Do You Believe These Numbers? 6 Million People Have Downloaded Podcasts

From Reuters via Yahoo! News: "Podcasts Catching on with iPod Owners":

Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults who own MP3 players like Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod say they have downloaded podcast programs from the Internet, the Pew Internet and American Life Project found.

That means more than 6 million people are listening to a form of communication that emerged only last year, according to the nonprofit group.

6 million: that's a lot of people smoking the podcasting dope.

Related: Pew Reports: Podcasting catches on [pdf]

Update: Pew Admits They Falsely Pumped Up Podcasting Just For Fun