Triton Digital Releases Latest U.S. Podcast Report

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Triton Digital has released the latest U.S Podcast Report for April 13 through May 10. Thirteen new entities debuted in the Top 100 Podcasts, including "Morbid: A True Crime Podcast" (Audioboom), "CNN Daily News Briefing" (WarnerMedia) and "Greg Laurie Podcast" (Harvest Christian Fellowship). Additionally, twelve new entities debuted in Top 100 Podcasts by Users Report, including "Casefile True Crime" (Audioboom), "Stay Tuned with Preet" (Stitcher) and "Motive for Murder" (Wondery).

Leading podcasts by both Average Weekly Downloads and Average Weekly Users include "Up First" (NPR), "My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark" (Stitcher), "The Ben Shapiro Show" (Cumulus Media/Westwood One) and "Fresh Air" (NPR), with "NPR News Now" remaining in the #1 spot as the most downloaded podcast in the U.S.

In networks, NPR remained in the #1 spot with 39,857,042 Average Weekly Downloads and 11,188,931 Average Weekly Users, followed by Entercom's Podcast Network, including Cadence13 and Pineapple Street Studios and Stitcher. The Top 15 Networks represent 517 million downloads in total.

View the entire report here.

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