Written by Vijay Kumar » Updated on: May 27th, 2025
India Podcasting Market Overview
Base Year: 2024
Historical Years: 2019-2024
Forecast Years: 2025-2033
Market Growth Rate: 28.22% (2025-2033)
The India podcasting market is rapidly emerging as a vibrant and diverse audio landscape, driven by rising smartphone penetration, affordable data, and a growing appetite for regional and niche content. According to the latest report by IMARC Group, The India podcasting market size reached USD 840.72 Million in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach USD 9,336.60 Million by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 28.22% during 2025-2033.
India Podcasting Industry Trends and Drivers:
Podcasting in India is booming, largely due to a young population that enjoys new technology and widespread digitization enabled by the fast-growing availability of smartphones. Podcasts are flourishing across many topic genres these days including education, entertainment, spirituality, and business and the format is seen as a great way to engage listeners with content that resonates, particularly in metropolitan areas. In late 2020, the rise of a more diverse regional- and vernacular-language podcasts in languages like Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali have expanded the appeal of podcasts beyond English-speaking audiences. Introduction of lower data plan costs has contributed to an increase in listenership, as have portable and accessible platforms like Spotify and JioSaavn, while producers promote shows more easily through social platforms and community initiatives. The cultural tradition of storytelling passes along a lineage of oral communication, moral pedagogy, and entertainment and the intimate format matches user preference over a more conventional television or radio experience. With more people spending time consuming streamed audio, producers will continue to grow the audience- of those people seeking good quality authentic engaged content or entertainment on a variety of topics tailored for their interests.
In addition to these advantages, the market is experiencing additional benefits due to increasing advertiser interest and new technology. Advertisers are starting to recognize podcasts as an effective way to reach niche audiences, and they are now commonly using sponsorships and branded content in their podcast advertising. Interactive podcasts are coming to market and users can find easy access to podcasts via voice assistants, which improves listener engagement. Videos podcasts are also on the rise, particularly on YouTube, and are gaining traction with a younger audience that thrives on a multimedia experience. Content creators have started experimenting with formats to reach multiple demographics (i.e. true crime, comedy, and self-improvement). Overall, India’s podcasting market will have amazing potential for growth, and has all the hallmarks of changing the way we think and share stories digitally as connectivity increases in rural areas, and new audiences are discovered.
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India Podcasting Industry Segmentation:
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