Forty-six percent of children ages 6-12 in the U.S. have ever listened to a podcast, and 29% of ages 6-12 in the U.S. listened to a podcast in the last month according to this groundbreaking study from Edison Research and Kids Listen with sponsors American Public Media, Disney Podcasts, Tumble Media, and Wondery.
Children engage with podcasts: sharing, learning, and co-listening with family. Download the Kids Podcast Listener Report today.
The report provides a comprehensive look into the podcast habits of American kids aged 6-12, including survey data findings and qualitative interviews with kid podcast listeners and their parents. Kid podcast listeners are engaged with the medium: 87% say they have ever shared something they learned from a podcast with other people. Co-listening emerges as a trend: 68% listen with parents, 54% with siblings. Podcasts foster family connections: 72% of parents of kid podcast listeners say it is important for kids podcasts to be able to be enjoyed by the whole family, and 71% say it is important for kids podcasts to give parents and their children topics to discuss together.
