Update through week ending September 6, 2020
For the week of August 31 -September 6 , which includes part of the Labor Day holiday weekend, downloads were down 4% over the previous week and up 52% over the same period last year.
The Arts category showed the largest week-over-week download growth of top categories at 15%.
The Comedy and News categories showed the largest drops in week-over-week download growth at -8% each.
U.S. Weekly Podcast Download Growth
Download growth for the 52-week period from September 02, 2019 to September 06, 2020 was +52% across all Podtrac measured podcasts.
Week-Over-Week U.S. Podcast Download Growth
Week-over-week download growth for the week of August 31, 2020 to September 06, 2020 was -4% across all Podtrac measured podcasts.
U.S. Weekly Podcast Download Growth for Top Categories
Download growth for the 52-week period from September 02, 2019 to September 06, 2020 was +27% for Arts, +55% for Business, +43% for Comedy, +16% for Education, +19% for History, +103% for News, +29% for Science, +25% for Society & Culture, +40% for Sports, and +51% for True Crime.
Week-Over-Week U.S. Podcast Download Growth for Top Categories
Week-over-week download growth for the week of August 31, 2020 to September 06, 2020 was +15% for Arts, -1% for Business, -8% for Comedy, -1% for Education, -2% for History, -8% for News, -4% for Science, +1% for Society & Culture, -3% for Sports, and -6% for True Crime.
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