Reports: Entertainment and Fandom

Browse all of our reports, featuring our analysts' expert insights and analysis of audience segmentation, emerging trends and technologies, value chains, market shares, predictions and more – backed by our proprietary survey data and bespoke models & forecasts. Become a subscriber to get new ones every month, or just pick one to get started.

Cover image for SVOD Overtakes Pay-TV

SVOD Overtakes Pay-TV

Alistair Taylor

30 Oct 2018

Spotify Amazon Netflix

This MIDiA update showcases the monumental shift in the video landscape with signups for subscription video on demand (SVOD) services overtaking pay-TV subscriptions for the very first time in Q1 2018. SVOD has disrupted traditional linear pay-TV to the point where it is no longer the most common household subscription across the core English-speak...

Cover image for Streaming Media Consumption

Streaming Media Consumption
Video Leads The Way

Zach Fuller

22 Oct 2018

Subscriptions Streaming Apple

In this report, we present highlights of content trends from MIDiA’s Quarterly Brand Tracker, a survey fielded in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. This report explores how consumer behaviour evolved between Q2 2017 and Q2 2018 across music, video, games and social.

Cover image for Consumer Demand for Music Streaming Subscription Services

Consumer Demand for Music Streaming Subscription Services

Mark Mulligan

19 Oct 2018

subscription services paid subscriptions Streaming music subscriptions

This slide deck highlights consumer demand for music subscription services and preferred features, with detail for sub segments such as country, age, streaming service and music genre. The data is pulled from MIDiA’s Q1 2018 Consumer Survey fielded in US, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Sweden, Germany and the UK.

MIDiA Spotlight: Brand Fans
Streaming Companies Top Brand Rankings

Georgia Meyer

4 Oct 2018

Music streaming Fandom Video streaming

This is part of MIDiA’s data snapshot series in which we spotlight curated consumer datasets. Figure 1: Streaming Giants Have the Biggest Brand Fan Audiences Brand Fan Penetration for Leading Technology and Consumer Electronics Brands, Q1 2018 Differentiated brand propositions are increasingly required in a technology and media landscape flooded ...

Cover image for MIDiA Data Spotlight: Podcasts

MIDiA Data Spotlight: Podcasts
Riding Streaming’s Wave

Zach Fuller

3 Oct 2018

Streaming Podcasts Japanese podcast

This is part of MIDiA’s data snapshot series in which we spotlight curated consumer datasets. Figure 1: Podcasts are Gaining Real Traction, Particularly in More Developed Streaming Markets Percentage of Consumers that Listen to Podcasts, Q1 2018 Podcast listenership is growing and could prove an important growth vehicle for streaming services.

Cover image for MIDiA Data Spotlight: Esports

MIDiA Data Spotlight: Esports
Emerging Markets Driving Audience

Karol Severin

2 Oct 2018

esports e-sports Gamers

This is part of MIDiA’s data snapshot series in which we spotlight curated consumer datasets. Figure 1: Esports are Gaining Traction in Emerging Markets Percentage of Consumers that Attend Esports Events, Q1 2018 Esports event attendance among the 16-plus online population is level across the key English-speaking markets in Europe and in Japan an...

Cover image for MIDiA Data Spotlight: Video Piracy

MIDiA Data Spotlight: Video Piracy
P2P Holding on in Emerging Markets

Tim Mulligan

1 Oct 2018

Radio video piracy video consumption

This is part of MIDiA’s data snapshot series in which we spotlight curated consumer datasets. Figure 1:P2P Video Piracy is Relegated to Niche Audiences in Developed Markets but Still Has Traction in Emerging Markets Percentage of Consumers that Use P2P Networks to Download Video, Q1 2018 In developed markets P2P piracy has been reduced to a dwind...

Cover image for MIDiA Data Spotlight: Home Technology

MIDiA Data Spotlight: Home Technology
Ownership is Going Both Deep and Wide

Mark Mulligan

28 Sep 2018

Apple TV wireless speakers Amazon Echo

This is part of MIDiA’s data snapshot series in which we spotlight curated consumer datasets. Figure 1: The Digital Home is Becoming Increasingly Sophisticated Household Ownership of Digital Technology, Q1 2018 The ‘digital home’ was a term that rose to prominence in the mid 2000s as the first generation of home router centred devices started...

Cover image for Video Streaming Subscription Services Market Metrics

Video Streaming Subscription Services Market Metrics

Tim Mulligan

27 Sep 2018

Netflix hulu SVOD

This report includes the key findings of MIDiA’s Global Streaming Video Subscriber Market Share Model, in which we present the subscribers, revenues and market shares of video streaming services in 31 different countries. This report contains charts and analysis for 10 countries, including consumer survey data, while the complete excel model is p...

