- Podcasts are popular: About half of Americans have listened to a podcast in the past year, and one-in-five of those listeners say they listen to a podcast nearly every day
- Listeners turn to podcasts for entertainment, learning, and simply to have something to listen to while doing something else
- Comedy, entertainment, and politics are at the top of the list of topics that podcast listeners say they regularly listen to
- Most podcast listeners say they hear news discussed on podcasts – however, just one-in-five listeners say they listen to a podcast that’s connected to a news organization"
Poynter: Podcasts as a Source of News and Information