Verified Confidence: medium
Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.
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.
What the source says
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
Edison Research — Edison Podcast Metrics, Q4 2025 (in The Infinite Dial 2026)
- Commonly cited as
- "YouTube is the #1 podcast platform"
- True origin
- Edison Research — Edison Podcast Metrics, Q4 2025 (in The Infinite Dial 2026)
- Type
- Stat check: A widely repeated statistic traced back to its origin.
- Year
- 2025
- Data as of
- Q4 2025
- Last checked
- Method & sample
- Edison Podcast Metrics survey of US weekly podcast consumers 13+, Q4 2025 (most-used service), and daily time-share diary.
- Drift between quote and source
- Among weekly podcast consumers, not all Americans
- By time share YouTube is 32% and Spotify 25%
- Interest
- n/a (research firm).