The report does on to say that Spotify's growth will continue all of the way through the forecasted year of 2025.
The Swedish streaming company will have 28.2 million monthly podcast listeners over Apple's 28.0 million, a razor-thin lead that will widen in the years to come. In fact, Spotify will narrowly surpass Apple in that metric by the end of this year. Spotify is still expanding its podcast listenership in the US, while Apple Podcasts' has essentially stagnated. The report anticipates Spotify to end the year with 28.2 million monthly podcast listeners over Apple Podcasts' 28 million in the United States. It looks Spotify might become number one in another area: podcasts.Īccording to a new report from eMarketer the #1 streaming music service is set to surpass Apple Podcasts as the #1 podcasting service as well.
