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Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media

Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media is a research topic within Communication. Science Explorer counts 9.2k research works in it since 1950. 13.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolution of podcasting as a medium, its association with traditional radio, the motivations of podcast users, the impact of true crime podcasts, and the role of podcasting in digital publishing and journalism. It also delves into the social and cultural aspects of podcasting, user engagement, and the revival of audio storytelling.

  • Podcasting
  • Audio Storytelling
  • Radio Revival
  • True Crime
  • Digital Publishing
  • Social Media
  • Motivations
  • Journalism
  • User Engagement
  • Media Consumption
Research works
9.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+40%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (390 and 359 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 390 works
  2. 2 Brazil 359 works
  3. 3 Spain 335 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 107 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 103 works
  6. 6 Australia 77 works
  7. 7 Germany 76 works
  8. 8 South Africa 61 works
  9. 9 Mexico 61 works
  10. 10 Canada 54 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 24.0%Brazil: 22.1%Spain: 20.6%Indonesia: 6.6%6 others listed: 26.6%24%largest
United States390 · 24.0%Brazil359 · 22.1%Spain335 · 20.6%Indonesia107 · 6.6%6 others listed432 · 26.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Conversation Africa publishes the most Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media research, followed by Universidad de Málaga and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Conversation AfricaSouth Africa 37 works
  2. 2 Universidad de MálagaSpain 27 works
  3. 3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 25 works
  4. 4 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 19 works
  5. 5 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 16 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 15 works
  7. 7 Universidad de SevillaSpain 15 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 13 works
  9. 9 University of the Basque CountrySpain 13 works
  10. 10 Universidad de GranadaSpain 13 works

Where is Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media research done?

The largest centres of Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Johannesburg (South Africa). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Málaga and Johannesburg.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 72 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 61 works
  3. 3 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 44 works
  4. 4 Johannesburg South Africa 39 works
  5. 5 Barcelona Spain 29 works
  6. 6 Mexico City Mexico 28 works
  7. 7 Málaga Spain 27 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 23 works
  9. 9 New York United States 19 works
  10. 10 Santiago Chile 18 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MálagaES · 27.2 works29×
  2. JohannesburgZA · 39.2 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and Universidad de Sevilla score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 17.82%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade de Santiago de Compostela: 12, 20.4%Universidad Rey Juan Carlos: 19, 23.9%Universidad de Sevilla: 15, 18.0%Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: 12, 23.1%Universidad de Granada: 13, 21.3%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 25, 13.3%Universidad de Extremadura: 9, 18.0%Universidad de Málaga: 27, 7.8%Universitat de Barcelona: 9, 24.6%University of the Basque Country: 13, 7.8%Universidad Rey Juan…Universitat Autònoma…Universidade de Sant…Universidad de Sevilla
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain 77.820.4%17.8×12 +1002.1%
2 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 76.623.9%32.2×19 +62.8%
3 Universidad de SevillaSpain 70.018.0%12.2×15 +96.7%
4 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 68.923.1%12.4×12 -24.2%
5 Universidad de GranadaSpain 68.821.3%10.6×13 +27.1%
6 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 64.113.3%14.9×25 +14.8%
7 Universidad de ExtremaduraSpain 61.218.0%20.7×9 +67.1%
8 Universidad de MálagaSpain 59.67.8%38.4×27 +28.0%
9 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 58.424.6%6.9×9 +53.8%
10 University of the Basque CountrySpain 56.17.8%13.0×13 +105.4%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.