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Church Times casts a critical eye over the podcast field Christian listeners increasingly rely on

A Church Times review of podcasts touches on a format that ECMS 2026 data suggests is used unevenly across age groups among Christian audiences.

Church Times has published a review of podcasts, though no further detail on which programmes or themes it covers was available. Podcast reviews of this kind matter to Christian media because they help shape what churchgoers and Christian organisations choose to listen to and recommend. Editorial coverage of the medium also signals how established Christian publications are engaging with audio as a growing distribution channel. Without more detail on the review’s content, its specific implications for the sector remain unclear.

Separately, ECMS 2026 found that 27 per cent of respondents listen to Christian podcasts, with the figure notably higher among under-35s (44 per cent) than over-55s (21 per cent).

Source: ECMS 2026

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