We’ve seen lots of research exploring the burst of interest in podcasts. The Infinite Dial 2020 results shows just how much the audio format is growing in popularity in the U.S. The monthly podcast consumer group grew 16% from the previous year, and 2020 marks the first time that audience surpassed 100 million Americans. Continue Reading
Account-sharing has been a concern for the music and streaming industry, and there have been several attempts to quantify how common the practice is. A survey by financial company Rankrate found that 42% of all U.S. adults have used someone else’s account to access a subscription service. Continue Reading
BPI, the British music industry group, released its 2019 trade income report. The results reflect the income generated by record labels during the year. Thanks to annual growth of 7.3%, record label trade income reached nearly £1.07 billion. Continue Reading
MusicWatch has released its Annual Music Study, a survey of U.S. music consumption. The report offers a positive snapshot about the industry’s growth, with streaming playing a key role in the results. Continue Reading
In Statista’s Digital Music Worldwide study, global revenue in the digital music segment is projected to be $14.3-billion in 2020, rising to nearly $17-billion in 2024. In this study, “digital music” is defined as must which is heard or… Continue Reading
Podtrac released its chart with the top 20 podcasts for February 2020. Most of the titles have not changed from the January ranker. The entire top eight is identical to the previous month’s results. Continue Reading
eMarketer has released original research showing that Spotify serves more U.S. listeners than Pandora (a U.S.-only streamer) does. This info catches up with Spotify’s U.S. ascendancy in stream listening, as charted by RAIN’s tracking of Triton Digital’s Webcast Metrics. Continue Reading
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 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 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
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 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