Cover image for MIDiA Data Spotlight: Music Listening

MIDiA Data Spotlight: Music Listening
Car Leads the Way

Mark Mulligan

27 Sep 2018

music consumption music listening places of listening

This is part of MIDiA’s data snapshot series in which we spotlight curated consumer datasets. Figure 1: Music Listening Mainly Happens on the Go Key Places of Listening to Music, Q1 2018 The car has long been one of the heartlands of music listening and remains so with 55% of consumers engaging in this activity.

Cover image for MIDiA Data Spotlight: Music Consumption

MIDiA Data Spotlight: Music Consumption
YouTube and Radio Lead the Pack

Mark Mulligan

26 Sep 2018

Radio YouTube free Streaming

This is part of MIDiA’s data snapshot series in which we spotlight curated consumer datasets. Figure 1: YouTube and Radio Dominate Music Consumption Key Music Consumption and Purchasing Behaviour, Q1 2018 Music consumption and spending is more diversified than ever, with traditional formats still holding on to their loyal legacy audiences, while ...

Cover image for The Paywall Challenge

The Paywall Challenge
Locking Away Digital’s Most Valuable Consumers

Georgia Meyer

21 Sep 2018

Spotify YouTube SoundCloud

Music and video subscribers are the most influential amongst their peer groups and are some of the most valuable segments for advertisers and brands. The fact that they spend an increasing portion of their time behind ad-free paywalls, represents a growing challenge for marketers.

Cover image for Quarterly Digital Content Trends: Q2 2018

Quarterly Digital Content Trends: Q2 2018

Mark Mulligan

18 Sep 2018

Streaming Streaming Music US

In this report, we present highlights of content trends from MIDiA’s Quarterly Brand Tracker, a survey fielded in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. This report explores how consumer behaviour evolved between Q2 2017 and Q2 2018 across music, video, games and social.

Cover image for Streaming Services Market Shares 2.0

Streaming Services Market Shares 2.0

Mark Mulligan

30 Aug 2018

Subscriptions Subscriptions Streaming

This report includes the key findings of MIDiA’s Global Music Subscriber Market Share Model in which we present the subscribers, revenues and market shares of streaming services in more than 20 different countries. This report contains charts and analysis for 11 countries including consumer survey data, while the complete excel model is posted al...

Cover image for India’s Digital Consumers

India’s Digital Consumers
Race to Win The Next Billion Intensifies

Georgia Meyer

24 Aug 2018

Spotify Google Facebook

A large portion of the globe’s next one billion digital consumers are going to come online in India. These consumers are characterised by swift adoption of digital spending habits, having leapfrogged PCs and experiencing the internet for the first time via mobile phones.

Cover image for Paid News Digital Subscriptions

Paid News Digital Subscriptions
Bubble or Breakthrough?

Zach Fuller

22 Aug 2018

Subscriptions Google Facebook

Still feeling imbued with the often cited ‘Trump bump’, paid news media subscriptions continued their healthy growth trajectory throughout 2017 and into the first quarter of 2018. The market, excepting China and India, grew largely in symmetry with other digital behaviours, as premium news brands continued to make their case as a credible alter...

Cover image for Tech Majors Market Shares Q2 2018

Tech Majors Market Shares Q2 2018
A Tale of Mixed Fortunes

Alistair Taylor, Karol Severin, Tim Mulligan and Zach Fuller

10 Aug 2018

Apple Spotify YouTube

Q2 2018 delivered contrasting milestones for the tech majors with Apple becoming the first company to have a trillion-dollar market capitalisation while Facebook simultaneously saw the single biggest one-day loss in market capitalisation in the history of US stock exchanges.

Cover image for The Sports Video Landscape

The Sports Video Landscape
Sports Streaming Services in a Digital First Ecosystem

Alistair Taylor

27 Jul 2018

Consumer behaviour Amazon Amazon

The 13.2% dip on the 2019–2022 English Premier League (EPL) rights deals compared to the 2015-2018 deal highlighted the decline in value for sports broadcast rights. In light of this downturn and a fall in the consumption of sports content on traditional linear TV, moves are being made into the subscription video on demand (SVOD) space, with Disn...

Cover image for Advertising in China

Advertising in China
Reaching the Most Digitally Savvy Consumers

Georgia Meyer

24 Jul 2018

emerging markets music streamers SVOD

Streaming, both music and video, are in the early follower phase of consumer adoption in China. While they are still niche consumer segments, their behaviours will become more widely adopted. Chinese consumers in these segments increasingly curate their content, including the extent to which they pay attention to the advertising messages they recei...

Cover image for TV and Video Advertising

TV and Video Advertising
The Shift to Digital

Tim Mulligan

29 Jun 2018

Netflix Facebook emerging markets

The video advertising landscape is slowly moving away from both being broadcast TV based and being primarily driven by developed markets. The transition is picking up pace, with TV advertising declining by an average 3% per year from 2017 to 2023. In the meantime, over-the-top (OTT) ad revenue will increase by 10.

© 2025 MIDiA Research Ltd. All Rights Reserved.