Last week, Edison Research released their annual Infinite Dial study. When Edison Research started the Infinite Dial Study in 1998, the goal was to understand how Americans use emerging forms of audio and new media. In the first 1998 study, a tiny number of consumers had ever tried audio streaming over a dial-up connection. 27 years later, the Infinite Dial is the longest-running study of consumer digital audio use. The results of Edison Research’s 2025 Infinite Dial study contain some compelling insights for marketers and media agencies.

Yesterday the Cumulus Podcast Network hosted a webinar highlighting key findings from Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights’ Podcast Download – Fall 2024 Report. The findings included insights on YouTube's place in podcast consumption and discovery, consumer preference for watchable podcasts, the importance of YouTube thumbnails, and more.

In 2021, YouTube was the third most accessed destination for podcasts. In 2022, it tied Spotify as the platform used most among weekly podcast listeners. Now across two years’ worth of studies in 2023 and 2024, YouTube has pulled away from the pack and leads as the most used podcast audience platform in the U.S., hitting a new high of 34%.

Amplifi Media has teamed up with Cumulus Media and System1. We’re unveiling brand new research and seven proven strategies to supercharge your podcast cross-promotion.

In 2021, YouTube was the third most accessed destination for podcasts. In 2022, it tied Spotify as the platform used most among weekly podcast listeners. Now across three studies in 2023 and 2024, YouTube has pulled away from the pack and leads as the most used podcast audience platform in the U.S.

Yesterday the Cumulus Podcast Network hosted a webinar highlighting key findings from Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights’ Podcast Download – Spring 2024 Report. The findings included insights on co-listening, consumption of back episodes, and YouTube's place in podcast discovery.

For the twelfth edition of the Podcast Download series, Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights retained MARU/Matchbox to conduct an in-depth study of 603 weekly podcast consumers from April 19-24, 2024. Two studies are conducted annually. The Spring 2024 Report highlights trends from prior studies and examines topics such as co-listening, platform preference, content trends, perceptions of brand safety and content appropriateness, and more.

Alan Burns & Associates and the Cumulus Media | Westwood One Audio Active Group® hosted a webinar yesterday highlighting key findings from the latest installment of the "What Women Want" report.

A sure sign of brand marketers leaning into podcasts is the increase in brand lift studies conducted by Nielsen. Since 2017, Nielsen has conducted an astonishing 1,300+ podcast brand lift studies. They recently released a series of norms and key insights on their database of podcast brand effect work.