In case you think this is a passing trend, the industry does not see it that way, and is keen to look to the future. This explains why the APA (Association of American Publishers) said that the first 3 months of 2017 saw audio sales rise by 28.8%.įind Voice Actors English (American) English (British) Spanish (Latin American) Chinese (Mandarin) Arabic French Afrikaans Albanian Basque Belarusian Bulgarian Catalan Chinese (Cantonese) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English (African) English (Australian) English (Canadian) English (Caribbean) English (Indian) English (Irish) English (International) English (New Zealand) English (Scottish) English (South African) Estonian Farsi Finnish Flemish French (Canadian) Gaelic (Ireland) German German (Austrian) German (Switzerland) Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Norwegian Polish Portuguese Portuguese (Brazilian) Punjabi Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish (Argentinian) Spanish Spanish (Chilean) Spanish (Colombian) Spanish (Costa Rican) Spanish (Mexican) Spanish (Peruvian) Spanish (Puerto Rican) Spanish (Venezuelan) Swahili Swedish Tagalog Taiwanese Telugu Thai Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh or Post a Project Smartphone storage capacity has increased each year too, which must have helped to drive adoption because smartphones are the device of choice for audiobook listening among 29% of the audience.Įver-increasing subscriptions and downloads from Audible have driven major publishers to meet demand, turning their top titles into audiobooks for a hungry readership. Whatever the reasons, 2015 saw audiobook sales increase by 24%, and an additional 18.2% in 2016.Įdison Research produced a study that showed 24% of Americans listened to at least one audiobook during 2016, a rise of 22% over 2015, which is a lot of people. With your brain in neutral, it’s natural to want to do something a bit more productive than just daydream. These activities might be best characterized as ‘active waiting’, as they demand some but not all of your attention and they take a while.
It doesn’t take every spare neuron in your brain to drive and it takes fewer to sit on a train or a plane. Perhaps it’s a symptom of modern life, that we feel busier than ever and we like it when we can do two things at once to make the most of every moment, or perhaps it’s just a really neat idea that’s come of age.Įither way, voice overs for audiobooks have gone from a standing start (the blind-community market not withstanding) to a huge phenomenon in just a few years.Ī good audiobook narrator can definitely serve as an antidote to the daily grind of commuting.
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