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Public broadcasting: NPR’s weekly broadcast audience (2016)

Year Average weekly terrestrial listenership
2005 25,300,000
2006 25,500,000
2007 25,500,000
2008 26,400,000
2009 26,400,000
2010 27,200,000
2011 26,800,000
2012 26,000,000
2013 27,300,000
2014 26,200,000
2015 26,000,000

Source: NPR, based on data from Nielsen Audio Nationwide, for persons 12+. “State of the News Media 2016”

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