iHeartRadio announced that it has more than 90 million registered users. The digital service is attracting users at a rapid clip, with the 80 million registered user milestone reached just seven months ago. The “registered users” metric is different from “active users” — a Pandora measurement, and also different from Spotify subscribers which is yet a third gauge of audience size. Continue Reading
Research company Roy Morgan released a study that found streaming has been taking ground away from traditional music sales in Australia. The data compared the audience for different music outlets in the 12 months to March 2012 with the same period in 2016. Continue Reading
In a webinar co-produced with RAIN News on Tuesday, Australia-based Omny Studio announced that an upgrade to its audience measurement technology now includes listening data captured from Apple’s Podcasts app. Matt Saraceni, who presented a wide-ranging webinar about podcast listening metrics, said that POmny’s technology is possibly the first of its kind. Continue Reading
On Monday, Pandora announced the debut of three charts through its Next Big Sound unit: Trendsetters, Predictions, and Top Spins. We decided to look at the first Top Spins chart against The Big Picture (Mediabase) and against this week’s CHR/Top 40 airplay. These are the stories that emerge. Continue Reading
Podcast measurement company Podtrac today released the July edition of its Industry Ranking Top 10 Podcast Publishers. Overall podcast listening with the top-10 group grew 5% over the month before. Continue Reading
The latest statistics for Germany showed that streaming held a quarter of the country’s music market, and a new survey from Bitkom further enforces those findings. And as with U.S. data, streaming is more popular among younger German listeners. Continue Reading
Piracy experts MUSO released a study that found illegal activities are also shifting from ownership to access models, at least in film and television. These data points are worth noting as a counterpoint to music piracy, which has also been the focus of MUSO research. Should the music industry also be alert to illegal streaming? Continue Reading
New Edison research commissioned by NextRadio investigated why listeners are so dedicated to radio, even as digital music services gain traction. The central reasons for radio’s continued presence are portability, community roots, and music programming. Continue Reading
MIDiA Research has released a report on YouTube and the video platform’s impact on the music economy. With YouTube commanding a massive audience, but still drawing criticism and skepticism from artists and labels, the report adds much-needed data to explain the service’s role. “Safe Harbour-enabled UGC is no longer the threat it once was, with just 2% of music video views from unofficial uploads,” it says. Continue Reading
“Music subscription economics continue to hit the wrong note […] the main culprit for all the red ink is licensing fees.” That is the leading executive summary point of SNL Kagan’s new edition of its annual Economics of Mobile Music, which documents fast growth of music subscriptions, but worries about financial sustainability. Continue Reading
Webcast listening in May maintained flat performance month-over-month, shaving about one percent of Average Active Sessions (AAS) from April’s total across Triton Digital’s measured Webcast Metrics clients. The story was more vigorous in the year-over-year comparison. Continue Reading
Nielsen has released its comparable metrics report for the first quarter of 2016. The data revealed growth for most forms of both radio and streaming, although the rates of increase varied by platform and age. Weekly reach for radio remains unchanged from the previous quarter, with 93% of adults listening each week. Smartphone audio and video posted notable spikes in audience size and time listening. Continue Reading