MIDiA Research has shared its 2017 figures for the global recorded music market, and its results show a big year of growth thanks to a powerful performance from streaming. Global recorded music revenue hit $17.4 billion during 2017, up 8.5% from $16 billion in 2016. The year’s performance returns the global market to just below its levels from 2008. Continue Reading
Podtrac’s podcast publisher ranking for March 2018 is now available. The results show another month with little fluctuation among the top performers putting out podcasts, and only one replacement from the prior month’s chart. Continue Reading
Australia posted a 10.5% increase in its recorded music industry, reaching value of A$391 million in 2017. Last year marked the first time that streaming music revenue, at A$213 million, exceeded more than half of the music market, according to the stats from the Australian Recording Industry Association. Continue Reading
The Triton Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker has seen Spotify’s listening metric streak upward since the music service joined the Ranker in January, 2015. Three years later, in January of this year, Spotify overtook Pandora for the first time. Continue Reading
The full results of Jacobs Media annual Techsurvey are not released yet, but All Access got hold of one data point pertaining to podcast consumption. For the third straight year, weekly podcast listening nudged upward to 23%. That’s a slightly great share than the 21% of last year, and the 20% of 2016. Many respondents in the Jacobs survey are radio listeners, putting an interesting angle into the results. Continue Reading
The Infinite Dial Canada analyzed trends in online audio listening and brand awareness. The results found that 57% of Canadian adults are listening to online audio on a monthly basis. For weekly listening, the rate is 49%. It also tracked a steady lead for Spotify among audio brands. Continue Reading
The Infinite Dial Canada looked at the uptake of smart speakers in the country, as well as pointing out some unique trends compared with the southern neighbors. In Canada, smart speaker ownership is 8% of the adult population. People aged 35-54 were most likely to own smart speakers at 11%, followed by ages 18-34 at 10%. Continue Reading
Radio is the top choice for Canadians’ in-care listening, according to the Infinite Dial Canada report. When asked about what audio sources they ever use behind the wheel, AM/FM took an 83% share. Radio also took the lion’s share of responses for the most commonly used in-car audio. Continue Reading
Podcasting has built a solid following in Canada, and listenership is keeping pace with the format’s progress in the United States. The Infinite Dial Canada found that 61% of Canadian adults are familiar with podcasting, tracking even with 64% familiarity reported in the U.S. survey. Continue Reading
Podcast company Podbean has unveiled an update to its statistics, making them fully compliant with the IAB Podcast Measurement Guidelines. The revised system will be released starting April 3. The company noted that the changes will probably lead to a reduction in the numbers reported to its users. Continue Reading
DAX, the digital audio exchange from broadcaster Global, has released research into the outlook for digital audio advertising in the UK. The data from research firm MTM examined the sentiments toward digital audio held by advertisers and media agencies. Interest is generally high, with 80% expecting to put more money into digital audio over the coming year. Continue Reading
NPR has shared its latest broadcast and digital ratings, with the broadcaster reaching its highest results to date. In the Nielsen Audio Fall 2017 ratings, NPR had 37.7 million total weekly listeners for all programming on its stations. Continue Reading