Karol Severin

Karol is a co-founder and Research Director at MIDiA. With over a decade of experience in consumer research, industry analysis, and consulting, Karol oversees the direction, coverage and quality of all MIDiA’s research output. Prior to co-founding MIDiA, Karol gained experience in TMT market research and consulting, as well as an entertainment industry startup founder. He holds a business management degree from Queen Mary, University of London, with specialisation in strategy, quantitative methods, and entrepreneurship.

Is Smartphone Dominance Slowing Down Innovation?

Karol Severin

15 Sep 2015

In 2009, young prodigy Pranav Mistry introduced his SixthSense Technology Device at a Ted event. The possibilities seemed endless. If you don’t know SixthSense, please watch this video to understand its sheer potential.

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Verizon's Go90 And The Impact Of Mobile-First Content Strategy

Karol Severin

11 Sep 2015

Verizon’s free, ad-supported mobile video streaming service Go90 launches this week. The service will be available to all users, regardless of being a Verizon customer. The product is aimed at 18-34 year olds, the key mobile data consumption segment of now but the appeal will be far wider than that.

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Amazon Underground Challenges Dynamics Of The App Economy

Karol Severin

27 Aug 2015

Amazon Underground

Amazon has partnered with developers to make over $10,000 worth of games, apps and in-app items for free. Instead of traditional monetization models, Amazon will pay developers based how long consumers use an apps for.

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Decoding The App Buyer: Whales Vs. Minnows

Karol Severin

4 Aug 2015

app consumer segmentation

app monetisation

The global app economy is maturing and as a result, growth through scale will become increasingly more limited. Consequently, growth through ARPU will become more of a strategic focal point for app stakeholders.

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Mobile Market Country Profile: Germany
A Maturing App Superpower

Karol Severin

July 2015

telco

telcos

iOS

The mobile market in Germany is in the middle of a consumer behavior shift. Smartphone penetration and app usage have entered the mainstream and digital content consumption on mobile is on the rise, but app payment remains niche. Consumers switching from traditional phone calls and texting to internet voice communication and messaging contribute to the fact that effective monetisation of mobile data will be an ever more important revenue driver in German Mobile Network Operator (MNO) strategy.

Three Takeaways From The Noah Conference 2015

Karol Severin

16 Jun 2015

Last week I got to peek-in on the last day of NOAH 2015 conference in Berlin. It was a great experience, which I strongly recommend it to everyone in the world of media, tech and investment. Hot topics, impressive speakers, fantastic venue and swarms of high profile decision makers from around the world, ready to engage.

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Mobile App Economy Forecast 2015-2020
The Emergence Of A Mature Market

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Karol Severin

June 2015

arpu

average revenue per user

mobile apps

The global app economy is maturing. This transformation will bring a multitude of headline-worthy power shifts in the next five years. At the top, the share of global revenue will shift significantly between regions, as well as between platforms. Furthermore, the revenue mix will become more even between spend segments, as whales approach their full potential and free users’ monetization will experience its largest boom yet.

Mobile App Payments
Fishing For Whales And Minnows

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Karol Severin

June 2015

Freemium

app economy

in app purchase

78% of mobile app revenue is concentrated in 26% of app buyers with the majority of that revenue driven by in-app purchases. These ‘whales’ are the beating heart of the mobile app economy but their small number means that they make precarious foundations for the market.

Mobile Market Country Profile: Sweden
Sophisticated Swedes Set The Pace

Karol Severin

May 2015

Sweden

telco

telcos

Sweden embraced the smartphone revolution like few other markets. Heavy investments in mobile and internet infrastructure led to one of the highest app user penetration rates in the world. As its mature app market approaches saturation, increasing ARPU will become the core focal point of future growth strategy.

How Freemium Games Antagonise The Mainstream

Karol Severin

14 May 2015

freemium vs. paid

In 2014 the freemium model accounted for 98% of Google Play revenue. The success of a few hit releases brought the freemium model into mainstream. But freemium apps often heavily rely on a small amount of large spenders.

