A study from 2021 found that people who have not listened to a podcast in the last month did so due to the lack of time. In both Europe and the United States, 20 percent of respondents said that they did not have enough time to consume one or more podcasts. However, in the U.S. only nine percent of respondents stated that they did not really know what podcasts were while in Europe, 17 percent said the same.
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Reasons why people do not consume podcasts in the Unites States and Europe in 2021
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (September 13, 2021). Reasons why people do not consume podcasts in the Unites States and Europe in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271874/reasons-for-no-podcast-consumption/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Reasons why people do not consume podcasts in the Unites States and Europe in 2021." Chart. September 13, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271874/reasons-for-no-podcast-consumption/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2021). Reasons why people do not consume podcasts in the Unites States and Europe in 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271874/reasons-for-no-podcast-consumption/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Reasons Why People Do Not Consume Podcasts in The Unites States and Europe in 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271874/reasons-for-no-podcast-consumption/
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Reasons why people do not consume podcasts in the Unites States and Europe in 2021 [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, September 13, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271874/reasons-for-no-podcast-consumption/
