Survey Shows That Podcasts Are Not a Go-To Source for News in the US

Less than 25% of Americans used the medium to keep informed in 2021, according to Pew Research

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This week, Pew Research Center released a report saying that nearly a quarter of Americans (23%) sometimes or often use podcasts as a source for news in 2021.

The percentage of Americans that actually rely on podcasts as a source for news increased by 1% year over year in 2021. Those who don’t use podcasts for news rose from 50% in 2020 to 56% in 2021, according to the report. The data was pulled from more than 20,000 surveyed Americans from August to September 2020 and July to August 2021.

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