Brits’ Attitudes Toward Paying For Music, July 2013 [CHART]
Consumer opinion suggests that delivering ads in the traditional manner of, say, radio—that is, placing a 30-second ad prior to each track or group of tracks—is less likely to be tolerated in the...
View ArticleUS Music Industry Revenue Share By Segment, 2013 [CHART]
The music industry is benefitting from music streaming services—and listeners may even be ready to pay for them. Last year, revenues from streaming music services grew 39% to hit $1.4 billion,...
View ArticleTechnologies People Use To Listen To Music, December 2013 & November 2014...
Consumers are dancing to the beat of Pandora. In an RBC Capital Markets study conducted in November 2014, 51% of US internet users reported listening to music via Pandora—nearly double those who did...
View ArticleAverage Weekly Time Spent Listening To Pandora, December 2013 & November 2014...
Nearly 80% of respondents who used both Spotify and Pandora said they were replacing time on Pandora with Spotify, and further results did find that average weekly time spent listening to Pandora had...
View ArticleDaily Time Teens Spend Streaming Music vs Radio, Fall 2014 [CHART]
Results from a fall 2014 study by Edison Research suggest teens are a prime audience for the audio streaming industry. The research found that US teen consumers studied spent more time with streaming...
View ArticlePrimary Way People Get Unstreamed Music By Age, September 2014 [CHART]
Teens are more loyal to streaming services than consumers of other ages, based on September 2014 polling by Nielsen Audio. When asked about the primary way in which they accessed music not available...
View ArticleOnline Radio Reach & Consumption, 2008-2015 [CHART]
Some 44% of Americans aged 12 and up listen to online radio on a weekly basis, up from 36% last year and 33% the year prior, according to the latest annual “Infinite Dial” report from Edison Research...
View ArticleDemographics Of Pandora & Spotify Users [TABLE]
According to CivicScience polling conducted in April 2015, which focused on active users—those who used one of the streaming platforms “every day,” “a few times a week,” and “a few times a...
View ArticleMost Popular Online Radio Services. 2014 vs 2015 [CHART]
Pandora usage is still far more common than Spotify use. Edison Research and Triton Digital found in February 2015 that 27% of US consumers listened to Pandora, vs. 7% who used Spotify. And November...
View ArticleAmericans’ Automobile Audio Preferences, April 2015 [CHART]
Among American adults who use audio players in the car, two-thirds first turn on the AM/FM radio when listening to music, reports Ipsos in a newly-released study, while roughly 1 in 7 (14%) tune in to...
View ArticlePandora & Spotify User Demographics, April 2015 [TABLE]
The debate about whether or not Spotify is a threat to Pandora continues, but recent research suggests the latter still has a large lead. Several differences exist between the music streaming...
View ArticleHow Americans Buy Music, September 2015 [CHART]
A slight majority (52%) of Americans’ spending on music goes to live events, says Nielsen in reporting the results of a recent survey. Admission to live music concerts represents the largest share of...
View ArticleUS Recorded Music Revenues By Format, 2014 vs 2015 [CHART]
Some 34.3% of US recorded music revenues came from streaming services in 2015, reports the RIAA, up from 27% in 2014 and overtaking digital downloads (34% share) for the first time. Physical sales,...
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