Adobe Digital Insights conducted a survey about voice services. The participants shared details on how and when they used voice technology. About three-quarters (73%) of smart speaker owners use the devices daily. Music, weather, and silly questions were the most frequent use cases for the AI assistants. Continue Reading
Podtrac issued its May list of the top 20 podcasts. Weekday news programs continue to perform well in the Podtrac ranking. Continue Reading
The UK’s BPI teamed with MusicAlly for a new report on music and podcasts. Their report recapped some existing research on podcast listening from sources such as The Infinite Dial, RAJAR, and the IAB, but it also offered some original research into how the audio format can be a tool for the music industry. The two organizations conducted an online survey of labels, artist managers, music publishers, distributors, and label services for their stances on the potential of podcasts. Continue Reading
More than 75 million DAB and DAB+ receivers were sold in Europe and Asia Pacific by the end of the fourth quarter of 2018. That’s the latest report from WorldDAB, which saw the receiver sales grow from 65 million in Q4 2017. Continue Reading
If it seems like you’ve seen a lot of headlines about podcasting startups landing investment, you’re not wrong. Crunchbase shared its data about podcast deals over the past several years. At $268.9 million, podcast investment deal value in the first half of 2019 is on track to exceed the total dollars invested in all of 2018. Continue Reading
Stream listening gained about 3% month-over-month in February, according to the Triton Digital Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker. The key metrics is Average Active Sessions (AAS), which measures the average number of simultaneous listeners. Continue Reading
Search engine Pex has released internal data from its active monitoring of YouTube, an assessment of trends in video uploads and content. Pex’s figures found that YouTube’s upload volume may be even greater than what the company reports, finding that more than 621 hours of content were uploaded every minute in 2018. Continue Reading
Goldman Sachs has released a new report that offers an increasingly rosy outlook for the streaming economy. The analysis offers the latest outlook for the music sector through 2030, following on 2017 research that estimated that of global total music revenue of $41 million, $34 billion would come from streaming. Continue Reading
Latin America is making waves in the music world, both in creating and consuming music. IFPI Director of Insight and Analysis David Price presented recent findings from a report on Latin American music consumers at the Midem conference that capture that impact. Continue Reading
Marketers spent an estimated $479 million for advertisements on podcasts in the United States in 2018. The figure comes from the IAB and PwC’s third annual investigation into advertising for podcasts. The total marks 53% growth from $314 million in 2017. Continue Reading
MusicWatch has released its new annual study into piracy in the United States, and found that stream-ripping remains a major issue in the country. The report estimated that the U.S. had 17 million stream-rippers in 2018, a rise from 15 million in 2017. Continue Reading
Smart speakers present a potentially valuable new option for music services to reach listeners. The space poses a particular interest for tech firms operating in both hardware and software, since they can create brand loyalty within audiences who will buy their devices and then continue to provide revenue as subscription listeners. Continue Reading