[Exton, PA, November 7, 2022—]
CIY Special Guests revealed, along with new The Bible Timeline Show and updated BIY growth metrics
Ascension, the team behind the #1 religion podcast in the world, The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)™, is excited to share several announcements:
New Reach Statistics for The Bible in a Year (BIY)
- 1.5 Million “Audience Reach” for BIY in last 30 days
Unique devices downloading podcasts (Chartable) + unique YouTube viewers
- Year over Year Growth (Nov 2021 – Nov 2022)
- 157% Growth in Total Downloads, All Time (Fireside)
- Nov 2021 = 142 Million Nov 2022 = 365 Million
- 150% Growth in Downloads of Episode 1, All Time
- Nov 2021 = 1 Million Nov 2022 = 2.75 Million
- 67% Growth in BIY Facebook Group Membership
- Nov 2021 = 75,000 Nov 2022 = 125,000
- 157% Growth in Total Downloads, All Time (Fireside)
- Ascension also confirmed chart positions for the show:
- #1 Global podcast in Religion & Spirituality (Chartable, 2022)
- #1 Podcast in Religion & Spirituality (Apple Podcasts, 2021-2022)
- Top 40 Podcasts (Apple Podcasts, 2022)
Podcast, YouTube, and Product Announcements
- The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) (CIY) podcast – confirming their announcement from June 2022, Ascension revealed additional details about the upcoming January 1, 2023, release, including:
- 4 Podcast Special Guests – Jeff Cavins, Bishop Andrew Cozzens, Dr. Mary Healy, and Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT – each of whom will join Fr. Mike to introduce a new section of the podcast.
- Free downloadable promotional materials – created in response to repeated audience requests, these materials will allow parishes, schools, or Catholic groups to share news about either The Catechism in a Year or The Bible in a Year in their local areas, and enjoy the show together as a community (CIY here) (BIY here).
- The Catechism of the Catholic Church, Ascension Edition – the new printing of the Catechism is the first to feature the Foundations of Faith approach, with a comprehensive color-coded system built into the text itself, and carried across the supplemental products connected to the Catechism or the CIY podcast.
- The Bible Timeline Show (with Jeff Cavins) YouTube show – a new video program which will air on Ascension’s The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) YouTube Channel, featuring:
- 24, one-hour-long episodes in 2023.
- Cavins hosting special guests for each episode, including Scott Hahn, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Josh Johnson, and Fr. Dempsey Rosales Acosta.
- Two episodes apiece will be dedicated to the 12 color-coded periods of the Bible Timeline Learning System, which undergirds the Bible in a Year podcast and many of Cavins’ other publications.
About Ascension
Ascension is a multimedia network and the leader in Catholic faith formation and digital content. Over the past 24 years, Ascension has helped nurture the faith of over 10 million Catholics through award-winning books, the chart-topping Bible in a Year podcast, more than 50 unique faith formation programs, and Ascension Presents, which hosts the largest Catholic YouTube channel in English.
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