Podtrac released its Top 10 Podcast Publishers ranking this morning, noting that all 10 network producers showed audience gains from July. iHeartRadio took the #1 spot from NPR for the first time, as the two behemoth podcast producers continue to dominate Podtrac’s ranker. Continue Reading
Podtrac’s July 2019 podcast ranker revealed another month of familiar titles. The Daily continued its reign atop the chart, and with NPR’s Up First in the fourth spot, it was another month of big performances for weekday news podcasts. Continue Reading
Podtrac has attained certification from the IAB Tech Lab for its podcast measurements, as compliant with the IAB’s V2.0 guidelines and de facto industry standard. The news stands out because of Podtrac’s role in the industry as a prominent ranker of podcast audience metrics for publishers and podcast shows. Today’s announcement also contains two unique certifications of tricky measurement scenarios that Podtrac solved. Continue Reading
Podtrac shared its ranking of the top ten podcast publishers for July 2019. Overall, average U.S. monthly audience remained flat from June and rose 50% from July 2018. Continue Reading
Podtrac has published its ranking of the top 20 podcasts from June 2019. The ranker, based on the company’s measurement data for U.S. monthly audience, included several small shifts in ordering from May. Continue Reading
Podtrac released the Top 10 Podcast Publishers ranking for June. In it, the tightly competitive reign of NPR (#1) and iHeartRadio (#2) continued as in previous months. RAIN has remixed the ranker to list publishers according to the size of audience, and number of plays, per show produced by each publisher. The result shines light on the power of hit shows vs. the power of a network ecosystem. Continue Reading
Podtrac has posted its May ranking of podcast publishers. Across all of the top ten publishers, the average U.S. unique monthly audience was 8.6 million. The figure was down just 2% from April and up 41% on-year from May 2018. Continue Reading
Podtrac issued its May list of the top 20 podcasts. Weekday news programs continue to perform well in the Podtrac ranking. Continue Reading
Podtrac has published its podcast ranker for April 2019. The Daily from The New York Times continues its dominance on this chart for another month, followed by perennial favorite This American Life in the second position. Continue Reading
Podtrac has made some changes to its measurement algorithm. This change to its measurements is part of Podtrac’s efforts to receive compliance and certification from the Interactive Advertising Bureau. It had already been compliant with the IAB guidelines, but it began the official certification program in late 2018. Continue Reading
Podtrac has released its April 2019 ranking of top podcast publishers. The results show very little change from the analytics company’s March results. NPR kept its longstanding position at the top of the list. Continue Reading
The New York Times continues to top Podtrac’s monthly chart of the leading podcasts with The Daily. The Ben Shapiro show rose to the second position, surpassing This American Life for March. The monthly ranker had three new shows. Continue Reading