PRAY.COM First Religious App to Reach 100 Million Podcast Downloads

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / September 12, 2024 / As the No. 1 app for daily prayer and faith-based content, PRAY.COM recently surpassed 2.5 billion minutes in prayer and the 100 million podcast downloads milestone. This is significant in an industry marked by substantial year-over-year growth, with 66% of consumers today preferring podcasts over TV.

"In addition to billions of minutes spent in prayer, we've also facilitated more than 142 million prayers shared across 185 countries worldwide," said PRAY.COM founder and CEO Steve Gatena.

"We are grateful to God for the opportunity to produce stories that help point people to Him," added Max Bard, PRAY.COM VP of Content. "Everything we do is inspired by the Bible, produced to the highest quality standards, and we believe our audience continues to grow because no one else in the industry is creating anything like it."

Some of the most popular content in the app includes "Bible in a Year with Jack Graham," "The Jesus Podcast," "Heroes in the Bible," "Sleep Psalms with Bishop T.D. Jakes," and "Bedtime Bible Stories." According to a recent study, listening to Bible in a Year or Bible Stories correlated with a decrease in anxiety symptoms.

"We hypothesized that PRAY.COM positively impacts people with mental health challenges such as anxiety, stress, and depression," said PRAY.COM research scientist Breanne Laird, Ph.D. "This was confirmed, and we were surprised at the levels of improvements reported."

"We love that PRAY.COM is helping people all over the world, and our members are sharing their faith with others by sharing our content," added PRAY.COM founder Matthew Potter. "We praise God for the lives impacted, as that's what it's all about for us - not the numbers but the hearts that are reached."