47% of the US population has listened to a podcast in the last month

47%

Nearly half of the US population — 47% — has listened to a podcast in the last month, more than triple the rate it was a decade ago, The Wall Street Journal reports. It’s not a great time to be traditional news media — TV, newspapers — which is suffering from shrinking influence. But it’s certainly a good time if you happen to be hawking the news on TikTok or a podcast.

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