Milestones Recorded by Share of Ear®
2014
- Share of Ear® debuts; AM/FM radio listening accounts for half of all daily audio consumption in the U.S.
2018
- Listening on voice-enabled speakers is tracked; accounts for 2% of all daily listening
2020
- Share of daily audio listening at home increases 18% year-over-year due to COVID-19 quarantine measures
- The share of all AM/FM radio listening in the U.S. done via radio station streams hits double digits at 11%, while 89% of listening continues to be to traditional, over-the-air radio signals
2022
- 25% of daily audio content consumed by Americans age 13+ is spoken word; 75% is music
- Among those age 18-34, 50% of all daily listening is to ad-free audio
- Americans spend more time with audio on mobile devices than on radios
2023
- Podcasts account for 10% of all daily time spent with audio
- Americans spend more time listening to on-demand audio sources than to linear audio sources
- Linear audio still rules in-car listening with 76% of total in-car audio time going to linear platforms
Share of Ear® Answers:
- What audio platforms are people using?
- What time of day do they listen?
- Where are they listening?
- What devices are they using to listen?
- What kind of content are they listening to?
What You Get
- Quarterly updates
- Fully interactive sortable dashboard
- Data on all major streaming companies
- Access to complete dataset
- Data trends since 2014
