The Australia-specific version of The Infinite Dial, the industry’s benchmark consumer survey of listening, is set for release in a webinar Wednesday evening, May 8. A conference in Australia got a first look. A few key statistics shared here. Also the webinar registration link. Continue Reading
With the launch of the Webcast Metrics Top-20 Ranker, Triton Digital we see three important changes: Spotify has dropped out of the Ranker; A new regional ranker is introduced; a new Sales Network statistic appears. Continue Reading
Venture investors Justine and Olivia Moore analyze how venture funding and exit money are balanced between tech companies and content companies in podcasting. Tech gets most of the startup funding money, while content gets most of the exit (acquisition) money. Graphics spell it out. Continue Reading
More indications of the explosive growth in Latin music was provided by Nielsen at the Billboard Latin Music Festival last week. Population growth, demographics, and streaming metrics are all in favor. Continue Reading
The New York Times continues to top Podtrac’s monthly chart of the leading podcasts with The Daily. The Ben Shapiro show rose to the second position, surpassing This American Life for March. The monthly ranker had three new shows. Continue Reading
Voxnest shared its data on the nations that have reported the largest growth in month over month podcast listening for March 2019. Its numbers point toward notable growth in Spanish-speaking markets; Voxnest saw a 13% increase in Spanish language podcasts in 2018. Continue Reading
Research firm Canalys has released a new report with projections for smart speaker sales this year. It anticipates that the global install base for the product category will increase 82.4% from 114 million units in 2018 to 207.9 million units in 2019. The company forecast that smart speakers would have a larger audience than tablets by 2021. Continue Reading
Podtrac has released its March 2019 podcast publisher ranking. It was a month of growth, with seven of the top ten increasing their U.S. unique monthly audience from the previous month. The average U.S. unique monthly audience for this group reached 8.2 million, edging up 1% from February 2019 and up 43% from March 2018. Continue Reading
Pandora has revealed new insights from the Share of Ear report from Edison Research. The audio company posted some of the key takeaways from the Q1 report on its Pandora for Brands blog. The highlights are all about digital listening and its impact on broadcast. Continue Reading
Apple Music may have outpaced Spotify in paid subscription listeners in the United States. That’s the latest report from the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources familiar with the figures. Even if the numbers cited by WSJ are accurate, Spotify’s total footprint is still larger than Apple’s in the United States and on a global scale. Continue Reading
Edison Research has released a teaser for the next annual installment of its Share of Ear investigation into U.S. audio consumption. The company published a slide from its upcoming 2019 report tracing growth in Internet-delivered audio. Continue Reading
The Australian Recording Industry Association has published its year-end results from 2018. The trade body saw wholesale revenue in the country grow 12.3% to A$526.1 million last year, compared with A$468.7 million. As with so many annual reports around the world, streaming was a key contributor to the increasing revenue. Continue Reading