When Dhruv Met Kavya, Tops the List for The Most Played New Release Podcast in India Based on Audible’s Best of 2022 List

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India:
Audible, an Amazon company and a leading global provider of original spoken-word entertainment and audiobooks, released its lists of Most Listened To content, across genres and formats (podcasts and audiobooks) for the year of 2022 in India.

Little Things: When Dhruv met Kavya, an audio spin-off of a fan favourite web series topped the list of “Most Played New Releases – Podcast”. Fans of the show and the lead couple Mithila Palkar and Dhruv Sehgal, were delighted by the podcast which is the “origin story” of how the couple came to be.

Celebrity narrated titles were a highlight for Audible listeners this year, with titles like Permanent Roommates: He Said, She Said, S1, S2 narrated by the fabulous Sumeet Vyas & Nidhi Singh, Sasural Wonder Phool narrated by Bollywood actors Varun Sharma & Sanya Malhotra topping the Most Played Romance Titles list.

Baby Doll, an Audible Original, starring Richa Chadha and Jaideep Ahlawat about a hurt and humiliated sex worker, who takes on a dreaded underworld don, Balwant, to avenge the violent death of her friend was the Most Played Thriller Podcast the service released this year.

Malang Ishq, featuring Smriti Kalra, Psycho Saiyaan starring the talented Geetika Vidya and Aakhri Sawaal: Interviews Before Execution, an Audible Original series directed by Mantra, starring Kubbra Sait as Psychologist, Zarah Kaul, who sets out to answer the question – What does it take for a common man to become a murderer? and complete her renowned, murdered father’s unfinished book on the same topic, were on the top 5 Most Played Thriller Podcasts list too.

Self-help ruled the roost in terms of most listened to international audiobooks with Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones, The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness and How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships leading the charts.

Mythology was the MVP genre in terms of Hindi audiobooks, with Shrimad Bhagwad Gita (Hindi Edition) Shiv Puran (Hindi Edition) and Mahabharat Katha all making it to the top 5 Most Listened to Hindi audiobooks list.

Karen Wiggins, Head of Content, Audible APAC, said, “It’s been a terrific year delivering incredibly exciting and fresh content to our listeners. The stellar response these podcasts and audiobooks have received from our listeners encourages us to know we’re on the right track and makes us more determined to keep entertaining, delighting and exciting our listeners in 2023.”

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