Base: All US adult podcast users who have paid/donated to access/listen to a podcast
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
And which of the following have you ever paid or donated money to in order to access/listen to a podcast?
Missing figures were not provided by the source as they amounted to less than one percent.
Citation formats
Payment method to access podcast content in the U.S., 2020, by age group
A survey revelead that podcast users across all age groups indicated a preference for paying podcasters directly for their content, and in fact 78 percent of adults aged 55 or above paid or donated money to podcasters themselves rather than to publishers or networks like Luminary. Meanwhile, consumers aged 18 to 34 years old were more likely than their older peers to pay via podcast networks or platforms.
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