Triton Digital has announced the release of its May 2022 U.S. Podcast Report, which is now available on www.TritonRankers.com, an interactive website where podcasters, advertising agencies and advertisers can easily navigate and filter by podcast category, publisher and time period, gaining insights into monthly performance trends.
May U.S. Podcast Report Highlights
For the May 2022 reporting period (May 2 – May 29, 2022), as measured by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service, Stitcher Media remained in the number one spot on the Top Networks Report for the month of May with 59.6M Average Weekly Downloads and 14.8M Average Weekly Users. NPR came in at number two with 32.2M Average Weekly Downloads and 6.6M Average Weekly Users, followed by Audacy Podcast Network at number three with 29.5M Average Weekly Downloads and 7.7M Average Weekly Users.
In May, there were over 228M average weekly downloads for the top 20 publishers. NPR News Now (NPR) remained in the number one spot for downloads, followed by The Ben Shapiro Show (Cumulus Podcast Network), which climbed up to the number two spot, and Crime Junkie (audiochuck) moved down to number three.
The top three podcasts based on listeners in May included, Crime Junkie (audiochuck), Up First (NPR), and Morbid: A True Crime Podcast (Audioboom).
New shows debuting during this period for downloads included Headline News from The Associated Press (Audioboom), and Murder, Mystery and Makeup (Audioboom). For listeners, Marketplace Morning Report (American Public Media), American History Tellers (Wondery), and Snapped: Women Who Murder (Wondery) debuted. One podcast, Erazno y La Chokolata El Podcast (Stitcher Media), debuted for both downloads and listeners.
Additional Audience Insights
In combination with this month’s U.S. Podcast Report, Triton Digital pulled additional podcast insights for the month of May, leveraging Podcast Metrics inclusive of Demos+. Some of the insights featured in the May infographic include:
- Top five podcast genres (most downloaded): News was the most downloaded category (27.1 percent), followed by True Crime (20.3 percent), Comedy (17.6 percent), Society and Culture (7.1 percent), and Sports (6.3 percent).
- Downloads by device type: The majority of downloads occurred on mobile devices (93.1 percent), whereas only 1.8 percent occurred on a desktop or laptop.
- Top 3 highest indexing shows for women 18+: Watch What Crappens (Stitcher Media), Something Was Wrong (Wondery), and The Viall Files (Kast Media) were the top 3.
- Top 3 highest indexing shows for men 18+: The Pat McAfee Show 2.0 (Stitcher Media), The Fighter and The Kid (Kast Media) and 2 Bears 1 Cave with Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer (Stitcher Media) ranked highest.
For more insights, view the U.S. Podcast Audience Insights infographic.
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