While many things changed in 2021, NPR continued to bring fact-based, trustworthy journalism and high quality content to millions of people across the country and around the globe.
Spoken word’s share of audio listening has increased 40% in the last seven years, and 8% in just the last year alone, demonstrating a growth that is consistently picking up.
Spoken word audio's share of listening is at an all-time high, a new report from NPR and Edison Research finds. And young and diverse listeners are consuming content at rates never recorded before.
NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge returns for its fourth year of encouraging young voices in podcasting to come to the forefront of the audio storytelling world.
A new contender in podcast charts? Branded podcasts.
NPR Music and National Public Media (NPM), utilized the popular Tiny Desk Contest series to create NPR’s first-ever influencer marketing campaign.