Reports: Audience Insight

The coming sports monetisation revolution

Tim Mulligan

December 2023

Audience Insight

Despite recent sports rights hikes (driven by tech major interventions, such as Amazon’s NFL Thursday Night Football 2021 rights agreement), sports as a broadcast asset is under increased scrutiny. An...

Read more …

Solid progress
German music consumer user profile

Mark Mulligan

October 2023

Audience Insight

This report presents MIDiA consumer data for key music behaviours of German consumers All data is for Germany except when ‘all country average’ is referred to. This is the weighted average of all countries...

Read more …

Latent potential
Japan music consumer user profile

Mark Mulligan and Tatiana Cirisano

September 2023

Music Streaming

Audience Insight

This report presents MIDiA consumer data for key music behaviours of Japan’s consumers. The data covered includes streaming app usage, social app usage, key audio formats (radio, streaming, and podcasts),...

Read more …

Return to live
Post-pandemic music fans

Kriss Thakrar and Tatiana Cirisano

July 2023

Consumer Behaviour

live music

Music creators

Today’s live music audience skews 45+, with rock concerts and theatres / concert halls dominating sales. Fandom is by far the strongest factor in purchasing tickets, eclipsing price, and location. So,...

Read more …

Radio WAUs
Blurring broadcast lines

Annie Langston

July 2023

Spotify

Radio

iHeart

Introduction The radio industry has traditionally thought in terms of monthly audiences and reach rather than engagement. It is time for the radio industry to start thinking in terms of weekly engagement...

Read more …

Not all social entertainment behaviour is created equal
Audience deep dive

Hanna Kahlert

July 2023

Spotify

YouTube

xbox

Social is an integral part of entertainment consumption This report presents key data and insights about the advanced overlaps between social behaviour (both on digital platforms and in real life) and...

Read more …

Fandom and identity
For fans, entertainment goes beyond enjoyment of content

Hanna Kahlert

June 2023

YouTube

Instagram

snapchat

Across entertainment, fandom is used to judge, predict, and generate successful commissioning and distribution strategies. Fandom indicates reliable audiences who will spend money on propositions and come...

Read more …

Podcasts and gamers
How audio can propel the gaming universe

Annie Langston and Kazia Rothwell

May 2023

Spotify

Spotify

YouTube

The rise of games-inspired content is taking entertainment by storm. This illustrates the power of not only games content itself, but the fandoms that keep it alive, revealing an audience for other entertainment...

Read more …

Games purchasing by format
Brick and mortar is not dead

Karol Severin

May 2023

Games

Audience Insight

This report presents a Q1 2023 snapshot of US gamers who bought at least one game within a six-month period (between October 2022 and March 2023). This is broken down by physical versus digital format...

Read more …

Social platform user snapshot
Q4 2022

Hanna Kahlert

April 2023

Audience Insight

Media and Marketing

This slide deck presents a snapshot of different social platform users, including age breakdowns, activity on social platforms, and cross-platform usage. It covers Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, WhatsApp,...

Read more …

Ad-supported video consumer snapshot Q4 2022
US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Sweden, South Korea, and Brazil

Tim Mulligan

April 2023

Video

Audience Insight

This report presents a snapshot of ad-supported video users, including age breakdowns, time spent on video (subscription video on demand (SVOD), ad-supported video on demand (AVOD), and pay-per-view),...

Read more …

The AI entertainment revolution
How artificial intelligence will reshape media consumption

Hanna Kahlert, Ashleigh Millar, Tatiana Cirisano and Annie Langston

March 2023

Innovation

YouTube

google

2023 has been jump-started by rapid progression in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). From the launch of ChatGPT to AI-powered DJs, this technology is revolutionising common practices, impacting...

Read more …

Attention economy
Reasons, not ways, to spend attention

Hanna Kahlert

March 2023

Spotify

YouTube

Netflix

Audiences are consuming in different ways, on different platforms, and at different times – from lean-back passive viewing, to lean-forward on-demand, lean-in social engagement, and lean-through creation....

Read more …

Video consumer monetisation snapshot Q3 2022
US, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, France, Sweden, South Korea, and Brazil

Tim Mulligan

February 2023

Video

Online video

Audience Insight

Introduction This slide deck presents consumer demand for video subscription services, transactional video consumption, and advertising responsiveness. The data is pulled from MIDiA’s Q3 2022 consumer...

Read more …

Tipping point
How in-game spending will eat the games world

Karol Severin

February 2023

steam

Ubisoft

FIFA

Though parts of the games industry still stigmatize in-game purchases, the business model is a fundamental part of a successful and sustainable growth formula for games companies. The current macroeconomic...

Read more …

Games subscriber profiles Q3 2022

Karol Severin

January 2023

Games

games subscriptions

Audience Insight

This report presents a snapshot of behaviours and demographic data on weekly active users (WAUs) of key games subscription services. It includes the following games subscription service segments: Apple...

Read more …

Social platform user snapshot Q3 2022

Hanna Kahlert

January 2023

social media

Audience Insight

Media and Marketing

This slide deck presents a snapshot of different social platform users, including age breakdowns, time spent on social overall, time spent creating content, and ad tolerance. It covers Facebook, YouTube,...

Read more …

Audiobook consumer profile
Following in podcasts’ footsteps

Annie Langston

January 2023

Apple

Spotify

YouTube

The audiobook market is at an important stage of its evolution. Similar to podcasts, the niche format is trying to grow amid heightened competition for consumers’ time and attention, while the looming...

Read more …

Nightlife in the new normal
Remote work shifts the entertainment balance

Tatiana Cirisano and Perry Gresham

January 2023

Apple TV

Netflix

twitter

Coronavirus pandemic work patterns are now ingrained in the United States, where 42% of consumers work from home and a fifth are hybrid workers. In the ‘new normal’, home workers spend less time on...

Read more …

Esports bundle
Available for a limited time

Karol Severin and Sam Griffin

December 2022

Games

esports

Sports

This bundle contains three of our most recent esports reports, providing you with a wide selection of insights and content from our analysts. Take this opportunity to get some of our most recent data at...

Read more …