Metrics & Research 40

60-million people own smart speakers; usage grows (NPR/Edison Research Smart Audio Report)

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Brad Hill

Tom Webster (SVP, Edison Research) and Joel Sucherman (VP, New Platform Partnerships, NPR) held forth in a Zoom webinar to present the Smart Audio Report 2020, a collaboration of the two companies. The report consisted of a wealth of metrics, including specialty survey questions relevant to Covid-19, and “qualitative research” — videos of users talking about how they use smart assistants. Click for details. Continue Reading →

Voicebot.ai survey: 87.7 million U.S. adults have smart speakers

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Voicebot.ai has released its latest report on U.S. smart speaker adoption. According to its most recent surveys, the U.S. smart speaker installed base has grown 32% to 87.7 million adults. Continue Reading →

Podtrac coronavirus tracking: Week-over-week growth for audiences and downloads

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac has shared its weekly podcast listening data of audience trends during the coronavirus pandemic. The period of April 20-26 included two promising results: growth in downloads and audiences. Continue Reading →

Myers Report projects bleak ad forecast — except podcasting

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Brad Hill

The Myers Report, issued by the Jack Myers media empire MediaVillage, has issued a set of projections for 2020 advertising spend, comparing pre-COVID-19 with the current and future environment. Click through for a telling chart of projections. Continue Reading →

RAJAR Midas spring results: On-demand music narrows the gap with radio for youngest listeners

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Anna Washenko

RAJAR has released its latest Midas study about audio consumption in the UK. The surveys were collected during February. Live radio continued to lead with the highest weekly reach among adults aged 15 and up. We see generational shift as young listeners move from radio to streaming. Continue Reading →

Cisneros study: Puerto Ricans value digital audio, have increased consumption during COVID-19 quarantine

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Cisneros Interactive and Brandwatch collaborated on an investigation into how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted digital listeners in Puerto Rico. The results are based on 700 online surveys taken between March 23 and April 6. Quarantining has led many Puerto Rican listeners to place a higher value on audio content. Continue Reading →

Streaming was 80% of Australia’s music revenue in 2019

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Australia saw a fifth consecutive year of growth for its music industry. The 2019 figures from industry group ARIA revealed 5.5% annual growth in wholesale revenue, reaching more than A$555 million. It was the best year for Australia’s music industry financials since 2004, according to ARIA. Continue Reading →

Podtrac weekly coronavirus tracking: Weekly downloads still down, but some categories find growth

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Brad Hill

Podtrac has shared a new batch of weekly listening figures, in its continued tracking of COVID-19 podcast listening.. The company found that podcast consumption continued a dip for the week of April 13-19, was mainly flat from the previous week. Click through for more metrics and charts. Continue Reading →

Voxnest sees double-digit rise of listening during COVID-19

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Brad Hill

Adding to the heap of COVID-19 statistics charting the undulations of podcast listening in March/April, Voxnest today unleashes an update based on its internal tracking. The headling numbers show double-digit growth: Overall podcast listens have increased 42%, and European listening is up 53%. U.S. listening has dropped. Continue Reading →

Country music kicks off April with its biggest on-demand streaming week

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Country music streaming reached a new high for the week of April 9. Nielsen Music/MRC Data found that country music racked up 1.244 billion on-demand audio streams for that week. That result marks a new high, besting the 1.201 billion audio streams from the week ending March 5. Continue Reading →

Apple Podcasts reportedly has 1 million shows

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Apple Podcasts is now home to 1 million shows. My Podcast Reviews reported on the count, which came from its Podcast Industry Statistics measurement system. Just under half of those million podcasts appear to be active. Continue Reading →

February streaming rises with Pandora bump (Webcast Metrics)

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Brad Hill

Stream listening jumped in February compared to January, according to Triton Digital’s Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker. The year-over-year view showed a 3% decline. The monthly jump was fueled mostly by Pandora, the every-month leader of the group; the streaming giant gained 4% over january in a reversal of a months-long incremental decline. Continue Reading →