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Podcasts as a Source of News and Information By America-Today May 6£¬2025
Following a steady increase in podcast listening over the past decade, podcasts have become a big part of the normal routine ¨C and news diet ¨C of many Americans, especially younger adults.Roughly half of U.S. adults say they have listened to a podcast in the past year, according to a new Pew Research Center survey, including one-in-five who report listening to podcasts at least a few times a week. Among adults under 30, about a third listen to podcasts with such frequency. Today¡¯s podcast landscape is a sprawling one, featuring topics from sports and religion to politics and entertainment, and it attracts large numbers of listeners who turn to podcasts for a variety of reasons. Large shares of podcast listeners say that they turn to podcasts for entertainment, learning and diversion ¨C i.e.,having something to listen to while doing something else. Half of Americans or more who have listened to a podcast in the past 12 months say these are major reasons they listen to podcasts. |
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