The Top Podcast Publishers ranking for March 2020 is now available at Podtrac.com.
Highlights of the ranking include:
This month we expand the ranking to the Top 20 publishers and welcome first time participants: WarnerMedia(#10), Fox News Radio (#18), and Slate (#20) along with returning participants American Public Media (#17) and WBUR (#20).
US UMA for five of the top 20 are either up or flat for March over February with the largest increases coming from newcomers WarnerMedia (41%) and FoxNews(15%) - both buoyed by topical news coverage.
Sixteen of the Top 20 were up or flat for March over February in regards to Downloads.
The average Unique Monthly Audience for the top 10 publishers decreased by 4% from February while it increased by 33% from March of 2019.
Global Unique Streams & Downloads increased for the top 10 publishers by 12% over February and by 28% over March 2020.
Note: As of April 2019, Global Downloads and Streams reflect updates to Podtrac’s measurement algorithm and are not directly comparable to months prior to April 2019. Unique Monthly Audience numbers were not impacted by this update.