Podcast Audience To Double In Next Two Years

NOTE: Stories like this is one reason the JCEA maintains the podcast "Walking With The Giant". The more people listen to podcasts, the more people with whom we can share Christ.

Podcasting News -- The US audience for podcasts will more than double in the next two years, growing from 6.5 million (active weekly downloaders) in 2007 to 14 million in 2009.

According to a new report by eMarketer

• The total US podcast audience reached 18.5 million in 2007;
• The total audience will increase by 251% to 65 million in 2012;
• There are currently 6.5 million people that download one or more podcasts per week; and
• In five years, there will be 25 million active podcast downloaders.