Check out this counter-intuitive decline in podcast listening.

April 2, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment 0 min read

You’d think that with everyone locked inside that more people would have time to listen to podcasts. Maybe so, but the podcasts of choice these days seem to involve news and cornavirus information.

Chartable (go to RAIN for a better look) has this look at the decline in various podcast categories by analyzing a subset of 6,000 programs. Another counter-intuitive thing: Note the dramatic drop in listening to Religion & Spirituality on Spotify.

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is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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