Weekly Podcast Data through September 20, 2020

Update through week ending September 20, 2020

  • For the week of September 14 - 20, downloads were up 9% over the previous week and up 52% over the corresponding period last year.

  • The Sports and News categories showed the largest week-over-week download growth at 14% each.

  • The True Crime category showed the largest drop in week-over-week download growth at -4%.

U.S. Weekly Podcast Download Growth

Download growth for the 52-week period from September 16, 2019 to September 20, 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 September 14, 2020 to September 20, 2020 was +9% across all Podtrac measured podcasts.

U.S. Weekly Podcast Download Growth for Top Categories

Download growth for the 52-week period from September 16, 2019 to September 20, 2020 was +4% for Arts, +51% for Business, +41% for Comedy, +15% for Education, +15% for History, +109% for News, +11% for Science, +20% for Society & Culture, +56% for Sports, and +54% for True Crime.

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

Week-over-week download growth for the week of September 14, 2020 to September 20, 2020 was -1% for Arts, +9% for Business, +9% for Comedy, +3% for Education, +5% for History, +14% for News, +6% for Science, 0% for Society & Culture, +14% for Sports, and -4% for True Crime.

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Weekly Podcast Data through September 13, 2020

Update through week ending September 13, 2020

  • For the week of September 7 - 13, downloads were down 1% over the previous week and up 43% over the same period last year.

  • The True Crime category showed the largest week-over-week download growth at 9%.

  • The Arts category showed the largest drop in week-over-week download growth at -8%.

U.S. Weekly Podcast Download Growth

Download growth for the 52-week period from September 09, 2019 to September 13, 2020 was +43% across all Podtrac measured podcasts.

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

Week-over-week download growth for the week of September 07, 2020 to September 13, 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 September 09, 2019 to September 13, 2020 was +9% for Arts, +41% for Business, +31% for Comedy, +11% for Education, +19% for History, +82% for News, +21% for Science, +26% for Society & Culture, +35% for Sports, and +70% for True Crime.

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

Week-over-week download growth for the week of September 07, 2020 to September 13, 2020 was -9% for Arts, -4% for Business, -4% for Comedy, -3% for Education, -8% for History, -2% for News, -4% for Science, 0% for Society & Culture, +3% for Sports, and +9% for True Crime.

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Weekly Podcast Data through September 6, 2020

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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August 2020- Top Podcast Publishers

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

Highlights of the ranking include:

  • Seventeen of the Top 20 publishers saw an increase in US monthly Audience in August over July, led by the New York Times (+23%).

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

  • The average US Unique Monthly Audience for the Top 10 publishers was up 10% month-over-month, while it increased by 15% from August of 2019.

  • Global Unique Streams & Downloads increased for the Top 10 publishers by 2% over August and increased by 43% over August 2019.







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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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