Audiobook Listening Rises in Popularity, But Is It The Same As Reading?

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🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

What's the Hype about Audiobook listening? This week we have the full panel on board to discuss the pro's and con's of listening to audiobooks, and we compare it to reading a normal book. Some on the panel are a little rude when it comes to the idea of listening to an audiobook versus traditional reading, but we try to convince them otherwise. Elsewhere, we share the state of audiobook listenership (It's growing!). Later, we try our hand at narrating an audiobook and share the best ways to listening to audiobooks for free or cheap! Make sure you're following us in your favorite podcast app so you never miss an episode! Visit WhatTheHypePodcast.com for more. Follow us now in your favorite podcast app so that you never miss an episode, and check out full video episodes on YouTube! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tell me all about your latest obsession. Are you a fan? Got guilty pleasure here your
0:09.0	confessions. What the hype?
0:12.0	Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. What the high? What the high?
0:15.0	Drink we from vegetable
0:17.0	that's then.
0:18.0	What the high?
0:20.0	What the high? What the hype?
0:24.0	O what the hype?
0:26.0	Welcome to What the hype!
0:30.0	I'm Andrew.
0:31.0	I'm Eric.
0:32.0	I'm Laura. I'm Andrew I'm Eric I'm Laura I'm Micah and I'm Pamela drop that heavy book and
0:38.1	Instead pick up some headphones because this week we're discussing the pros and cons of listening to
0:43.6	audio books as well as why they've grown in popularity and hype. So to get things
0:50.3	started I want to give everybody a quick run through of the state of audiobook
0:55.0	listening.
0:56.0	So as of 2023, according to the Audio Publishers Association and Edison Research, the size of the
1:01.7	audiobook listening market has grown.
1:04.5	The majority of US adults, 53% say they have listened to an audiobook, which is up from
1:10.3	45% in 2022.
1:12.7	And this translates to nearly 140 million Americans
1:16.0	who have ever tried the medium.
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