Publishers who offer podcasts should be relieved.  

Daily podcast consumption has recovered from a dip earlier in the year, at least among young listeners, according to Edison Research’s latest Share of Ear audio listening diary survey analysis. The survey is conducted quarterly among 4,000 Americans ages 13 and older.

In Q1 2021, 28% of 13- to 34 year-olds reported listening to a podcast daily. That declined to 22% in this year’s first quarter — alarming many podcasters, according to Edison, which also saw a similar dip in other research it conducts.

However, in Q2, the demographic’s daily listening rose to 29%, dispelling fears of a possible end to the medium’s phenomenal growth in recent years. 

Consumer publishers continue to spin new ad revenue from a growing number of popular podcasts. (One example: Hearst’s House Beautiful debuted season two of its haunted-house offering, “Dark House,” last week.)  

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has hired radio veteran Shane Backler, formerly from news-talk WSB Atlanta, as its senior audio producer. And Condé Nast Entertainment last year appointed Chris Bannon SVP and head of global audio.

B2B publishers are also benefitting from high podcast consumption stats.

For instance, nearly three quarters (73%) of engineers listen to work-related podcasts during their work week — up 33%  versus last year, according to a study released earlier this year by TREW Marketing and GlobalSpec.

In general, 86% of marketers say they find podcasts effective, although they rank email newsletters and webinars ahead of them, according to a study by podcast audio-video platform Casted. 

 

 

 

 

 

The falloff alarmed many podcasters, but things picked up in Q2, survey finds.