Listening lift, YouTube use, personality power. Canadian Podcast Listener 2024

In most of the podcast consumer studies we receive, two main measurement types are prioritized: Size of audience, and how those audiences respond to ads. In the just-released The Canadian Podcast Listener (CPL), an annual report produced by Canadian audio research firm Signal Hill Insights, both points are boldly surfaced in the public research summary. Click for details, graphs, and link to the public deck. Continue Reading

Podcast listening frequency continues to rise in Canada (Signal Hill)

Per annual tradition, Signal Hill Insights has released a data snack from its upcoming full meal of metrics — the annual Canadian Podcast Listener report. (The full feast will be served to subscribers on November 28.) In this peek, we learn that podcast listening is on the rise across categories of frequency, from “ever listened” to daily listening. Click for the graph and full-study info. Continue Reading

Entertainment / Enjoyment / Effectiveness: Signal Hill quantifies common sense for branded podcasts

Signal Hill Insights released its 2024 Benchmark Report, documenting and measuring the effectiveness of branded podcasts. The company has for years been a leader in testing audio effectiveness in audio marketing. This latest report quantifies and evangelizes the power of brand-created podcasts. Click for detailed coverage.
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Weekly podcast listeners overwhelmingly prefer YouTube, and other new stats (Cumulus Media / Signal Hill Insights)

For the eleventh edition of the Podcast Download series, Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights retained MARU/Matchbox to conduct an in-depth study of 608 weekly podcast consumers from October 13-19, 2023. This work, combined with Triton Digital’s Podcast Metrics study, comprise this annual fall report. YouTube is the star. Click for metrics, graphs, and a download link. Continue Reading

What types of podcast listeners are which types of consumers? (Signal Hill / Triton Digital)

We’ve received an interesting slice of research from Signal Hill Insights, connecting types of podcast listeners to their preferences as general consumers. For example, “heavy listeners” are more more likely to eat fast food every eay than listeners who aren’t as deep into podcasting.  Continue Reading