According to a survey held in the United States in August 2022, podcasts were not a popular news source, with 56 percent of respondents saying that they never used podcasts for news. However, six percent did so every day, and 10 percent did so once or several times per week, suggesting that news podcasts do have a certain degree of potential to expand their audiences, and this is particularly true among younger consumers.
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Frequency of using podcasts as a source of news among adults in the United States as of August 2022
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Daily
6%
A few times per week
10%
Once per week
6%
A few times per month
8%
Once per month
4%
Less often than once per month
10%
Never
56%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%
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Morning Consult. (October 17, 2022). Frequency of using podcasts as a source of news among adults in the United States as of August 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/946590/podcast-news-usage-frequency/
Morning Consult. "Frequency of using podcasts as a source of news among adults in the United States as of August 2022." Chart. October 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/946590/podcast-news-usage-frequency/
Morning Consult. (2022). Frequency of using podcasts as a source of news among adults in the United States as of August 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/946590/podcast-news-usage-frequency/
Morning Consult. "Frequency of Using Podcasts as a Source of News among Adults in The United States as of August 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/946590/podcast-news-usage-frequency/
Morning Consult, Frequency of using podcasts as a source of news among adults in the United States as of August 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/946590/podcast-news-usage-frequency/ (last visited June 14, 2025)
Frequency of using podcasts as a source of news among adults in the United States as of August 2022 [Graph], Morning Consult, October 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/946590/podcast-news-usage-frequency/
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