With the coronavirus crisis saturating media news, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that quarantine references would seep into podcast advertising — especially when podcasts hosts are controlling the message to a large extent. Magellan, and podcast advertising analytics company, examined the phenomenon. Continue Reading
Podsights, a podcast research and attribution firm, put a survey into the field with general questions about the future of podcasting, and more specific focal points on audience uptake and advertising spend during the coronavirus phase. Continue Reading
Podtrac continues its very interesting year-to-date and week-over-week charting of podcast downloads and audience size. New in this report, Podtrac has added arrays of micro charts for 19 major podcast categories. In these, we see interesting stories being told of attention paid to different types of content. It can be understood as a kind of sociological study of listening in a stressful era. Continue Reading
Deezer has published listening data about its platform as audiences react to the latest changes in the coronavirus pandemic. The streaming service reviewed its global listener trends between March 2 and March 22. The company saw the disappearance of many commutes reflected in its peak hours of activity. Continue Reading
Jacobs Media has released the results for its annual survey into radio and media. The 2020 Techsurvey had 504 commercial radio stations in the U.S. and Canada participating. The slides show insights about radio, podcasts, streaming audio, and smart speakers for a divided digital audience. Continue Reading
Nielsen is the latest research company to share its insights on the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on audio. It shared a positive outlook for radio from an online survey of 1,000 U.S. adults between March 20-22. While more than half (55%) U.S. listeners have not changed their radio habits, 28% said they are tuning in more as a result of the outbreak. Continue Reading
Italy has been dominating headlines as a center of the western world’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The country is expected to take major economic hits as a result of the outbreak, and the music industry will almost certain reverse the positive growth it saw last year. Continue Reading
Edison Research released a graphic from its Share of Ear survey. The most recent update of the report is about streaming’s share of Americans’ AM/FM radio listening. “If the radio industry is ever going to really ‘turn the corner’ on digital listening, this may need to be the crisis that makes it happen,” Edison President Larry Rosin observed. Continue Reading
Triton Digital shared data about changing radio consumption habits as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads. It compared data about AM/FM streams and station formats from March 6-12 with results from March 13-19. Continue Reading
European media and entertainment company Global released its own statistics about digital radio and podcast listening in March. These figures came from Global’s Data Platform and AudienceOne Data. DAX, Global’s digital advertising arm, provided the statistics for music streaming and Alexa briefings. Continue Reading
Acast announced that its global podcast listens increased 7% for the weekend of March 21-22. That’s the equivalent of more than 750,000 listens. The podcast company also noted that listening habits have shifted in response to the global outbreak of COVID-19. Continue Reading
Voxnest shared its latest statistics on podcast listening, offering a global snapshot of how COVID-19 has impacted audiences. The company noted that its Spreaker is the top hosting platform in Italy, which has been hardest hit by the pandemic in Europe. It also shared details from Spain, from across Europe, and some early figures from the U.S. as it prepares for the full force of the virus. Continue Reading