News podcasts lead the pack in US ad revenue share

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News held the largest share of US podcast ad revenues in 2020 compared with other genres. Comedy and science also cracked the top three podcast genres, while more specialized topics, like true crime and sports, garnered smaller shares of the market, worth nearly $960 million last year, per our estimates.

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