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The Kids Podcast Listener Report

Children Engage with Podcasts: Sharing, Learning, and Co-listening with Family

Kids podcast listener report

The Kids Podcast Listener Report provides a comprehensive look into the podcast habits of American kids aged 6-12, including survey data findings and qualitative interviews with kid podcast listeners and their parents.

Podcasts already have considerable reach among kids ages 6-12 in the U.S., according to the newly-released Kids Podcast Listener Report from Edison Research and Kids Listen, with sponsors American Public Media, Disney Podcasts, Tumble Media, and Wondery.

Kid podcast listeners are engaged with the medium

87% say they have ever shared something they learned from a podcast with other people.

Co-listening emerges as a trend

68% listen with parents, 54% with siblings.

Podcasts foster family connections

72% of parents of kid podcast listeners say it is important for kids podcasts to be able to be enjoyed by the whole family, and 71% say it is important for kids podcasts to give parents and their children topics to discuss together.

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Kids podcast listener report

The Kids Podcast Listener Report

From Edison Research and Kids Listen with sponsors American Public Media, Disney Podcasts, Tumble Media, and Wondery.

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Kids podcast listener report

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Twenty-nine percent of U.S. Kids Ages 6-12 Listen to Podcasts Monthly New Kids Podcast Listener Report Revealed >> 

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