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Podtrac Releases Podcast Data for Week of November 15


Podtrack has released their weekly podcast data for the week of Nov. 15 - 21, 2001 and downloads were up 1% over the previous week and up 10% over the corresponding period last year for Podtrac measured shows. The Science and Sports categories had the strongest week-over-week growth at +3% each. The History category showed the weakest growth week-over-week at -6%. The category with strongest growth year-over-year is Sports at 59%

Download growth for the 52-week period from November 16, 2020 to November 21, 2021 was +10% across all Podtrac measured podcasts.

Week-over-week download growth for the week of November 15, 2021 to November 21, 2021 was +1% across all Podtrac measured podcasts.

U.S. Weekly Podcast Download Growth for Top Categories Download growth for the 52-week period from November 16, 2020 to November 21, 2021 was -16% for Arts, +3% for Business, +35% for Comedy, -4% for History, -3% for News, +38% for Religion & Spirituality, +31% for Science, -4% for Society & Culture, +59% for Sports, and +32% for True Crime. Week-Over-Week U.S. Podcast Download Growth for Top Categories Week-over-week download growth for the week of November 15, 2021 to November 21, 2021 was -5% for Arts, -3% for Business, +1% for Comedy, -6% for History, +1% for News, -2% for Religion & Spirituality, +3% for Science, +1% for Society & Culture, +3% for Sports, and 0% for True Crime.

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