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Webinar Video: Cumulus Media And Signal Hill Insights’ Podcast Download – Spring 2024 Report

By Liz Mayer
Yesterday the Cumulus Podcast Network hosted a webinar highlighting key findings from Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights’ Podcast Download – Spring 2024 Report. The findings included insights on co-listening, consumption of back episodes, and YouTube's place in podcast discovery.

Podcast Consumption Is Undercounted Due To Co-Listening, According To The Latest Cumulus Media And Signal Hill Insights’ Podcast Download – Spring 2024 Report

By Pierre Bouvard
For the twelfth edition of the Podcast Download series, Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights retained MARU/Matchbox to conduct an in-depth study of 603 weekly podcast consumers from April 19-24, 2024. Two studies are conducted annually. The Spring 2024 Report highlights trends from prior studies and examines topics such as co-listening, platform preference, content trends, perceptions of brand safety and content appropriateness, and more.

The 24%-18%-58% Rule And A Major New Study Reveal Audio Is A Major ROI Driver

By Pierre Bouvard
Profit Ability 2: The New Business Case for Advertising, a significant new study on marketing effectiveness from measurement firms Gain Theory and Ebiquity, along with media agencies EssenceMediacom, Mindshare, and Wavemaker UK, was released last week. The study reveals how advertising drives profit over time.

Podcast Consumers Engage With Social Media And Listen To Episodes Within A Day Of Release According to Cumulus Media And Signal Hill Insights’ Podcast Download – Fall 2023 Report

By Lauren Vetrano
For the eleventh edition of the Podcast Download series, Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights retained MARU/Matchbox to conduct an in-depth study of 608 weekly podcast consumers in October 2023. The Fall 2023 Report highlights trends from prior studies and examines topics such as co-listening among parents with children, consumer reaction to podcast ads, and perceptions of brand safety and content appropriateness. Today, the focus is how engaged podcast consumers are with podcasts and hosts, from following them on social media to how quickly they listen to a podcast after release.

New Study: AM/FM Radio Advertising Generates Significant Sales And Profit Growth Reports Peter Field, Godfather Of Marketing Effectiveness

By Pierre Bouvard
Peter Field’s latest blockbuster study released in the U.K. is called The Long and the Short of It - 10 Years On: Radio’s Enduring Role in Effectiveness. This consequential new study lays out hard evidence for how AM/FM radio drives significant lifts in market share, pricing power, sales, profits, and ROI.

Podcast Ad Creative Disconnect Revealed In Cumulus Media And Signal Hill Insights’ Podcast Download – Fall 2023 Report: Podcast Consumers Prefer Funny And Entertaining Ads But Mostly Hear Dry Feature/Benefit Ads

By Pierre Bouvard
For the eleventh edition of the Podcast Download series, Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights retained MARU/Matchbox to conduct an in-depth study of 608 weekly podcast consumers in October 2023. The Fall 2023 Report highlights trends from prior studies and examines topics such as co-listening among parents with children, consumer reaction to podcast ads, and perceptions of brand safety and content appropriateness. Today, the focus is on podcast advertising.

Edison Q3 2023 “Share Of Ear”: AM/FM In-Car Listening Surges To Pre-Pandemic Norms, Spoken Word Grows To Highest Level, And Pandora and Spotify Are Down

By Pierre Bouvard
Edison Research’s quarterly “Share of Ear” study is the authoritative examination of time spent with audio in America. Edison Research surveys 4,000 Americans annually to measure daily reach and time spent for all forms of audio. Since “Share of Ear” has been running continuously since 2015, it affords an opportunity to examine an eight-year view of American audio usage.

Webinar Video: Cumulus Media And Signal Hill Insights’ Podcast Download – Fall 2023 Report

By Elizabeth Mayer
Yesterday the Cumulus Podcast Network hosted a webinar highlighting key findings from Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights’ Podcast Download – Fall 2023 Report. The findings focused on YouTube's dominance as a podcast platform and the latest on watchable podcasts.

YouTube’s Growth As A Podcast Power Player Revealed In Cumulus Media And Signal Hill Insights’ Podcast Download – Fall 2023 Report

By Elizabeth Mayer
For the eleventh edition of the Podcast Download series, Cumulus Media and Signal Hill Insights retained MARU/Matchbox to conduct an in-depth study of 608 weekly podcast consumers from October 13-19, 2023. Two studies are conducted annually. The Fall 2023 Report highlights trends from prior studies and examines topics such as platform preference, content trends, perceptions of brand safety and content appropriateness, and more.

System1: New Study Reveals How Audio Personalities Drive Advertising Effectiveness

By Pierre Bouvard
It is commonly accepted wisdom that a talent read by a podcast host or AM/FM radio personality drives powerful brand impact and sales effect. Now, a new study from System1, the creative effectiveness measurement leader, uncovers how talent reads impact a brand’s market share and short-term sales effect.

Less Is More: Reduce Audio Ad Copy Word Count And Improve Effectiveness, According To Colourtext’s Jason Brownlee

By Pierre Bouvard
Several firms recently collaborated to produce a first of its kind study that examined thousands of campaigns. Audiotrack is a UK audio distribution service that sends ads from creative agencies to audio publishers. Audiotrack delivers audio ads to all UK and Republic of Ireland radio stations, digital streaming, and podcast platforms. Colourtext, a leading media analysis firm, examined over 10,000 campaigns that aired between 2019 and 2021. The study revealed the lower the audio word count per minute, the greater the brand standout, which in turn increases campaign web response.

Upwave Brand Effect Study For E-Commerce Retailer Reveals Podcast And AM/FM Radio Streaming Campaign Increased Familiarity, Brand Perceptions, Consideration, And Purchase Intent

By Pierre Bouvard
An e-commerce retailer promoted its brand using AM/FM radio streaming and a sponsorship of the Katy Perry narrated Elizabeth the First, the podcast about the outsized life and career of movie star Elizabeth Taylor. The six-month campaign ran from October 2022 to April 2023. The Cumulus Media | Westwood One Audio Active Group® retained Upwave, a leader in online brand effect measurement, to study the campaign.

First-Ever Auto Brand “Share Of Ear” Reveals Listening Among Car Owners: AM/FM Radio Represents 60% All In-Car Tuning And 85% Of In-Car Ad-Supported Audio

By Pierre Bouvard
Edison Research’s quarterly “Share of Ear” study is the authoritative examination of time spent with audio in America. Edison Research surveys 4,000 Americans annually to measure daily reach and time spent for all forms of audio. “Share of Ear” can report audio time use among auto brands’ drivers. Since the inception of the study in 2014, Edison has asked, "What is the model year and brand of your primary car or truck – that is, the one vehicle you spend the most time driving or riding as a passenger?”

“Share Of Ear” Q2 2023: Podcasts And AM/FM Radio Represent The Vast Majority Of Time On The “U.S. Ad-Supported Audio Clock,” Podcast Growth Surge Continues, And Spotify’s Usage Growth Does Not Benefit Advertisers

By Pierre Bouvard
Edison Research’s quarterly “Share of Ear” study is the authoritative examination of time spent with audio in America. Edison Research surveys 4,000 Americans to measure daily reach and time spent for all forms of audio. These are the key findings from the Q2 2023 report.