The Podcast Consumer 2017, the latest in Edison’s annual study of the medium, contains all new data on podcast users in America, derived from the Infinite Dial 2017 study (conducted in partnership with Triton Digital). This report charts the rise of podcasting over the past decade, and also includes new, unreleased information on the following:Findings of this report include the following:Podcasting continues to rise, with Monthly listeners growing from 21% to 24% year over year.The audience for podcasts continues to be predominately 18-54, and leans slightly male.http://www.edisonresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Podcast-Consumer-2017.pdf

Spreaker & BlogTalkRadio announced that their respective Boards have approved a merger of the two companies that promises to create the leading technology platform for podcast creation and monetization. The combined entity is comprised of more than 50,000 podcasts, millions of listeners globally.

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