Podcasts as a Source of News and Information

Podcasts are popular: About half of Americans have listened to a podcast in the past year, and one-in-five of those listeners say they listen to a podcast nearly every day. Listeners turn to podcasts for entertainment, learning, and simply to have something to listen to while doing something else. C...

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Published in:Policy File 2023
Main Authors: Shearer, Elisa, Liedke, Jacob, Matsa, Katerina Eva, Lipka, Michael, Jukowitz, Mark
Format: Report
Language:English
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Pew Research Center
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Summary:Podcasts are popular: About half of Americans have listened to a podcast in the past year, and one-in-five of those listeners say they listen to a podcast nearly every day. Listeners turn to podcasts for entertainment, learning, and simply to have something to listen to while doing something else. Comedy, entertainment, and politics are at the top of the list of topics that podcast listeners say they regularly listen to. Most podcast listeners say they hear news discussed on podcasts , just one-in-five listeners say they listen to a podcast that's connected to a news organization.