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Podcasts in Canada now reach more Canadians than ever before, reporting the largest single-year increase of 46% in listeners per month, according to Triton Digital’s fourth annual Canadian Podcast Report. (For English-speaking Canadians, that number is 49%.)
- Data shows that YouTube is the most used podcast platform in the country; Apple Podcasts is the #1 RSS-based podcast app – Apple gets 49% of all new episode downloads. The iHeartRadio app (operated by Bell Media in the country) has a 3% share. The report includes demographics for each player – with Apple Podcasts users, predictably, twice as likely to earn more than $100,000 than YouTube users.
- Canadians are also listening to more podcasts (4.1 in 2025; 3.5 in 2023); Francophone consumption has bounced back by 33% per week.
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Triton Digital also released its Australian Podcast Ranker for May 2026. Hamish and Andy are the men of tomorrow; They have lost the #1 spot to Mamamia Out Loud. The highest new entry was from Nova Podcast at #88, with a show we’ll call DYFM.
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AMP’s proposed cross-platform measurement framework can solve the measurement problem; But it won’t fix the money for independent podcasters, suggests Loch Moodley, writing for Podnews today. He argues that the costs of podcasting are increasing with the advent of video, and while production has moved closer to standard broadcasting, the monetization model has not; And she suggests other ways to increase revenue.
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- After his show was signed by YAP Media, next big ideaLast October, Caleb Bissinger joined the company as vice president of production and operations. He will serve as executive producer across the network and lead its growth strategy. He joins the Next Big Idea Club and Wondery.
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