Nielsen Music has released its year-end report, the latest analysis to find streaming at the hop of the heap for the U.S. music industry. The report found total album equivalent consumption of 785 million units during 2019, up 15% from 2018. Continue Reading
BuzzAngle Music released its 2019 music consumption report. The data company found that the United States surpassed 1 trillion on-demand streams for the first time. On-demand audio generated a record high of nearly 705.86 billion streams during the period, growing 32% from the previous year. Continue Reading
The winter 2019 edition of the Smart Audio Report from NPR and Edison Research has been released on the CES stage, with the latest insights on how listeners are using voice tech and smart speakers. In the new report, 24% of U.S. adults own a smart speaker for an audience of about 60 million people. Continue Reading
In which we match up two ad revenue projections: One for the entire internet channel (from AdAge) and one for podcasting (from the IAB/PwC). Guess which line is moving faster. Continue Reading
Customer consultancy Quadrangle released data around smart speaker adoption in the UK. According to its research, 22% of UK citizens have a smart speaker in their homes. That rate is up from 9% in 2017. Continue Reading
Podtrac sent around its monthly Top Podcast Publishers ranker this morning. the expected Top 10 is now Top 15, and Podtrac promises more expansion in future months. There is also a new column in the Podtrac ranker, naming an ad sales entity representing publishers on the list which have opted into that listing: Continue Reading
The Consumer Technology Association has released its annual forecast for 2020. The report projects that the consumer tech industry will see $422 billion in retail revenue this year, which would be a record-high and a 4% increase from the 2019 result. Continue Reading
The Entertainment Retailers Association released its latest figures about streaming music consumption in the UK. The region surpassed £1 billion in spending on music streaming subscriptions during 2019 thanks to 23.5% on-year growth. Continue Reading
Podcast hosting company and listening app Podbean released a 2019 roundup indicating general growth of its publishing metrics and comparison of where its podcasts are being listened to. There are also interesting income figures for top-earning podcasts. Continue Reading
Ipsos has released a cluster of metrics in the Italian podcast market, packaged in an infographic (see below). We received this from Italian podcast company Digital MDE, which supported the Ipsos effort. The podcast information is part of a larger… Continue Reading
How many consumer studies of audio and digital lifestyles did Edison Research conduct in 2019? Your guess might be low. the catchphrase might be “19 in 19,” because that’s how many research projects Edison has collected for this year in a retrospective. Continue Reading
Stream listening was level in October compared to September, according to the Triton Digital Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker. The year-over-year view showed a 4% drop, largely due to Pandora’s six-month gradual slide. Six leading radio streamers and pureplay AccuRadio all notched gains in October. Continue Reading