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Triton Digital Releases U.S. Podcast Report for September


Triton Digital
Triton Digital

Triton Digital has released the latest U.S Podcast Report for September, 2020 (August 31 - September 27, 2020) reporting period, as measured by Triton's Podcast Metrics measurement service. The Top Network Reports are ranked by Average Weekly Downloads and Average Weekly Users, under the latest IAB Podcast Technical Measurement Guidelines.

NPR remained in the #1 spot with 43.6 million Average Weekly Downloads and 12.5 million Average Weekly Users, followed by Stitcher with 27.1 million Average Weekly Downloads and 8.2 million Average Weekly Users, Entercom's Podcast Network, including Cadence13 and Pineapple Street Studios with 22.2 million Average Weekly Downloads and 6.3 million Average Weekly Users, and Wondery with 19.8 million Average Weekly Downloads and 5.3 million Average Weekly Users.

The Top 15 Networks represent 661 million podcast episode downloads in total, up 1.8% from million the previous reporting period (August 3-30, 2020).

In both the Top 100 Podcasts by Downloads and the Top 100 Podcasts by Users reports, three new entities made their debut this reporting period, including "Watch What Crappens" (Stitcher), "CounterClock" (audiochuck) and "Bunga Bunga" (Wondery).

Leading podcasts by Average Weekly Downloads include "The Ben Shapiro Show" (Cumulus Media/Westwood One), "Up First" (NPR), "Crime Junkie" (AdLarge/cabana), and "My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff" and "Georgia Hardstark" (Stitcher), 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), "Crime Junkie" (AdLarge/cabana), "The Ben Shapiro Show" (Cumulus Media/Westwood One) and "My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff" and "Georgia Hardstark" (Stitcher, with "NPR News Now" remaining in the #1 spot this reporting period.

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