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Podtrac Issues Weekly Podcast Data through September 13


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Podtrac has released weekly podcast data through September 13. For the week of September 7-13, downloads were down 1% over the previous week and up 43% over the same period last year. The True Crime category showed the largest week-over-week download growth at 9%. The Arts category showed the largest drop in week-over-week download growth at -8%.

Download growth for the 52-week period from September 9, 2019 to September 13, 2020 was up 43% across all Podtrac measured podcasts. Download growth +9% for Arts, +41% for Business, +31% for Comedy, +11% for Education, +19% for History, +82% for News, +21% for Science, +26% for Society & Culture, +35% for Sports and +70% for True Crime.

Week-over-week download growth for the week of September 7 to 13 was down 1% and was -9% for Arts, -4% for Business, -4% for Comedy, -3% for Education, -8% for History, -2% for News, -4% for Science, 0% for Society & Culture, +3% for Sports, and +9% for True Crime.

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