social media Reports from MIDiA Research

Music’s Instagram moment
The social music creation revolution

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Report by Tatiana Cirisano

1 Mar 2023

20,000 foot view Social media has steadily integrated music, and music creation tools have steadily become more social. These trends are converging, accelerated by shifts in consumer behaviour and artificial...

Social platform user snapshot Q3 2022

Report by Hanna Kahlert

4 Jan 2023

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

social media

Media and Marketing

Audience Insight

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,...

A field of all levels
Strategizing music’s attention economy

Report by Tatiana Cirisano

29 Nov 2022

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

attention economy

attention recession

attention inflation

Over roughly the past decade, each stage in the evolution of the attention economy accelerated the pace of fragmentation and oversaturation in music, unearthing new challenges for each micro-generation...

Attention recession impacts on D2C growth

Report by Richard Broadhurst

26 Jul 2022

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

Video

streaming

SVOD

Weekly active user (WAU) penetration for the top streaming services is now slowing with quarter-on-quarter growth effectively flat for the leading subscription video on demand (SVOD) services. Peak attention...

The future of music
The rise of a counterculture industry

Report by Mark Mulligan, Kriss Thakrar and Tatiana Cirisano

30 Jun 2022

£7,500.00 excl. VAT

music industry

music streaming

Fandom

Music streaming and the attention recession have turned music into a background activity. Artists en masse are struggling to cut through the noise, realising that streaming is neither a place to build...

Esports viewers update
A valuable segment with a (solvable) growth problem

Report by Richard Broadhurst

5 May 2022

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

esports

entertainment

Esports currently struggle to attract consumers beyond esports enthusiasts and players of esport-centric titles. Despite growth problems, the esports viewer segment remains valuable. These consumers have...

Audio ad opportunity
Niche targeting unlocks attention

Report by Annie Langston

4 May 2022

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

audio

Marketing Strategy

advertising

Podcast advertising is one of the key income sources for both audio platforms and creators alike. Ad agencies and platforms must go ever deeper with targeting capabilities by learning more about the other...

Profiling the social media footprint of niche entertainment audiences for Web 3

Report by Hanna Kahlert

24 Mar 2022

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

social media

social media following

Media and Marketing

The 20,000 foot view Entertainment audiences are evolving, with digital-first habits – driven by both lockdowns and technology innovations – changing their relationship to the content they consume....

Hybrid futures
MIDiA 2022 predictions

Report by Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan, Karol Severin, Hanna Kahlert, Srishti Das, Kriss Thakrar and Tatiana Cirisano

13 Jan 2022

Free Report

MIDiA Research Predictions

Cultural Trends

social media

MIDiA analysts dive into our 2022 predictions, and why we believe it will be ' the year of the creator '. Watch the webinar here ....

Attention economy
After the lockdown boom

Report by Mark Mulligan

23 Nov 2021

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

entertainment consumption

entertainment hours

media time

The pandemic-triggered change in everyday life resulted in a boom in entertainment consumption, which, in turn, saw growth in emerging formats as well as a temporary rebound for traditional formats. As...

From social media to creator tools
The evolution of UGC

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Report by Hanna Kahlert

30 Sep 2021

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

entertainment

attention economy

lean in

Entertainment is suffering intense competition as audience attention time, already saturated before the pandemic, is hit by the gradual return of ‘in real life’ activities. A flurry of new propositions...

Creator culture
The song becomes the feed

Report by Mark Mulligan and Kriss Thakrar

26 Apr 2021

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

creators

Music creators

creator tools

The creator tools marketplace is creating a revolution in the culture and business of music. The third decade of the millennium represents the opening of a new chapter for the music business, with the...

2020 in review
Lockdown legacy impacts on entertainment

Report by Hanna Kahlert

24 Feb 2021

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

Cultural Trends

lockdown

attention economy

Digital connections have filled the void left by real-world activities, globalising culture and experience. Yet this comes at the cost of deepening divides in trust and perspective. Changing economic...

Ad Receptiveness Consumer Survey
Country Snapshots

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Report by Mark Mulligan

23 Mar 2020

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

ad receptiveness

consumer survey

advertising

Ad receptiveness consumer snapshots for US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain, Sweden, France, Netherlands, and Italy.

Sports Consumer Trends
The Sun Sets on Pay-TV Dominance

Report by Alistair Taylor

6 Feb 2020

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

rights holders

sports fans

betting and gaming companies

With subscription video on demand (SVOD) services surpassing pay-TV penetration en route to becoming a mainstream medium, sporting consumption habits have inherently changed. Rights holders, broadcasters,...

The Paywall Paradox
Ring Fencing Advertising’s Most Valuable Consumers

Report by Mark Mulligan

12 Dec 2019

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

marketing and brands

Marketing

brands

The 20,000 Foot View Music and video subscribers are the most influential technology and brand advocates amongst their peer groups and are therefore the most valuable users for advertisers and brands to...

Fake News 2017
Social Media’s Coming of Age

Report by Zach Fuller

20 Jan 2017

Fake News

Online publishing monetisation

click economics

By reaching the apex of cultural ubiquity, social media is being forced to answer questions it never imagined it would need to. Zuckerberg, Dorsey and Co.’s original missions could not have comprehended...

Reports: social media