According to a study on the weekly broadcast audience of National Public Radio in the United States from 2005 to 2020, there were 26.1 million people listening to NPR on a weekly basis in 2020, down from 28 million in the previous year.
National Public Radio (NPR) average weekly broadcast audience in the United States from 2005 to 2020
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