B
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8,100,000
8,100,000 -- podcast downloaders for UK population (2026 (article collection year))
8.1 million people in the UK have downloaded podcasts.
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Value
8,100,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026 (article collection year)
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Rajar
Primary
Tier B
http://www.theisociety.net/audio-and-music-sharing/listening-music-with-spotify-and-lastfm.html ↗
Source Article
The I Society
Original Research
Rajar
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Methodology
Rajar radio audience measurement research
Methodology documented
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Industrymarketing
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UK population: 8,100,000 podcast downloaders. Source: Rajar (2026 (article collection year)). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-podcast-downloaders-8-1m
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