This is sponsored by Central Talent Booking. Transform Your Podcast Guest Lineup - Central Talent Booking delivers top-tier guests—celebrities, influencers, thought leaders, and compelling experts—to elevate your podcast. Discover more.Visit https://podnews.net/update/more-listeners-2025 for all the links, and to get our newsletter. There are more listeners than ever to podcasts in the US, according to new data. The Triton Digital 2024 US Podcast Report also suggests that YouTube continues to be the most “preferred” platform for 33.1% of all podcast listeners, while Apple Podcasts has slumped to a new low: preferred by just 12.2%. The data, which is a free download, also contains more detail about the US Podcast Ranker. Video podcasts are “not equally sensible and beneficial for all podcasts“. A group of German podcast marketers and publishers have worked together to produce a white paper explaining the benefits of audio-only podcasts. Advantages include better distribution, and monetisation, and audio podcasts have a 150% higher listen-through rate than video podcasts. There have been a number of layoffs at SiriusXM, impacting the podcast teams and Earwolf. Podnews understands that 100 roles were impacted, representing 2% of the workforce, along with a number of changes to the company’s structure. The CEO Jennifer Witz called it a “profoundly challenging day”. One of those included is Amelia Chappelow, who was Executive Producer at Earwolf. Classifieds - your job or ad hereHost your podcast videos the right way! — Video podcasts have the potential to attract millions of viewers and listeners simultaneously. Disctopia allows you to upload podcast videos and automatically add them to your RSS feed - It's Magic!Save $350—Evolutions Early Bird Ends Tomorrow! — Join podcast creators and pros at Evolutions 2025, March 31–April 3 in Chicago. Save up to $350 on your pass during the Super Duper Early Bird Sale, ending tomorrow. Prices rise at midnight!Commuters listening to your podcasts are valuable, according to new research from Acast. Podcast listeners who listen to and from work are 22% more focused, 10% more likely to engage with ads, and 15% more likely to consider podcast time an essential part of their day. (Nearly half of weekly podcast listeners tune in while commuting). As the US looks north, and the country searches for a new Prime Minister, Pod the North has seven podcast recommendations for Ca