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Podtrac releases Podcast Category Rankings

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Brad Hill

Podtrac has released an extension of its monthly podcast rankers which are promoted in RAIN and elsewhere. The new product is Podcast Category Rankings, and breaks out metrics by topical categories such as News Comedy, True Crime, and all the 19 Apple Podcasts show categories. As such, the Category Rankings aspire to detail the podcast topography more exactly than the uncategorized Podtrac monthly rankers which list audience and downloads across all categories. Continue Reading →

RAIN / AccuRadio Coronavirus Watch website lifts off, out of beta

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Brad Hill

CoronaVirus Watch, a resource website and joint project of AccuRadio and RAIN, has left its beta launch and is now receiving thousands of visitors attracted to its concise and comprehensive presentation of essential updates. Continue Reading →

Podtrac coronavirus tracking: Overall listening finds leveling from early decline

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Brad Hill

Podtrac has posted the latest in its weekly series of coronavirus audience and listening metrics. This series tracks those statistics from the first of the year. this week’s batch goes through Sunday April 5. Unsurprisingly, the News category is faring well. Continue Reading →

Video, gaming, news are media leaders during COVID-19 dislocation (MIDiA)

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Brad Hill

MIDiA Research has released load of metrics charting media and entertainment verticals. the info drop is prep for an upcoming webinar, “COVID-19 Impact on Entertainment Demand and Behaviours.” Continue Reading →

Podcast “red hot” at Nielsen: Stitcher reviews conversation at RAIN Summit

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Brad Hill

We are gratified to see Stitcher’s blog post describing a session in RAIN’s 4th Annual Podcast Business Summit. The session was called, “Getting Podcast Measurement Right,” and was moderated by Stitcher Chief Revenue Officer Sarah van Mosel. Her panelists were… Continue Reading →

Three audio stocks in past month: SPOT, IHRT, SIRI

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Brad Hill

We thought it might be interesting to compare how three publicly traded audio stocks have fared in the COVID-19 period, for one month starting in early March. Sirius XM has weathered the coronavirus storm better than iHeartMedia and Spotify, but even so the drop is about 30%. Continue Reading →

Southern Cross Australia releases March streaming numbers: All up

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Brad Hill

As Australians worked from home during much of march, radio group Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) worked up some streaming metrics for the month. This report covers live radio streaming, smart speaker listening, and podcast plays. All streaming metrics in this report are up in double digit percentages. Continue Reading →

Podtrac March 2020 publisher chart, plus RAIN remix

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Brad Hill

Podtrac has released its ranking of the top podcast publishers for February 2020. A change is afoot — Podtrac has added five more places to this ranking, making it a top-20 list. Also, the RAIN Remix, to gain insight about how the audience, and streams/downloads, are distributed across number of shows for each publisher. It reshuffles the list considerably. Continue Reading →

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A Special OpEd and Announcement from Kurt Hanson

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Brad Hill

RAIN Founder and CEO of AccuraRadio Kurt Hanson posts this special announcement about a new coronavirus resource from AccuRadio and RAIN News. We know there’s already a lot of news out there. The mission of Coronavirus Watch is to organize and synthesize information overload in a uniquely useful format. Continue Reading →

Author: Brad Hill

Podtrac releases Podcast Category Rankings

RAIN / AccuRadio Coronavirus Watch website lifts off, out of beta

Podtrac coronavirus tracking: Overall listening finds leveling from early decline

Video, gaming, news are media leaders during COVID-19 dislocation (MIDiA)

Podcast “red hot” at Nielsen: Stitcher reviews conversation at RAIN Summit

Three audio stocks in past month: SPOT, IHRT, SIRI

Southern Cross Australia releases March streaming numbers: All up

Podtrac March 2020 publisher chart, plus RAIN remix

A Special OpEd and Announcement from Kurt Hanson

POD DROP: Another C13 show; new PRX offering; “No Sports Report”

Evergreen Podcasts gets new investment from Lake Effect Radio

Cisneros Interactive signs exclusive ad-rep deal with Spotify in Latin America