Nielsen launches Podcast Listener Research Service

By Megha Shah - Published on July 16, 2019
Nielsen launches Podcast Listener Research Service

Podcasts have become a golden medium for advertisers. Edison Research reports that about 144 million consumers are listening to podcasts in 2019, and about a third of all Americans listened to a podcast in the last month.

Media research firm Nielsen announced the launch of its Podcast Listener Buying Power Service. The service surveys 30,000 podcast subscribers to create profiles that provide buying habits, interests and other details for specific podcast programs for ad targeting.

The service will be available from Nielsen Scarborough, with audio company iHeartMedia, podcast firm Cadence13, audio network Westwood One and AdLarge Media’s digital audio division Cabana as charter clients.

The reports allow program producers to describe for advertisers the specific kinds of listeners their content attracts, such as where they shop and what they buy. Over a dozen podcast genres and over 2000 categories on respondents’ buying habits and other traits are included in the twice-annual reports from the service.

“We see this as a game-changer that will propel podcast advertising forward,” said Cabana/AdLarge Media CEO Cathy Csukas in a statement. The service, she added, “makes it easy for advertisers to go deep within a specific genre to target listeners with interests and buying habits that match those of the customers they want to reach.”

Sean King, EVP at multi-platform ad agency Veritone One, told ClickZ that, while there were some audio hosting platforms like Megaphone and Art 19 that provided general audience data, he was not aware of any service that offered this kind of profile-based data for podcasts. “This levels the playing field a bit,” he said, “since advertisers can now place ads on podcasts whose listeners include, say, single mothers on the West Coast who have a GM car and may be looking for a new one. Previously, the data enabling this kind of detailed audience-based ad buying has been more plentiful in the older channels.” “Additionally,” King said, “the Nielsen brand legitimizes the growth of podcast, especially for big brands.”

Megha Shah | A dreamer, traveler, aspiring entrepreneur and a bookworm beyond repair, Megha Shah is extremely fond of writing and has been doing so since she was a child. Apart from being a part-time writer, Megha is currently in college, pursuing B. Com. (Hons). Megha is an ardent follower of ‘Hardship, Hustle and Heart’ and firmly believes in the power of hard work and destiny!

Megha Shah |A dreamer, traveler, aspiring entrepreneur and a bookworm beyond repair, Megha Shah is extremely fond of writing and has been doing so since she was a child. Apart from being a part-time writer, Megha is currently in college, pursuing B. Com. (Hons). Megha is an ardent follower of ‘Hardship, Hustle and Heart’ and firmly believes in the power of hard work and destiny!

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