A survey on news consumption held in early 2023 in the United States asked respondents about news podcasts they used most often, with the top result being "The Daily", produced by the New York Times. At 24 minutes long on average, this was one of the shorter podcasts in the ranking, with the second most-named podcast by respondents being "Joe Rogan Experience", which lasted around three hours and 10 minutes per episode. The majority of news podcasts most accessed by respondents in the survey had male hosts and fell into the 'extended chat' category, i.e. informal, personality-led discussions.
Average episode length of the leading news podcasts in the United States as of February 2023
among those who had listened to a news podcast in the last month
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Respondents were asked to name the news podcasts they used most often and could choose up to three podcasts. Between around 200 and 700 shows were mentioned in each country. The definition of news and current affairs podcasts was left open to respondents and therefore some popular shows may have been missed.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 14, 2023). Average episode length of the leading news podcasts in the United States as of February 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391740/leading-news-podcasts-us/
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2023). Average episode length of the leading news podcasts in the United States as of February 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391740/leading-news-podcasts-us/
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