Spread Certificate · No. HIS-01286
This certifies how far it spread
Serial (podcast)
This American Life / WBEZ at launch; The New York Times since 2020 ·October 2014 ·seeded onAudiothenPressRedditTVXOpen web
Spread Score
42
Notable
Verified independently
Verified
#1
iTunes podcast ranking reported by The New Yorker; market unspecified
The New Yorker
Verified
500K
Reddit discussion visitors reported by TIME; lower bound
TIME
Verified
3 months
Seed to observed peak, Oct 3 ’14 to Dec 18 ’14
Verified
6 platforms
Started on Audio
Claimed, not audited
Claimed
300M
Owner’s season-one cumulative downloads; undated page observed today
Per This American Life
Claimed
68M
Season-one downloads reported by Koenig; cumulative
Per TIME
Claimed
10M
2022 update plus season-one downloads during sponsor’s ten-day campaign
Per Mailchimp / The Shorty Awards