Researchers at the Defusion Group predict that the U.S. podcast audience will climb from 840,000 in 2005 to 56 million by 2010. By that time, three-quarters of all people who own portable digital music players will listen to podcasts, up from less than 15 percent from 2005, the digital entertainment research group said.
Over 6 million Americans have listened to a Podcast.
A report published 04/05 by the Pew Internet and American Life Project
In late June 2005 Apple added 3,000 Podcasts to iTunes. Within two days, customers had subscribed to more than 1 million Podcasts. That number is now more than 5 million said Stan Ng, Apple’s director of iPod marketing worldwide.
The Sunday Times-August 7, 2005
Podcast Audience Size Facts
Researchers at the Defusion Group predict that the U.S. podcast audience will climb from 840,000 in 2005 to 56 million by 2010. By that time, three-quarters of all people who own portable digital music players will listen to podcasts, up from less than 15 percent from 2005, the digital entertainment research group said.
A report published 04/05 by the Pew Internet and American Life Project
The Sunday Times-August 7, 2005