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# Edison: Spotify overtakes Apple as top podcast app, YouTube close behind
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/edison-spotify-overtakes-apple-as-top-podcast-app-youtube-close-behind/
- Published: 2026-09-15T23:17:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T23:17:07.000Z
- Description: Edison Research’s Q2 tracker shows Spotify now the most-used podcast app at 24%, ahead of Apple’s 21%, with YouTube at 18%. A year earlier Apple led at 25% and Spotify trailed at 15%.
- Author: Fabric.Media Editorial
- Tags: Creators, Edison: Spotify overtakes Apple as top podcast app, YouTube close behind

**Why it matters.** Half of listeners now start their search for a podcast on YouTube or Google rather than inside an app, so producers who skip YouTube risk being undiscoverable.

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