Triton Digital has released its January 2025 U.S. Podcast Ranker, covering the period from December 30 to February 2. For another consecutive month, the iHeart Audience Network secured the #1 position in the Top Sales Networks Report, with 64.4 million Average Weekly Downloads and 18.1 million Average Weekly Users. NPR maintained its #2 ranking with
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Seven consumer studies commissioned by the Cumulus Media | Westwood One Audio Active Group® over an eight-year period find audio listeners are a rich source of in-market financial consumers and drive significant top and bottom funnel impact. The key findings from the studies are outlined on this week’s blog. Key takeaways: Compared to TV viewers,
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Nuvoodoo Research: Leigh Jacobs & Carolyn Gilbert Yes, it’s a Country study, but many Urban stations have sister Country stations. So here goes. NuVoodoo will be in Nashville later this week for the Country Radio Seminar. While there we’ll present a massive 1,500-person study of Country music fans – including nearly 1,200 Country radio listeners.
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Triton Digital has released its 2024 U.S. Podcast Report, revealing significant insights into the podcast landscape in the U.S. The report highlights a 23% growth in monthly podcast listeners over the past three years, with nearly 10% growth in the last year alone. By 2024, 44% of the U.S. population engaged with podcasts monthly, a
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YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video Hit Usage Highs During 2024 Holidays The three streaming sites reach or tie their biggest share ever of the U.S. TV audience. The holiday season brought big gifts to several streaming platforms, with YouTube, Netflix and Prime Video all hitting or tying their best mark ever in Nielsen‘s monthly snapshot of
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Leigh Jacobs & Carolyn Gilbert, Nuvoodoo Research We made a few changes when we fielded our first national study for 2025: NuVoodoo National Media & Marketing Study 25. The sample is still massive – over 2900 respondents – but the demo is wider. We still start at age 14. But instead of ending the sample
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Leigh Jacobs & Carolyn Gilbert, Nuvoodoo Research With friends and colleagues and their families facing up to the devastation in parts of Southern California, it’s difficult to find a focus that doesn’t seem trivial or shallow. Perhaps it’s a reminder that stations are licensed to serve in the community interest. While many stations attract listeners
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Insite | Cumulus Media and Westwood One have released a new Creative Best Practices Handbook, consolidating years of industry research and expert insights on advertising effectiveness. The handbook emphasizes the critical role of creativity in advertising, which according to a major Nielsen study, accounts for nearly half of all sales impact. Cumulus Media Chief Insights
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Dave Van Dyke, Bridge Ratings The rise of social media has democratized content creation, enabling anyone with a smartphone to become a creator. However, as the number of creators grows exponentially, the audience becomes increasingly fragmented, raising questions about the sustainability of the creator economy when creators vastly outnumber consumers. The Era of Creator Saturation
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As is the custom in many schools, the pre-holiday period is filled with performances where students showcase what they have learned. Some of the most endearing assemblies come from the five-year-olds who are justifiably excited to show off their skills. For our final Insight of 2024, we celebrate the achievements of our favorite five-year-old, Edison
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