Metrics & Research 44

Along with baseball, basketball, and nearly everything else, “Infinite Dial” live is off — webinar still on

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Brad Hill

In a day when baseball, basketball, hockey, Disney, schools and many other cultural institutions were suspended, yesterday also brought an announcement closer to RAIN home: Edison Research and Triton Digital have canceled the first live-audience presentation of The Infinite Dial, the annual public snapshot of American listening. The webinar is a go; click through for the registration link. Continue Reading →

Triton Digital releases LATAM Podcast Report, now with stats for Stitcher

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Triton Digital has released its latest edition of the LATAM Podcast Report. This chart covers the top-performing shows for the region from January 20 through February 16. In this edition, the report has been expanded to include international titles from Stitcher, which had six shows make the cut. Continue Reading →

Podtrac February 2020 publisher chart, plus RAIN remix (CORRECTED)

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Podtrac has released its ranking of the top podcast publishers for February 2020. All fifteen publishers saw growth in their U.S. unique monthly audience from the previous month, with an average increase of 9%. Also, the RAIN Remix, to gain insight about how the audience, and streams/downloads, are distributed across number of shows. Continue Reading →

Edison Research: 75% of Americans are now familiar with podcasting

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Tom Webster, senior vice president at Edison Research, presented data yesterday at the RAIN Podcast Business Summit. The slides covered results from several Edison research projects: Share of Ear, Podcast Consumer, and The Infinite Dial, reflecting the latest snapshots of podcast listening in the U.S. Continue Reading →

MIDiA Research: Streaming was 56% of the $21.5 billion in global music revenue for 2019

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Anna Washenko

MIDiA Research shared its report on the global music industry for 2019. According to its figures, global recorded music revenue reached $21.5 billion, with 11.4% growth bringing the sector to a fifth consecutive year of growth. Continue Reading →

Westwood One podcast ad survey: Dynamic insertion, attribution, and a tipping point

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Westwood One shared results from a survey of podcast sellers, asking them about the current state of the market and infrastructure. The results provide a counterpoint to a survey of advertisers and agencies released last month. Both surveys revealed a spectrum of marks for existing podcast measurement tools. Continue Reading →

Streaming was 55% of Germany’s music market in 2019

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Germany’s recorded music revenue returned to growth in 2019, reversing a small decline from its results in 2018. During last year, trade body BVMI reported 8.2% growth for revenue of €1.623 billion ($1.82 billion) on retail basis. Continue Reading →

Subscription streaming was the leading music revenue source for France in 2019

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Anna Washenko

France generated recorded music revenue of €772 million ($867 million) in 2019, according to the latest report from trade body SNEP. Streaming represented 49% of the industry’s total revenue for the year and was the leading revenue source in 2019. Continue Reading →

RIAA report: Streaming holds at 80% of 2019 revenue, with $6.8 billion from subscriptions

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Anna Washenko

The RIAA released its 2019 year-end report, marking a fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth thanks to increases in subscription streaming. Streaming is now delivering nearly 80% of all recorded music revenue, holding steady at the share it delivered in the first half of the year. Continue Reading →

Country radio fans are interested in streaming and station-specific mobile apps

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Futuri Media collaborated with the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications for a survey into trends for country radio listening. The results were presented at CRS 2020. Continue Reading →

Research finds TV shows can cause up to 19 accidental smart speaker activations a day

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Anna Washenko

The major tech companies making voice assistants all faced consumer backlash in the past several months over privacy issues. While many took steps to give users more control over participating in human review programs, the exposés also revealed that many smart speakers record their users at times when the individual hadn’t uttered a wake word. New research from a group of universities explored the extent to which popular TV shows can accidentally turn on a smart speaker’s microphone. Continue Reading →

Edison Research releases its first quarterly Top Ten Podcast ranker

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Brad Hill

Edison Research has broken out a Top Ten Podcast ranker, which measures podcast popularity among weekly podcast listeners. The ranker will be released quarterly, and will represent a rolling four-quarter average. This method smooths out irregularities such as quick-rise, quick-fall podcast flashes in the pan. Continue Reading →