RAIN Notes: Monday, July 15
— AI Transformations (The Alliance of Independent Agencies)
— New Beginning (Jacobs Media)
— New And Undisclosed (Dave Jackson)
Edison Research
RAIN Notes: Friday, July 12
— Celeb-studded pod (iHeartPodcasts)
— New Beginning (Dave Zohrob)
— Roll or Stroll (Edison Research)
Edison Research releases Top 50 Podcasts; “Exciting newcomers”
Edison Research has released its latest Top 50 Podcasts in the US, representing survey results for Q1 listening. The survey method is important in the ranker business; unlike many others, Edison’s survey method opens the door to any podcast in the world. Continue Reading
Podcasting reaches for 100M weekly listeners: Infinite Dial 2024 (Edison Research)
The 2024 edition of Edison Research’s The Infinite Dial was unveiled today at Podcast Movement Evolutions, presented by Edison Vice President Megan Lazovick. Infinite Dial is the preeminent documentation of American listening to all types of audio. Begun in 1998, it… Continue Reading
Streaming audio sets new annual record: Infinite Dial 2024 (Edison Research)
In The Infinite Dial 2024 released today by Edison Research, we see that monthly online audio listening increased its monthly reach among age-13+ Americans to 76% — an estimated 218-million people. That is the headline metric in the Online Audio section of the influential annual report. Click for much more. Continue Reading
Edison Podcast Metrics releases top new podcasts of 2023
As statistical roundups for 2023 continue rolling in, we receive The Top New Podcasts Of 2023, an infographic from Edison Research. Edison’s ranking method differentiates from most others, by deriving results from live surveys, not from download measurements. The key advantage of that method is inclusivity — any podcast in the world is eligible for mention. Click for details. Continue Reading
Streaming music reaches 20% of all U.S. listening. Podcasts at 11%.
In the just-released Share of Ear report from Edison Research, streaming music claims 20% of U.S. consumer time spent listening (13+ years). It is a first-time milestone in the history of Edison’s quarterly report. AM/FM radio listening fell a bit. Click for details. Continue Reading
Spoken word audio report (NPR / Edison Research): Record high consumption; podcast share growing; AM/FM unbeatable in the car
The fifth annual iteration of The Spoken Word Audio Report has been released by Edison Research and NPR. While the research continues to measure basic trend lines of listening to spoken word content, such as reach and time-of-day metrics, this year the two companies bring a special emphasis on listening locations. This post takes a fairly deep dive and provides a download link. Continue Reading
Edison Research Top 50 U.S. podcasts: Rogan + two-year comparison
Edison Research Podcast Metrics has released its quarterly list of top podcasts — a 50-show ranking. We’ve done a bit of comparing. We are always interested in the flow of popularity over time, and we compared this edition of Edison’s Top 50 with the list from two years ago. Continue Reading
Podcasts & streaming music gain share in Q3 “Share of Ear” (Edison Research)
In the Q3 edition of Share of Ear, an Edison Research subscription product, podcasts gained a point to reach an all-time high of 11%. That’s the percentage of all daily time spent with audio among people age 13 and over in the U.S. AM/FM radio listening also gained a point. Click for details and the graphic. Continue Reading
Edison Research releases Top 25 Podcasts in the UK
Edison Research released its survey-generated list of Top 25 Podcasts In The UK. As with the company’s other rankers, this one is calculated from conversations with podcast listeners, not by counting downloads. Americans will recognize the #1 show. We compare the UK top 25 with the U.S. top 25. Continue Reading
Top ten popular podcasts consumed in affluent households (Edison Research)
In an interesting data slice, Edison Research has published a top-10 list of podcasts that index highest in households whose incomes exceed $100k. Among the audio data gathering ecosystem Edison is uniquely able to create such a list, via its thorough survey work in which 40,000 podcast listeners are interviewed in detail. Click for the graphic result. Continue Reading