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Triton Digital Releases October 2020 U.S. Podcast Report


Triton Digital
Triton Digital

Triton Digital has released the latest U.S Podcast Report for the October. During the reporting period, NPR remained in the #1 spot with 42.8 million Average Weekly Downloads and 11.9 million Average Weekly Users, followed by Stitcher with 27.3 million Average Weekly Downloads and 7.7 million Average Weekly Users, Entercom's Podcast Network, including Cadence13 and Pineapple Street Studios with 24.6 million Average Weekly Downloads and 6.7 million Average Weekly Users and Wondery with 19.4 million Average Weekly Downloads and 5.2 million Average Weekly Users.

Combined, the Top 100 Podcasts by Downloads and Top 100 Podcasts by Users are up 3.6% from the previous reporting period (August 31-September 27).

In both the Top 100 Podcasts by Downloads and the Top 100 Podcasts by Users reports, four new entities made their debut this reporting period, including "Full Body Chills" (audiochuck), "Sofia with an F" (Entercom/Cadence13/Pinapple Street Studios), "Dr. Death Season 2: Dr. Fata" (Wondery) and "Anatomy of Murder" (audiochuck).

Leading podcasts by Average Weekly Downloads include "The Ben Shapiro Show" (Cumulus Media/Westwood One), "Up First" (NPR), "Crime Junkie" (audiochuck) and "NPR Politics" (NPR), with "NPR News Now" remaining in the #1 spot as the most downloaded podcast in the U.S.

Leading podcasts by Average Weekly Users include "Up First" (NPR), "Crime Junkie" (audiochuck), "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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