Weekly Podcast Data through August 30, 2020

Update through week ending August 30, 2020

• For the week of August 26-30, downloads were up 1% over the previous week and up 51% over the same period last year.

• The Arts, Business and Sports and categories showed the largest week-over-week download growth of top categories at 6% each.

• The Society & Culture category showed the largest drop in week-over-week download growth at -3%.

U.S. Weekly Podcast Download Growth

Download growth for the 52-week period from August 26, 2019 to August 30, 2020 was +51% across all Podtrac measured podcasts.

Week-Over-Week U.S. Podcast Download Growth

Week-over-week download growth for the week of August 24, 2020 to August 30, 2020 was +1% across all Podtrac measured podcasts.

U.S. Weekly Podcast Download Growth for Top Categories

Download growth for the 52-week period from August 26, 2019 to August 30, 2020 was +7% for Arts, +48% for Business, +47% for Comedy, +18% for Education, +32% for History, +105% for News, +30% for Science, +19% for Society & Culture, +42% for Sports, and +43% for True Crime.

Week-Over-Week U.S. Podcast Download Growth for Top Categories

Week-over-week download growth for the week of August 24, 2020 to August 30, 2020 was +6% for Arts, +6% for Business, -2% for Comedy, -1% for Education, -1% for History, +2% for News, +2% for Science, -3% for Society & Culture, +6% for Sports, and -2% for True Crime.

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Weekly Podcast Data through August 23, 2020

Update through week ending August 23, 2020

Podtrac’s weekly podcast updates return this week due to popular demand and thanks to the support of iHeartRadio.

• For the week of August 17-23, downloads were flat over the previous week and up 49% over the same period last year.

• The True Crime and History categories showed the largest week-over-week download growth of top categories at 11% and 7% respectively.

• The Business category showed the largest drop in week-over-week download growth at -6%.

U.S. Weekly Podcast Download Growth

Download growth for the 52-week period from August 19, 2019 to August 23, 2020 was +49% across all Podtrac measured podcasts.

Week-Over-Week U.S. Podcast Download Growth

Week-over-week download growth for the week of August 17, 2020 to August 23, 2020 was 0% across all Podtrac measured podcasts.

U.S. Weekly Podcast Download Growth for Top Categories

Download growth for the 52-week period from August 19, 2019 to August 23, 2020 was +3% for Arts, +33% for Business, +45% for Comedy, +20% for Education, +38% for History, +101% for News, +16% for Science, +27% for Society & Culture, +35% for Sports, and +72% for True Crime.

Week-Over-Week U.S. Podcast Download Growth for Top Categories

Week-over-week download growth for the week of August 17, 2020 to August 23, 2020 was -1% for Arts, -6% for Business, -1% for Comedy, -4% for Education, +7% for History, +1% for News, -2% for Science, 0% for Society & Culture, 0% for Sports, and +11% for True Crime.

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Weekly Podcast Data through August 16, 2020

Update through week ending August 16, 2020

Podtrac’s weekly podcast updates return this week due to popular demand and thanks to the support of iHeartRadio.

• For the week of August 10-16, downloads were up 3% over the previous week and up 52% over the same period last year.

• The Comedy and News categories showed the largest week-over-week download growth at 7% and 6% respectively.

• The History category shows the largest drop in week-over-week download growth at -7%.

U.S. Weekly Podcast Download Growth

Download growth for the 52-week period from August 12, 2019 to August 16, 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 10, 2020 to August 16, 2020 was +3% across all Podtrac measured podcasts.

U.S. Weekly Podcast Download Growth for Top Categories

Download growth for the 52-week period from August 12, 2019 to August 16, 2020 was +1% for Arts, +44% for Business, +54% for Comedy, +32% for Education, +36% for History, +100% for News, +30% for Science, +27% for Society & Culture, +43% for Sports, and +46% for True Crime.

Week-Over-Week U.S. Podcast Download Growth for Top Categories

Week-over-week download growth for the week of August 10, 2020 to August 16, 2020 was +4% for Arts, -2% for Business, +7% for Comedy, +4% for Education, -7% for History, +6% for News, -1% for Science, -1% for Society & Culture, +5% for Sports, and -2% for True Crime.

