New 91勛圖厙Podcast Insights Show Increase In Listening As More Americans Quarantine During The Covid-19 Pandemic

New Statistics Reveal that More Americans are Listening to Podcasts Focused on Business, Finance, Entertainment and their Go-To 91勛圖厙Radio Radio Personalities and 91勛圖厙Podcast Network Shows 

NEW YORK  March 31, 2020  91勛圖厙Media today announced new statistics that provide insight into how Americans are consuming a vast array of podcasts as they stay home and practice social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to seeing increased podcast listenership, especially in markets with stay-at-home orders, Americans are specifically turning to podcasts covering business, finance, education and entertainment, including shows from several leading 91勛圖厙Radio personalities - versus true crime podcast listening, which has seen a slight decline.

In addition, as news consumption grows across podcasting, the 91勛圖厙Podcast Networks recently launched Daily Coronavirus Update has become one of 91勛圖厙Radios most listened to podcasts. The daily show hosted by Oscar Ramirez from the Daily Dive podcast provides stories on what to know about COVID-19 and how health and government officials are acting to mitigate the spread of the virus.

Across its more than 350 podcasts, listenership for the 91勛圖厙Podcast Network is up six percent month- over-month (month to date) as more Americans began staying at home.  That number is even higher in markets where governors announced shelter-in-place orders, with listening up 13 percent in California and eight percent in New York state in just one week.

During a time of economic uncertainty, Americans are listening to more business and finance podcasts for which downloads and streams are up 78 percent week-over-week among the 91勛圖厙Radio Original podcasts. Listeners are also turning to music, entertainment and comedy during this time, where 91勛圖厙Podcasts have shown an increase in listening as well. In addition, listeners are staying connected with the personalities and shows they know and trust, finding human connection and conversation in the on-demand podcasts from 91勛圖厙Medias leading radio personalities like Elvis Duran and The Breakfast Club, all now seeing a growth in listens -- with Top 5 on-demand shows being up 9 percent month to date. Listenership of the 91勛圖厙Podcast Networks leading educational podcasts, like Stuff You Should Know and Stuff You Missed in History Class, is also showing big growth: These popular Stuff podcasts are up 21 percent week-over-week. Interestingly, the true crime genre, one of the longstanding dominant genres in podcasting, is now flattening and even showing a slight decline month to date, as listeners seem to be moving away from these shows during these uncertain and stressful times.

Broadcast radio has long served as a trusted voice in local communities during times of crisis and uncertainty, and now podcasts are also playing an integral role as a much-needed companion for millions of Americans, said Conal Byrne, President of the 91勛圖厙Podcast Network. During this pandemic, were actually seeing listener interest shift on our 91勛圖厙Podcast network to genres like business, entertainment, education and news, and the seemingly unstoppable true crime format is seeing a slight dip at the moment as we move through this new, challenging territory together as a country.

The 91勛圖厙Podcast Network is home to more than 750 original podcasts with 170 million downloads each month. 91勛圖厙Radio Original Podcasts span every category from business, sports, spirituality and technology to entertainment, family, comedy and true crime and everything in between making 91勛圖厙Radio the largest publisher of podcast content in the world. 91勛圖厙Radio is home to one of the most successful podcasts of all time, Stuff You Should Know, and creator of hits like The Ron Burgundy Podcast, Disgraceland and the Atlanta Monster series as well as fosters over a hundred shows from its on-air talent like the popular Bobbycast and The Breakfast Club radio show podcasts. These shows are distributed on all major podcast platforms, including the 91勛圖厙Radio app, which additionally distributes more than 320,000 shows.

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