{"id":450751,"date":"2026-02-05T15:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450751\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:42:07","slug":"siriusxm-ends-year-at-33-million-subscribers-revenue-declines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450751\/","title":{"rendered":"SiriusXM Ends Year at 33 Million Subscribers, Revenue Declines"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSiriusXM<\/a> reported 31.3 million total paid subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2025. Over the course of the full calendar year, paid subscribers fell by 301,000, even as total monthly churn improved slightly to 1.5 percent in 2025 from 1.6 percent in 2024.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company\u2019s total number of subscribers, which also includes users on free trial plans, was about 33 million at the end of 2025, and has remained largely unchanged for some time, though down about 1 percent from a year ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tFourth quarter revenue was $2.19 billion, largely flat year over year, while full-year 2025 revenue came in at $8.56 billion, a decline of 2 percent from the prior year. Net income was $99 million for the fourth quarter, below net income of $287 million in the prior year period. For the full year, net income was $805 million after a net loss of $2 billion million in the prior year.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company\u2019s stock was up 8 percent in pre-market trading Thursday.<\/p>\n

\n\tSiriusXM has been investing in its talent lineup, recently signing a new three-year agreement <\/a>with Howard Stern, after speculation that he may end his long run at the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe signed a new, three-year agreement with the King of All Media, Howard Stern. Our longstanding relationship with Howard helped to define SiriusXM in its early days, and today, he\u2019s more relevant than ever, achieving 32% year over year increase in earned media with A-list interviews and must-hear moments. With this new agreement, we\u2019ve cemented Howard\u2019s place in our lineup for years to come,\u201d\u00a0 said CEO Jennifer Witz.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company has also scooped up high-profile podcast talent, with big deals for podcasts such as SmartLess, Call Her Daddy and more. Podcast ad revenue grew 41 percent for the full year, after double-digit growth in 2024. Podcast programmatic demand was up 92 percent in Q4 2024 compared to Q4 2025.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company is also anticipating largely flat revenue for 2026 at $8.5 billion, and adjusted EBIDTA of about $2.6 billion, which Witz said will be the first time the company has stable adjusted in three years, with further growth in free cash flow.\u00a0 She added that the company is \u201ccontinuing to explore and capitalize on opportunities to leverage our assets moving.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn 2025, we delivered on our commitments and finished the year with strong Q4 results, exceeding our guidance, and growing free cash flow year over year. We achieved this by strengthening our subscription offering, growing our advertising business, and leveraging the power of our broader portfolio to drive meaningful efficiencies and harness new opportunities,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFollowing the refocused strategy we laid out at the end of December 2024, we have remained laser- focused on bolstering our core SiriusXM in-car audience and expanding the reach of our ad network,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SiriusXM reported 31.3 million total paid subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2025. Over the course of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216,11782],"class_list":{"0":"post-450751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-siriusxm"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}