Podcast Research · June 15, 2018

Closing the Gap Between Podcast Awareness and Listening — RadioDays Europe 2018

By Edison Research

Tom Webster, Senior VP at Edison Research, was scheduled to speak at Radiodays Europe Podcast Day in Cophenhagen, Denmark, earlier this week. Unfortunately, the best-laid travel plans were not enough to get Tom past the travel hurdles and to the conference. Fortunately, we have a video of Tom’s presentation on podcasting that was viewed at Radiodays Europe Podcast Day 2018.

Highlights: Sixty-four percent of the U.S. is familiar with the term “podcasting,” whether or not they truly understand what podcasting is or why they would want to listen to a podcast.

Only 26% of those in the U.S. say they have actually listened to a podcast in the last month, and 17% in the past week. The numbers for Canada and Australia show similarly low ratios.

Tom identifies four areas that can close the gap between a high awareness and a low listening level, and #3 and #4 are within your control:

  1. Expansion of podcasting space beyond iPhone/Apple-centric models to include Android users
  2. Increased adoption of podcasting by major music streaming platforms
  3. Create content for more mass appeal
  4. Teach people what a podcast is, how to get it, and why they want it

 

 

 

 

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