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Episode: YouTube had “1 billion podcast listeners” in Jan
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YouTube released a new headline data point, suggesting that there were more than 1 billion viewers of podcast content a month in January. It also repeated that 400 million monthly hours of podcast watching were consumed on TV sets.
Putting the 1 billion number in context, Spotify claimed just 120mn monthly podcast listeners in November. Apple Podcas...