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Data Shows Podcasts Displacing Social Scrolling, Streaming

Edison, eMarketer, and MRI Simmons data reveal podcasts now displace social scrolling, streaming music, and TV, with daily consumption at 23%.
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Podcast Listenership Outranks Talk Radio for the First Time in History

Podcast Listenership Outranks Talk Radio for the First Time in History ...
Music Ally

Podcasts now bigger than talk radio in the US

According to Edison Research’s latest ‘Share of Ear’ survey, podcasts have finally overtaken AM/FM radio as the more popular form of spoken-word audio in the US. Time Americans spent listening […] ...
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BluOS Partners with airable to Enhance Radio and Podcast Discovery Across NAD, Bluesound, PSB and More

BluOS, the premium multi-room audio software platform from Lenbrook Media Group is addressing that with a new partnership with airable. The first phase integrates airable’s extensive global catalog of ...
Pew Research Center

Study shows Americans now listen to podcasts more than talk radio

Last year, podcasts surpassed AM/FM talk radio in total listening time for the first time in the U.S., according to a new study from Edison Research. Among Americans ages 13 and older, 40% of time ...