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More Than Half of Americans Use Internet Radio Monthly

Fifty-three percent of Americans 12 and older listen to online radio monthly and 44 percent listen weekly, said a survey released Wednesday by Edison Research and Triton Digital. The survey also found that 54 percent of the Internet audio users…

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use Pandora most often, followed by iHeartRadio at 11 percent, Spotify at 10 percent, and iTunesRadio at 8 percent. Along with Internet radio, podcasting is on the rise, with consumption growing from 39 million monthly users in 2014 to about 46 million in 2015, it found. On social media, 65 percent of those surveyed said they use Facebook most often, the report said. Facebook beats out Instagram at 18 percent, Snapchat at 15 percent and Twitter at 8 percent as the most-used social media sites among 12- to 24-year-olds, it found. The survey was done Jan. 6 to Feb. 10, with 2,002 persons 12 and older selected via random-digit dial sampling and interviewed by phone.