Spotify Reports from MIDiA Research

Profiling Esports Viewers
The Synergy of Spend, Ad Receptiveness and Engagement

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Report by Karol Severin

11 Aug 2020

As live events have halted, attracting non-endemic brands to esports via digital content has moved to the forefront for esports companies. But attracting the largest brands often requires close-to-mainstream…

MIDiA Research 2020-2027 Global Music Forecasts
Volume Trumps Value as Emerging Markets Dominate Growth

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Report by Mark Mulligan

21 Jul 2020

music forecasts

music model

music projects

This report presents the key figures, trends and drivers of MIDiA’s music forecast model. The figures presented in this report are retail values and in billions of US dollars unless otherwise stated.…

Spotify Q4 2019 Earnings
Great Year for Premium, Less So for Ad Supported

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Report by Mark Mulligan

29 Feb 2020

£3,000.00

Spotify

Spotify Q4

Spotify q4 19 earnings

2019 was another strong year for Spotify’s premium business, in which it saw off growing competition to retain its leading global market share. But it was also another year in which Spotify’s ad-supported…

Spotify Podcast Strategy
Strong Start, Long Way to Go

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Report by Mark Mulligan

28 Nov 2019

£3,000.00

Spotify

Podcasts

podcast market

Spotify has bet big on podcasts, viewing them as a means to multiple strategic ends. After a number of major acquisitions, Spotify is beginning to deliver meaningful audience and revenue numbers. Though…

Spotify Earnings Q3 2019
Up on Most Counts

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Report by Mark Mulligan

15 Nov 2019

£3,000.00

Spotify

Spotify Q3

Spotify q3 19 earnings

Q3 2019 was a quarter of mixed fortunes for Spotify, with its subscriber base showing good, consistent growth, podcasts making a solid early showing, emerging markets demonstrating promise but ad revenue…

Spotify Q2 2019 Earnings
Mature Markets Still the Engine Room of Growth

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Report by Mark Mulligan

29 Aug 2019

£3,000.00

Spotify

Spotify Q2

Spotify q2 19 earnings

Q2 2019 was another solid quarter for Spotify, adding the same number of subscribers it typically does in promotional quarters. Core metrics such as churn and average revenue per user (ARPU) all moved…

The Global Music Publishing Market
Streaming Shifts the Conversation

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Report by Zach Fuller

22 Aug 2019

£3,000.00

at&t

Amazon

Anchor

The effects of music streaming having supplanted both the download and the CD as the mainstream format for recorded music (accounting for 50% of total recorded revenue in 2018) are being keenly felt across…

State of the Music Publishing Nation

Report by Mark Mulligan and Zach Fuller

20 Jun 2019

£5,000.00

Armonia

BMAT

Dataclef

This report, a first from MIDiA dedicated to the music publishing space, addresses the most important trends in the industry. With 2018 seeing revenues continue their accelerated growth and music publishing…

Spotify Q1 2019 Earnings

Report by Mark Mulligan

31 May 2019

£3,000.00

Spotify

Spotify Q1

Spotify q1 19 earnings

Q1 2019 was a quarter of milestones for Spotify, hitting 100 million subscribers, launching in India and becoming a podcast company. However, it was also a quarter in which a number of metrics started…

Sports SVOD Services Deep Dive

Report by Alistair Taylor

23 May 2019

£2,000.00

Sports-centric

streaming services

subscription video on demand

Sports-centric subscription video on demand (SVOD) services have entered international markets, looking to capture digital-native audiences from pay-TV and other established SVOD services. Eleven Sports’…

Spotify Q4 2018 Earnings
Strong Subscriber Growth With a Hint of Profitability but Long-Term ARPU Deflation

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Report by Mark Mulligan

12 Feb 2019

£5,000.00

Spotify

Spotify Q4

Spotify q4 18 earnings

Spotify finished 2018 strongly, over performing in both subscriber and ad-supported MAU additions. This was accompanied by Spotify’s first ever profitable quarter and two major podcast acquisitions…

Spotify Q3 2018 Earnings
Metrics on Track But Investors Not Convinced

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Report by Mark Mulligan

6 Nov 2018

Spotify

Spotify Q3

Spotify q3 earnings

Spotify’s Q3 2018 earnings once again showed continued solid progress across most of its performance metrics, with strong progress in many areas. However, weakening investor confidence across…

Spotify Q2 2018 Earnings
More Needed from Emerging Markets and Ad Supported

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Report by Mark Mulligan

30 Jul 2018

£3,000.00

Spotify

Spotify Q2

Spotify filings

Spotify’s Q2 2018 earnings show continued solid progress across most of its performance metrics. However, investor scrutiny is intensifying, especially with the growing subscriber arms race in the…

Spotify Q1 2018 Earnings
Steady Course But Is It Enough?

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Report by Mark Mulligan

7 May 2018

£3,000.00

Spotify

Spotify Q1

Spotify filings

On the 2 May 2018 Spotify released its first quarterly earnings. The results fundamentally represent a continuation of the figures presented in Spotify’s F1 filing and show strong results across most…

Spotify by the Numbers
Trials, Churn and Margin

Report by Mark Mulligan

26 Mar 2018

Amazon

Apple

apple music

This report presents analysis of Spotify’s key performance metrics as presented in the F1 filing in advance of its direct listing. The report focuses on business performance metrics, such as user acquisition…

Paid Versus Free
Monetisation In The Post-Sales World

Report by Zach Fuller

24 Feb 2017

Apple

Blendle

facebook

As the app economy matures into an amorphous content landscape, a picture emerges of how free and pure subscription models impact the bottom-line of the creative industries across music, online video,…

Spotify User Profile
An Increasingly Mainstream Yet Digitally Sophisticated Audience

Report by Mark Mulligan

17 Nov 2016

Spotify

spotoify users

Spotify users

Spotify is the poster child of streaming music, having done more than any other company to grow the segment and to prove the freemium business model at scale. It has built an active user base that outshines…

Music Publishing At A Cross Roads
How Streaming Is Transforming The Outlook For Music Publishers

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Report by Mark Mulligan

19 Jun 2015

£500.00

Warner Chappel

Universal Music Publishing

Kobalt

The 20,000 Foot View Everything starts with the song yet music publishers have often been the last part of the digital equation. Relative insulation from the effects of declining music sales have enabled…

Global Digital Music Services Benchmark
The Digital Music Marketplace

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Report by Mark Mulligan

5 Sep 2014

Pandora

Slacker

itunes radio

The 20,000 Foot View The global digital music industry may only be growing steadily (5% in 2013) but beneath the headline number is a richly varied picture of different services, diverse regional growth…

The Streaming Effect
Assessing The Impact Of Streaming Music Behaviour

Report by Alun Simpson and Mark Mulligan

15 Aug 2014

Spotify

streaming music

streaming subscriptions

The 20,000 Foot View Streaming has arrived and is here to stay, that much is clear. What is not is how it will impact existing music revenue streams. Though neither a business model nor a product,…

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