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Share of Ear

Audience research

A quarterly U.S. audio-listening study from Edison Research at SSRS, covering podcasts alongside other audio.

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Who it is for

Networks, advertisers, and researchers who want a credible, long running benchmark of podcast listening against other audio formats.

Who it is not for

Podcasters expecting a dashboard about their specific show, since Share of Ear reports on national audio habits, not individual programs.

Starting price

Subscription for full data access, contact for pricing

The gotcha

It measures how people split their time across all audio, radio, streaming, podcasts, not anything about your specific show's audience.

Share of Ear uses a one-day listening diary from 1,000 U.S. respondents aged 13 and older each quarter. It measures listening across radio, music, podcasts and other audio.

Subscribers receive an interactive dashboard, historical trends and quarterly overview material. These are survey estimates about the audio market, not download counts or retention measurements for a specific podcast.

Public plans

Subscription

annual

Current coverage is the United States. Detailed access is arranged with SSRS; a public subscription price was not established.

Prices checked August 2026

Website

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ssrs.com/ssrs-solutions/share-of-ear/

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