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News dominates Podtrac show ranker for January 2020

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac released its chart of the top 20 podcasts for January. The month displayed a shift toward news and politics programming. It also included shows that publish multiple times a day. Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Podcasting Podtrac

Westwood One/Cumulus Media debut on the January 2020 Podtrac ranker

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac released its list of the top 15 podcast publishers from January 2020. The month included a mixed set of results in terms of performance. Overall, Podtrac tracked 1.3 billion IAB-certified downloads across all its measured publishers. Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Podcasting Podtrac

Podtrac opens podcast ranker to a new segment for December 2019

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac released its December 2019 podcast ranker. The analytics platform made some format changes to its publisher chart last month, and its approach to the top shows has also gotten a slight tweak. Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Podcasting Podtrac

Podtrac December publisher ranking (now 15 pubs), plus RAIN remix.

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Brad Hill

Podtrac sent around its monthly Top Podcast Publishers ranker this morning. the expected Top 10 is now Top 15, and Podtrac  promises more expansion in future months. There is also a new column in the Podtrac ranker, naming an ad sales entity representing publishers on the list which have opted into that listing: Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Podcasting Podtrac

UPDATED: American Media lands podcasts on Podtrac ranker, but validity questioned

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac’s November 2019 podcast ranker features two new titles. A pair of podcasts from American Media made their debuts on the list, and NPR posted another strong showing. Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Podcasting Podtrac

Podtrac November publisher chart sees audience contraction with holiday season

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac released its ranking of the top podcast publishers for November. With the beginning of the year-end holiday season, all ten of the top publishers saw a dip in U.S. unique monthly audience from October. The analytics company noted that November 2018 had a similar contraction in listening. Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Podcasting Podtrac

Wondery dominates Podtrac list of top new podcasts in 2019

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac released a special ranker of the top new podcasts released during 2019. Wondery had an impressive showing in the ranker, with eight podcasts in the top 20, mostly investigative projects with partners such as Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times. Continue Reading →

Podcasting iHeartRadio, Podtrac, Wondery

Podtrac tracks ranking changes on October show chart

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac published its podcast ranker for October. While many of the top-performing shows are familiar ones for the month, there is a new addition to the analytics company’s usual format. Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Podcasting Podtrac

Podtrac October publisher chart shows 10% average growth in U.S. monthly uniques

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Anna Washenko

The October podcast publisher ranking from Podtrac includes a new entry. NBC News made the top ten, landing in ninth with its 24 podcasts. Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Podcasting Podtrac

Podtrac September podcast ranker sees more dominance from The Daily

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Anna Washenko

NPR and iHeartMedia continue their tug-of-war for the lead in Podtrac’s publisher ranker, and both have several shows on the analytics company’s latest podcast chart. iHeartMedia has two shows on the ranker, while NPR has eight. Continue Reading →

Metrics & Research, Podcasting Podtrac

Podtrac top publishers September: +64% listenership year-over-year

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Brad Hill

Podtrac released the September edition of its Top 10 Podcast Publishers list. (See below.) Podtrac notes that month-over-month reach gained one percent, while the year-over-year metric was 64% increase in unique listeners. NPR and iHeartRadio trade positions again. Kast Media enters the top-10 group. Continue Reading →

News iHeartRadio, NPR, Podtrac

Three iHeartRadio podcasts appear on August Podtrac ranker

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac released its podcast ranker for August 2019. The month saw a critical shift in the company’s publisher chart, and iHeartRadio accompanied its new lead with three shows appearing on the podcast chart. Continue Reading →

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