B
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80%
80% -- listener trust in host for podcast listeners (2026)
80% of podcast listeners trust their favourite host as they would a close friend.
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80%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Acast and Nielsen
Primary
Tier B
https://www.podcaststudioglasgow.com/podcast-studio-glasgow-blog/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-passive-p… ↗
Source Article
What a Podcast Tribe Actually Is (And How to Build One) | Podcast Studio Glasgow — The Podcast Studio Glasgow
There's No Such Thing as a Passive Podcast Listener
You know what nobody ever did?
Accidentally subscribed to a podcast.
Nobody woke up one morning with 47 podcasts on their phone and thought, how did that get there? Every single show on that list was a choice. Someone heard something, or read somet…
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Acast and Nielsen
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Research by Acast and Nielsen, cited by Podcast Studio Glasgow blog
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podcast listeners: 80% listener trust in host. Source: Acast and Nielsen (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/podcast-listeners-trust-host-as-friend
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