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The Mobile App Funnel
Benchmarking The Mobile App Customer Lifecycle

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Karol Severin

May 2015

Freemium

subscription trials

user acquisition

App companies lose users and revenue right across the user acquisition and retention process. Thus as the global app market grows the amount of lost revenue accelerates also. MIDiA’s app funnel analysis reveals just where on the customer life cycle users are lost, why they go and provides industry averages to benchmark against for freemium apps and trial subscription apps.

Three Takeaways from Apps World Berlin 2015

Karol Severin

6 May 2015

Media and Marketing

The rise of Google Play in Germany In January 2013 Google Play monthly revenue in Germany was only a quarter of iOS App Store revenue. But in January 2015 Google Play revenue surpassed iOS in Germany. Indeed, it is the only major market outside APAC experiencing this.

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In-App Purchase Bundling: Door To Mass Market Or App Economy Devaluation?

Karol Severin

29 Apr 2015

in app purchase

The App Economy is built upon shaky foundations. Too few apps account for too much of the total app revenue. Over three quarters of app revenue is earned via in-app purchase (IAP). Furthermore, high spending consumers – whales, bring in most of the IAP revenue.

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Why App Deletion Is The Next Big App Economy Challenge

Karol Severin

17 Apr 2015

Media and Marketing

28% of smartphone users delete an app within one month of downloading it. There are numerous catalysts: boredom with apps, end of a trial period, being fed up with prompts to pay or simply exhausting the lifecycle of an app.

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Mobile Concierge Services Take Consumer Data Analysis To The Next Level

Karol Severin

10 Apr 2015

consumer data analysis

consumer data analytics

consumer insight

Technology solutions as tools for consumer behavior data gathering, analysis, and automated online and mobile marketing have gone through a tremendous amount of development. Yet paradoxically, the next big leap forward in terms of mobile consumer insight will come from reintroducing the human factor to this tech-dominated environment.

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Mobile App Discovery
Imperfect Tools And The Overspend Or Die Dilemma

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Karol Severin

April 2015

Apple

Discovery

Google

Discovery is accentuating the app economy divide. Superstar app developers can afford TV ads and supercharged digital campaigns to distinguish their apps from the ever-growing pool of competitors, leaving smaller developers increasingly locked out. Supercell and King’s combined $1bn annual marketing spend is not only out of reach for most, it also drives up mobile ad costs with inventory supply struggling to keep pace with demand.

Radio's Streaming Distruption

Karol Severin

31 Mar 2015

MIDiA has just published its latest report on the global radio market: Radio’s Streaming Disruption: How Streaming And Smartphones Disrupt Radio Audiences. Here are some highlights from the report. MIDiA clients can get the full report and data sets here .

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Radio’s Streaming Disruption
How Streaming And Smartphones Disrupt Radio Audiences

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Karol Severin

March 2015

Streaming

UK

Sweden

Along with TV, radio is one of the most pervasive media platforms on the planet. It is also still one of the key drivers of music discovery. But things are changing. Historically Radio broadcasters had their audiences protected in the safe confines of dedicated devices and direct competition was thin on the ground.

Music Consumer Segmentation: From Lagging Indicators To Leading Indicators

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Karol Severin

5 Dec 2014

attitudinal segmentation

behavioural segmentation

consumer attitudes

This week we published our latest report: “Music Consumer Segmentation: From Lagging Indicators To Leading Indicators”. This report explores how music consumer segmentation needs a reboot for the streaming era.

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The App Bubble Burst: The Coming Mobile App Economy Correction

Karol Severin

12 Nov 2014

legacy mobile games

The mobile app economy is one of the most important developments in the paid content marketplace but its success may be built on shaky foundations. In May 2014 we warned about the potential risks of the superstar app economy, with too few apps taking most of the revenue.

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