YouTube passes 1 billion monthly active podcast viewers<p>It sometimes feels like everybody and their dog has a podcast. (<a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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Engadget does![/url]) But why not jump on the trend when the interest in this type of content has <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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grown[/url] for years? Video platform YouTube may not seem like the most obvious choice for tuning in to an audio-driven format, but the company has actually become a major player for podcast consumption. Today, YouTube <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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announced[/url] that as of January 2025, it has surpassed 1 billion monthly active viewers of podcasts.</p>
<p>People aren't just playing YouTube podcasts to their headphones, either. The company's year-in-review showed that more than 400 million hours of podcast content was played on "living room devices" during 2024. <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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Data[/url] from Edison Research found that YouTube was the most-used platform for nearly a third of weekly podcast listeners age 13 and up.</p>
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