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  "claim": "YouTube is the service weekly US podcast consumers use most often for podcasts (39%), ahead of Spotify (20%) and Apple (11%)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"YouTube is the #1 podcast platform\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Edison Research",
    "title": "Edison Podcast Metrics, Q4 2025 (in The Infinite Dial 2026)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "Share of Daily Podcast Consumption Time by Source: % Using [Service] Most Often For Podcasts: Q4 2025 Q4 2025 YouTube Spotify 32% 25% 39 20 11",
  "method": "Edison Podcast Metrics survey of US weekly podcast consumers 13+, Q4 2025 (most-used service), and daily time-share diary.",
  "drift": [
    "Among weekly podcast consumers, not all Americans",
    "By time share YouTube is 32% and Spotify 25%"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (research firm).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Edison's Q4 2025 data show 39% of US weekly podcast consumers use YouTube most often for podcasts, versus 20% Spotify and 11% Apple; YouTube had 32% of podcast listening time.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Edison Research — The Infinite Dial 2026 presentation (PDF)",
      "url": "https://www.edisonresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/The-Infinite-Dial-2026-Presentation.pdf",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Q4 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}