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The Odyssey audiobooks see listener surge on Spotify after success of film
["Sean O'Grady", 'Press Association Deputy Entertainment Editor']
Irish News
The success of Sir Christopher Nolan’s epic blockbuster The Odyssey has sparked a 310% month-on-month increase in listeners to Homer’s myth on Spotify.
Two thirds of listeners are male, with no other title on the platform reaching such a level of popularity among men, according to Spotify.
Roshni Radia, books editor at Spotify, said: “What’s particularly fascinating about the surge in interest in The Odyssey on Books on Spotify is who’s listening.
“Two-thirds of listeners streaming translations of Homer’s epic are men – an unusually high proportion for a single audiobook on Spotify.
The film stars Matt Damon as the title character, with Tom Holland as his son, Telemachus, and Anne Hathaway as his wife, Penelope.