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Top 25 UK Podcasts for Q2 2024

09/09/2024

The Top 25 UK podcasts for Q2 2024 chart according to Edison Podcast Metrics has been published by Edison Research. Edison Podcast Metrics UK, the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcasts and podcast networks in the UK. The Edison Podcast Metrics Top 25 UK Podcasts of Q2 2024 list is derived from data collected continuously during the second quarter of 2024, interviewing podcast consumers ages 15 and […]

Radio listening in UK hits 20-year high

22/08/2024

Radio listening in UK hits 20-year high according to a recent report by Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator. Their annual report – Media Nations 2024: UK covers all aspects of TV, video and music streaming, radio and podcasts. The first quarter of 2024 saw the highest number of weekly radio listeners across all devices in the past twenty years with an average of 49.9 million adults (88.6%) listening each week, passing the previous high of […]

Podcast listening locations reflect travel preferences

30/07/2024

Podcast listening locations reflect travel preferences with Brits listening more on public transport and walking than US podcast listeners according Edison Research in a recent Edison Podcast Metrics report. When asked Americans often associate the UK with double-decker buses and The Beatles crossing the street outside Abbey Road Studios. It turns out these iconic figures represent things that podcast listeners in the UK do a lot more than their cousins in the US — listen on […]

UK music sales outpace video and games in first half of 2024

24/07/2024

UK music sales outpace video and games in first half of 2024 growing by 7.9% according to figures compiled by digital entertainment and retail association ERA. This significantly outpaces video sales (combining physical, EST and VOD +5.4%) and videogame sales (combining physical and full game downloads – 29.4%). Music revenues in the traditionally quiet first half of the year were £163.8m compared with £151.8m the previous year. Vinyl album sales were up 13.5% to £86.3m, […]

Podcast listening among UK adults hits all time high

27/06/2024

Podcast listening among UK adults hits all time high with listeners spending an average of five and a half hours per week according to The UK Podcast Consumer 2024 report produced by Edison Research. The UK Podcast Consumer 2024 includes data from Edison Podcast Metrics UK. Edison Podcast Metrics UK is the only all-inclusive measurement of weekly reach of podcasts in the UK. Launched in the UK in the third quarter of 2023, Edison Research […]

Top 25 UK Podcasts for Q1 2024

19/06/2024

The Top 25 UK podcasts for Q1 2024 chart according to Edison Podcast Metrics has been published by Edison Research. Edison Podcast Metrics UK, the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcasts and podcast networks in the UK. The Edison Podcast Metrics Top 25 UK Podcasts of Q1 2024 list is derived from data collected continuously during the first quarter of 2024, interviewing podcast consumers ages 15 and […]

Eirewave Radio

28/04/2024

Eirewave is a UK-based pop and rock music radio station with terrestrial DAB transmitters in Belfast and Derry plus an internet radio presence with availability on the UK Radioplayer, smart speakers and devices, various radio aggregators and via direct streaming links. There are also iOS and Android apps. The station has reinstated its CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream plus a 128kbps MP3 and 64kbps AAC (although foobar measures it at 320kbps?) direct stream link. Their […]