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Triton Digital Debuts U.S. Podcast Report for May 11-June 7


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Triton Digital has released the latest U.S Podcast Report for the May 11-June 7 reporting period. The new report is the first in the U.S. in which WarnerMedia appears in the Top 15 Networks. NPR remained in the #1 spot with 41.6 million Average Weekly Downloads and 12 million Average Weekly Users, followed by Entercom's Podcast Network, including Cadence13 and Pineapple Street Studios with 22.7 million Average Weekly Downloads and 6.7 million Average Weekly Users.

Stitcher followed with 22.5 million Average Weekly Downloads and 7.3 million Average Weekly Users, and Wondery with 17.4 million Average Weekly Downloads and 4.7 million Average Weekly Users. The Top 15 Networks represent 572 million podcast episode downloads in total.

Ten new entities debuted in the Top 100 Podcasts by Downloads, including True Crime Garage (Stitcher), Coronavirus: Fact vs Fiction (WarnerMedia) and Motive for Murder (NBC News). Additionally, nine new entities debuted in Top 100 Podcasts by Users report this reporting period, including Someone Knows Something (CBC/Radio-Canada), The Tiny Meat Gang Podcast (Audioboom) and Cold (Wondery).

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

Leading podcasts by 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.

View the entire report here.

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