75+ Top Podcasting Statistics For 2026: Industry Data
Curious about the current state of podcasting?
In this post, we’ll be sharing dozens of interesting podcasting statistics with data pulled from the latest studies.
These stats highlight the size and growth of the podcast industry and reveal useful insights about podcast creators, their listeners, and the platforms/apps they use.
Editor’s top picks
- There are over 5 million podcasts and 70 million podcast episodes (Forbes)
- Over 464 million people listen to podcasts monthly (Statista1)
- 94% of podcast listeners do so via mobile devices (Triton Rankers)
- The average listener downloads 3.8 hours of content and 5.6 episodes weekly (Triton Rankers)
- Spotify and Apple Podcasts are the leading podcast players by market share (Buzzsprout, Triton rankers)
- News podcasts account for 23% of downloads and Comedy podcasts account for 17% of downloads (Triton Rankers)
- 70% of professional podcasts use social media to promote their content (Muckrack)
- 57% of Americans have listened to a podcast, and 78% know what podcasting is (Blogging Wizard)
- The podcasting market was predicted to reach $20b last year (Global News Wire)
General podcast statistics
To kick things off, let’s start by looking at some general podcast statistics that show how popular podcasts are and reveal the current size of the market.
