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- With a new definition of podcast "game" Creature "At least 30 seconds of content consumed"We wondered what would happen if the definition of A "download" also changed to "At least 30 seconds of content downloaded". in below "technical material"We ask one of the world’s biggest podcast hosts if they can recalculate their figures to see how much of a difference it makes.
- In Australia, The Infinite Dial 2026 was released by Edison Research in SSRS and commercial radio and audio. 55% of Australians consumed a podcast in the past month (the US figure is 58%); 45% last week (equivalent to US).
- In news that pleases Apple: 27% of video podcast consumers say they consumed a video podcast on Apple Podcasts in the last month. Fieldwork for this study was conducted April 12–28: less than three weeks after the feature launched publicly. This figure is 37% for Netflix, 47% for Spotify, and 89% for YouTube.
- Media regulator ACMA also released the data. How we watch and listen to content reveals that 52% of Australians will listen to a podcast in 2025. Spotify was the most popular for audio.
- Spotify recently launched a verification badge for some podcast creators. That’s good, says Eric Johnson, writing for PodNews – but, he argues, Spotify can and should do more.
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