Stitcher Media Led Podcast Downloads in May: Triton Digital

Stitcher Media held the top spot in May in Triton Digital’s U.S. podcast report with 59.6 million average weekly downloads and 14.8 million average weekly users, said the metrics firm Monday. NPR was second with 32.2 million average weekly downloads and 6.6 million average weekly users, followed by Audacy with 29.5 million and 7.7 million, respectively. The top 20 publishers had over 228 million weekly downloads in the month. By genre, news was the most downloaded category (27.1%), followed by true crime (20.3%), comedy (17.6%), society and culture (7.1%), and sports (6.3%). Most downloads occurred on mobile devices (93.1%); 1.8% occurred on a desktop or laptop, Triton said.