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NPR Continues to Top Triton's Podcast Metrics Report


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The latest U.S Podcast Report for January, 2021 is out as measured by Triton's Podcast Metrics. During the reporting period, NPR remained in the #1 spot with 43.2 million Average Weekly Downloads and 12.1 million Average Weekly Users, followed by Stitcher with 34.7 million AWD and 10 million AWU, while Entercom's Podcast Network, including Cadence13 and Pineapple Street Studios came in with 20.5 million AWD and 5.4 million AWU.

A number of new entities made their debut in January, including "Sword and Scale" and "The Fighter & The Kid" (Kast Media), "The Apology Line" (Wondery) and "Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald" (Stitcher).

Leading podcasts by both Average Weekly Downloads and 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 during the reporting period.

To view the full results of the U.S. Podcast Report, visit here.

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