Every quarter, Edison Podcast Metrics releases new data on how U.S. weekly podcast consumers 13+ engage with podcasts across platforms, producers, and devices. One key question captured is primary podcast listening device. While it’s important to stress the smartphone’s dominance in this category, the story doesn’t end there. Keep reading to learn the other podcast listening device that is charting impressive usage gains.  

Almost every U.S. household has a television in it, many more than one. For years, televisions have been used to watch a broad and ever-expanding list of shows, movies, and live events. As of 2026, TVs are also becoming popular podcast listening and viewing destinations, with 13% of U.S. weekly podcast consumers naming it as their primary podcast listening device. Smartphones have the overwhelming lead for this question, but TVs are now virtually tied with Computer/Laptop, which hold the second-place spot.  

TVs for podcast consumption have also grown in popularity over time, first emerging on this graph at 1% in 2021. In five years, the percent of weekly consumers naming TV as their primary podcast listening device has grown by an astounding 1200%. There is also an interesting relationship between podcasts consumption on TVs and the usage of YouTube for podcasts. Those who say they use YouTube to consume podcasts most often, are considerably more likely to select TVs are their primary device.

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