"In 2020, the global audiobook market will grow by 25% to $3.5bn and this double-digit growth is expected to continue in the longer term.“
“No one knows for sure yet—but at current growth rates, audiobook revenues are on a trajectory to pass e-books by 2023 or so.”
– Deloitte, telecom and media predictions 2020
"In Spain and Latin America, audiobooks have experienced an annual growth rate of 20% for the last 6 years and by 2021 there will be 14,000 Spanish language titles in the market."
– Dosdoce/Bookwire
"Over 100-million Americans (12+) are monthly podcast listeners."
- Edison Research
"In Germany 58% of the population aged 16-34 have ever listened to a podcast, while ages 35-54 had 38%."
- Edison Research
"Spanish and French are the second and third most common languages in Apple’s podcast directory."
- Mati Sojka, Podigee
“With the rise of wireless headphones and connected speakers, listening is more frictionless than ever, even outside the car. As a result, we will see more casual audio consumption and content creation, including shorter-form content that’s easy to consume while running a quick errand or waiting in line. Don’t be surprised if the trend toward shorter content continues in 2020.”
— Zack Reneau-Wedeen, Head of Product, Google Podcasts
"Hearing is the new seeing: headphone sales reached $20bn in 2018 in the United States alone."
– Deloitte, telecom and media predictions 2020
"2019 was a record-breaking year for the global smart speaker market. A total of 146.9 million smart speaker units were sold across the world throughout the last year."
- Forbes
