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Spotify’s vertical feed could change music discovery, but not for the reason you think

Blog post by Tatiana Cirisano

9 Mar 2023

Just a few years ago, Spotify’s Rap Caviar playlist was a harbinger for culture. But a lot has changed. Artists want (and need) to build deeper relationships with fans, and gen Z consumers want more...

Spotify shines RADAR spotlight on podcast creators

Blog post by Annie Langston

6 Jul 2022

discovery

Podcasts

RADAR

Discoverability remains a core challenge for podcast creators in the audio market. We previously discussed the responsibility of audience platforms to amplify independent voices, with editorial spaces...

Time to stop playing the velocity game

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

3 Jul 2020

Music

streaming

music marketing

We all know that streaming has transformed consumption and business models alike, but this is not a ‘now-completed’ process. Instead it is one that continues to evolve at pace, and the dynamic of pace...

The Music Industry’s Next Five Growth Drivers

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

22 May 2020

creator tools

fandom

fitness

The risk with trying to imagine what the future might look like is to simply think it is going to be a brighter, shinier version of today. At this precise moment in time, this has perhaps never been truer. ...

Spotify Takes Aim at Radio, Again

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

13 Jun 2019

ad revenue

ad supported streaming

ad supported streaming audio

Spotify has launched a radio-like feature set for premium subscribers in the US called Your Daily Drive. Although it is only positioned as a playlist, the content mix includes podcast news content...

Playlist Malfeasance Will Create a Streaming Crisis

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

9 May 2019

artists

labels

per stream rates

Streaming economics are facing a potential crisis. The problem does not lie in the market itself; after all, in Q1 2019 streaming revenue became more than half of the recorded music business and Spotify...

Spotify, the Decline of Playlists and the Rise of Podcasts

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

11 Apr 2019

Anchor

curated playlists

curation

The following is a small excerpt from MIDiA’s forthcoming third edition of its ‘landmark State of the Streaming Nation’ report. For more information about this report email stephen@midiaresearch.com...

Quick Take: Spotify’s Throwback Hub and the Future of the Album

Blog post by Zach Fuller

4 Apr 2019

music streaming

playlists

Spotify

Throwback Thursday, one of Spotify’s most popular features, has been expanded into a new Throwback hub. Launching initially with 30 playlists and described by Austin Daboh, Head of Music Culture &...

10 Trends That Will Reshape the Music Industry

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

3 Apr 2019

23 capital

albums

Amuse

The IFPI has reported that global recorded music revenues have hit $19.1 billion, which means that MIDiA’sownestimatespublished in Marchwere within 1.6% of the actual results . This revenue growth story...

What’s Next For Playlist Innovation?

Blog post by Keith Jopling

4 Mar 2019

playlisting

playlists

product innovation

In this era of access to all music and everything about it, I do enjoy reading artist interviews, and pay attention to artists’ views on the modern music industry. What caught me recently were Mark Ronson’s...

Do Playlists Make the Power Law in Music Even More Extreme?

Blog post by Zach Fuller

31 May 2018

apple music

Music Charts

music streaming

Music has always been a superstar economy. Data going back to the 50s shows that, like many other areas of life and business, a disproportionate amount of the results come from a small number of factors....

Majors Get The Tracks But Not The Longevity On Today’s Top Hits

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

27 Nov 2017

indies

label share

majors

A post by Chartmetric’s Sung Cho diving into Spotify playlist metrics caught my attention, and one aspect in particular: how the major labels dominate the flagship Spotify playlist Today’s Top Hits....

Introducing MIDiA's Streaming Music Health Check

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

10 Jan 2017

2nd quarter 2016

curation

digital music

We are pleased to announce the arrival of the following MIDiA report on our report store: 'Streaming Music Health Check: Streaming’s Watershed Moment'. You can purchase the report here. MIDiA Research...

Chart Of The Week. Playlists 1, Albums 0 – How Streaming Is Changing Music Listening

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

21 Mar 2016

albums

Chart Of The Week

The album has been under assault ever since Napster first gave consumers the ability cherry pick their favourite tracks and leave the filler behind. Apple formalised the process with the iTunes Store and...

MIDiA Chart Of The Week: Listening Habits Of Streaming Music Consumers

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

2 Nov 2015

albums

Chart Of The Week

Deezer

Although the relatively early stage of development of the streaming market means that most listening habits are not yet being changed, there are fundamental shifts emerging among streamers and subscribers...