#SpokenWordAudio
TheSpokenWordAudioReport2022
ShareofEar?
?4118respondents,conductedQ32021–Q22022
?Nationalsampleages13andolder
?Onlineandoffline
?Trackedsince2014
?OfferedinEnglishandSpanish
#SpokenWordAudio
Music
NewsNews
SportsSports
SpokenWordAudio
Talk/PersonalitiesTalk/Personalities
AudiobooksAudiobooks
#SpokenWordAudio
KeyFindings
1.SpokenWord’sshareofaudiolisteninghasincreasedby45%overthelast
eightyears
2.Youngerlisteners’timespentlisteningSpokenWordhasincreasedby214%
overthelasteightyears
3.AmongdailySpokenWordAudiolisteners,amajorityoftheirtimewithaudio
nowgoestospokenword
#SpokenWordAudio
Thenumberofpeoplelisteningto
SpokenWordAudioisincreasing
#SpokenWordAudio
46%oftheU.S.populationlisten
toSpokenWordAudiodaily
U.S.Population13+
%ListeningtoSpokenWordAudioEachDay
46
45
43
202020212022
Source:EdisonResearchShareofEar?2022
#SpokenWordAudio
Today,26MillionMorePeopleAreListeningto
SpokenWordAudioEachDaythanEightYearsAgo
ListeningtoSpokenWordAudioEach