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19 Nov 20, 8 tweets, 6 min read
🎙 What's the impact of #COVID19 on daily news podcasts?

This is the question at the heart of a new report by @nicnewman & @Gallo__. Data suggests both production and listening are rising

📱 Read here reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/daily-news-pod…
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2. One of the key findings of the report is that daily news podcasts punch above their weight

According to @ChartableDotCom data, they represent 1% of the podcasts produced, but up to 10% of the top podcast episodes in some countries Image
3. Looking across the six countries covered by the report, we have counted 102 daily news podcasts, of which 37 were launched in the last year.

As the chart shows, growth picked up after @nytimes launched 'The Daily' in January 2017 Image
4. This investment makes sense. Data from the #DNR20 show that around 1/3 of the people in the 🇺🇸 and 🇸🇪 (36%) listen to at least one podcast monthly, compared with 28% in 🇩🇰 26% in 🇫🇷 22% in the 🇬🇧

🙅‍♀️ Younger & more educated audiences are much more likely to consume podcasts Image
5. Not every daily news podcast is created equal

📊 We have mapped the length of these different types of podcasts in order to highlight four length clusters:

-Microbulletins, 3 minutes
-News round-ups, 10–15
-Deep-dives, 20–25
-Extended chats sometimes last more than an hour Image
6. Publishers see daily news podcasts as a way to attract younger audiences and to engage them more deeply with their brands.

💰 News organisations pursuing subscription business models say daily news podcasts help increase loyalty and reduce churn
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/daily-news-pod…
7. Listening patterns have been affected by #COVID19 due to the loss of the daily commute, with listening spread out more throughout the day. ç

However, listening to news podcasts has grown significantly. Data from Acast suggests that it grew by 30% between Jan and Aug in 🇬🇧 Image
8. You can find many more charts and figures in the report, funded by @GoogleNewsInit and authored by @nicnewman and @Gallo__

📱 Read it here reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/daily-news-pod…

📃 Download a PDF version here
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