The first smart speaker – the Amazon Echo – debuted a little more than a decade ago. I remember hearing quite a bit of excitement in the podcasting community because many saw these new speakers as a boon for the medium. By 2021 the devices were in a third of US households, fueling more enthusiasm. […]
Smart TVs: the New Smart Speakers for Podcasts Read More »
There’s no doubt that YouTube has become an important force in podcasting, primarily due to growing consumer preference for the video platform. The Cumulus Media / Signal Hill Insights Podcast Download study released in April 2023 marked the first time we saw YouTube overcome Spotify as the most used podcast consumption platform in the US.
YouTube Isn’t Dominating Podcasting Read More »
Branded content in podcasting has been on my mind lately, and if it’s not on the mind of CMOs, brand marketers, content studios, podcasters and publishers – I think it should be! And here’s why… The just-released IAB / PwC Internet Advertising Revenue Report for 2024 calls out four factors driving podcasting’s revenue growth of
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The ways in which podcast listeners are finding their next favorite show are constantly evolving. With discovery being so key to podcast growth, publishers and podcasts keep a keen eye on discovery trends year after year. It’s something we track in The Canadian Podcast Listener, so we’re pleased to present this guest post from our
Why Hit Play on a Podcast? Influencing the Decision to Listen. Read More »
I eat too much fast food. Living 100 metres from a McDonalds means that the “big arches” tend to be my most-frequented chain, and yet it seems every time I pop in, there’s a different sandwich on the menu. Recently, my sodium-and-cholesterol-fueled brain made the connection between McDonald’s product strategy, and something I heard asked
What the McCrispy Can Tell Us About Podcasting: A Case Study from French Canada Read More »
I think this should be obvious: podcasting has changed a lot in the last ten years, almost entirely for the better. I say, “should,” because today I still often read and hear some industry observers lamenting these changes, expressing nostalgia for “the good old days.” True, it’s harder to top the charts with a new
142 Million Opportunities for Podcasting in 2025 Read More »
2024 was a high water mark for Signal Hill Insights, working with our clients to survey a record of more than 65,000 audio listeners in the US, Canada, Australia and Netherlands. Of these, more than 70% listened to podcasts monthly. About 80% of respondents participated in an audience landscape study like Sounds Profitable’s The Podcast
5 Things We Learned from 65,000+ Audio Listeners in 2024 Read More »
Podcasting in Canada is growing. This is something we talk about a lot in the industry, but it’s easy to lose perspective on what that growth really looks like when you’re focused on the year-over-year growth of monthly listening. We started tracking Canadian podcast listening in 2017 with The Canadian Podcast Listener, currently the longest-running
Five million new Canadian Adults have become Monthly podcast listeners since 2019 Read More »
Podcasting is uniquely global. Owing to the open ecosystem of RSS and the fact that the medium isn’t tied to any single platform, there are fewer barriers to international distribution than with much of digital media. Not surprisingly, English-language podcasts have opportunities to reach audiences beyond a podcaster’s own national borders. Just one example is
Podcasting Is Global – Research Should Be Too Read More »
Let me ask you a question: What comes right before action? Here’s my answer: Intent. When we’re evaluating the effectiveness of a podcasting or streaming audio advertising campaign, a lot of attention gets paid to attributable actions. Did an ad drive someone to visit a website, download something, install an app or finally make a
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