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6.8%
6.8% -- user growth rate for Podcast listenership (2026)
Podcast listenership is growing at an annual rate of 6.8% according to Sonix statistics.
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6.8%
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2026
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60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
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95
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Sonix
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https://www.podmuse.com/post/podcast-transcript-format ↗
Source Article
A Guide to Podcast Transcript Format
A Guide to Podcast Transcript Format
- Jules Ownby
- Jun 18
- 12 min read
You've probably seen the pattern already. The episode is strong, the guest is credible, the production sounds polished, and the team finally publishes the transcript on the website. Then the page goes live as a dense slab of t…
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Podcast listenership: 6.8% user growth rate. Source: Sonix (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/podcast-listenership-growth-annual
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