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Top 20 Podcasts: July 2020

Podtrac's ranking of the Top 20 Podcasts based on U.S. Unique Monthly Audience for July 2020 is now available at Podtrac.com.

For even more podcast data, check out Podtrac’s Top Podcasts by Category .

*With the increasing popularity of shows which publish multiple times a day, beginning in December 2019, we now include theses shows in the Podtrac Top Podcast ranking. Previously these shows were excluded. While the counts for these shows are IAB V2 compliant, it should be noted that a segment of their audience members may listen to these shows from multiple locations throughout the day and present themselves technically as multiple unique users.

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July 2020- Top Podcast Publishers

The Top Podcast Publishers ranking for July 2020 is now available.

Highlights of the ranking include:

• Eight of the Top 20 publishers saw an increase in US monthly Audience in July over June, led by ESPN/ABC (+38%) with the inclusion of ABC into the network.

• Thirteen Top 20 publishers saw positive growth in their Global Download numbers from June to July.

• The average US Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 10 publishers was flat month-over-month, while it increased by 22% from July of 2019.

• Global Unique Streams & Downloads increased for the Top 10 publishers by 4% over June and increased by 72% over July 2019.

Top 20 Podcasts: June 2020

Podtrac's ranking of the Top 20 Podcasts based on U.S. Unique Monthly Audience for June 2020 is now available at Podtrac.com.

For even more podcast data, check out Podtrac’s Top Podcasts by Category .

*With the increasing popularity of shows which publish multiple times a day, beginning in December 2019, we now include theses shows in the Podtrac Top Podcast ranking. Previously these shows were excluded. While the counts for these shows are IAB V2 compliant, it should be noted that a segment of their audience members may listen to these shows from multiple locations throughout the day and present themselves technically as multiple unique users.

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June 2020- Top Podcast Publishers

The Top Podcast Publishers ranking for June 2020 is now available.

Highlights of the ranking include:

• Fifteen of the Top 20 publishers saw an increase in US monthly Audience in June over May.

• All but three Top 20 publishers saw positive growth in their Global Download numbers from May to June.

• The average Unique Monthly Audience for the top 10 publishers increased by 4% from May while it increased by 21% from June of 2019.

• Global Unique Streams & Downloads increased for the top 10 publishers by 5% over May and increased by 64% over June 2019.

Top 20 Podcasts: May 2020

Podtrac's ranking of the Top 20 Podcasts based on U.S. Unique Monthly Audience for May 2020 is now available at Podtrac.com.

For even more podcast data, check out Podtrac’s Top Podcasts by Category .

*With the increasing popularity of shows which publish multiple times a day, beginning in December 2019, we now include theses shows in the Podtrac Top Podcast ranking. Previously these shows were excluded. While the counts for these shows are IAB V2 compliant, it should be noted that a segment of their audience members may listen to these shows from multiple locations throughout the day and present themselves technically as multiple unique users.

Visit Podtrac.com to sign-up to receive monthly updates to Podtrac's Top 20 Podcasts and Top 20 Podcast Publishers ranking reports.

Top Podcasts by Category - May 2020

The May 2020 Top Podcasts by Category Ranking is now available at Podtrac.com.

Highlights from the May Top Podcasts by Category ranking of Podtrac measured podcasts by US audience in 19 Categories include:

• The May ranking covers 545 shows from 171 different publishers

• iHeartRadio has the most shows (93) across the most categories (17)

• NPR has the most #1 shows (6) across categories

• Comedy, Health and Sports tied for the category with the most shows showing positive audience growth (29 shows each) in May over April

• Music was the category with the most shows (10) losing audience in May from April

• News has the largest average US audience across its top 5 shows again in May at 5.6million, down slightly from April

• The Top 5 Categories ranked by average audience of the top 5 shows in the category are: News, Society & Culture, Comedy, Business and Sports.

Excerpt from May News Category Ranking (visit Podtrac.com to learn how to access all data)

The Top Podcasts by Category Ranking is based on US Unique Monthly audience as measured by Podtrac’s IAB 2.0 certified compliant measurement system for 19 podcast categories. For each show listed, the ranking provides US monthly audience, month-over-month and year-over year growth in US audience, and monthly global downloads.

The ranking provides a valuable resource to keep up to date with changes in the most popular podcasts by category, is updated monthly and is available for purchase at Podtrac.com.