Radio audiences
A window of opportunity

Report by Mark Mulligan, Keith Jopling, Tatiana Cirisano and Annie Langston

25 Sep 2022

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audio

Business Strategy

Radio

Streaming claimed radio’s younger, music-focused audiences while podcasts are now beginning to do the same for older, spoken-word audiences. However, it is not yet determined that the impact needs to...

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Music industry earnings 2021
Riding the wave

Report by Mark Mulligan

24 Apr 2022

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streaming music

earnings

music earnings

In this report MIDiA presents, contrasts and analyses headline financial metrics of 12 leading music industry companies across labels, publishers, streaming and live. The companies tracked represent more...

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Recorded music market 2021
Red letter year

Report by Mark Mulligan

17 Mar 2022

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Music

recorded music 2021

recorded music

The 20,000 foot view MIDiA suggested in 2020 that 2021 was going to be a strong year for the recorded music market. Indeed, 2021 turned out to be the fastest-growing year in living memory, with growth...

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Karaoke app user deep dive

Report by Mark Mulligan

30 Nov 2021

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mobile apps

next gen apps

apps

This report presents data concerning karaoke app users. This data is taken from MIDiA’s Q3 2021 consumer survey. The online survey comprised 9,000 respondents across the US, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany,...

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Attention economy
After the lockdown boom

Report by Mark Mulligan

23 Nov 2021

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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...

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Recorded music market 2020
Pandemic-era growth

Report by Mark Mulligan

11 Mar 2021

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recorded music 2020

music revenue 2020

2020 music market

The global pandemic turned the music industry upside down. While live was decimated throughout 2020, after an initial downturn, the recorded music market returned to growth and finished the year with...

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Spotify Q4 2020 earnings
ARPU pays the price for growth

Report by Mark Mulligan

28 Feb 2021

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Spotify

Spotify Q4

Spotify FY20

In 2020 Spotify accelerated the growth of its total user base, with emerging markets playing a key role. However, revenue increases became decoupled from user growth across all categories, resulting in...

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Spotify Q3 2020 Earnings
The Shift to Free

Report by Mark Mulligan

27 Nov 2020

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Spotify

Spotify Q3

Spotify q3 20 earnings

With three quarters of 2020 gone, Spotify has prospered during the most challenging of times, with consistent growth across most metrics. Q3 2020 saw a slight deviation from the script though, with ad-supported...

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Music Discovery
Streaming’s Growing Role

Report by Mark Mulligan

24 Aug 2020

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Music

music discovery

music recommendations

Radio has long led music discovery and continues to do so today. However, streaming – both audio and video – are making up ground fast, especially among more engaged and younger music fans. These...

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Spotify Q2 2020 Earnings
In the Shadow of COVID

Report by Mark Mulligan

18 Aug 2020

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Spotify

Spotify Q2

Spotify q2 20 earnings

Spotify’s share price grew strongly in June 2020, with the markets responding positively to its podcast investments. However, while that increase was sustained throughout July, by mid-August the share...

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Recorded Music Market 2019
A Thriving and Transforming Industry

Report by Mark Mulligan

3 Mar 2020

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recorded music 2019

music revenue 2019

2019 music market

With five successive years of growth, the recorded music market has transitioned from a recovering industry into a thriving business. The stars are aligning, with growing consumer demand, business model...

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

Report by Mark Mulligan

29 Feb 2020

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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...

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Spotify Earnings Q3 2019
Up on Most Counts

Report by Mark Mulligan

15 Nov 2019

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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...

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The Playlist Revolution
Streaming’s Battleground

Report by Zach Fuller

30 Sep 2019

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playlists

curated playlists

Playlist strategy

Playlists are swiftly becoming the lingua franca of the music streaming economy. While most closely associated with Spotify, playlists are now central to streaming as an entire sector. While playlists...

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

Report by Mark Mulligan

29 Aug 2019

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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...

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Spotify Q1 2019 Earnings

Report by Mark Mulligan

31 May 2019

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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...

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State of the Streaming Nation 3.0
Multi-Paced Growth

Report by Mark Mulligan

28 May 2019

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streaming

music streaming

subscriptions

  2018 was yet another strong year for streaming music growth, with the leading streaming services consolidating their market shares. Consumer adoption continues to grow but as leading markets mature,...

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Music Marketing
Niche is the New Mainstream

Report by Mark Mulligan

20 May 2019

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music marketing

Marketing

music marketing strategy

Streaming personalisation and falling radio audiences are combining to rewrite the music marketing rulebook, ushering in a whole new marketing paradigm. Hits used to be cultural moments; artist brands...

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El mercado latinoamericano de transmisión de música
YouTube y Spotify se consolidan

Report by Leo Morel

4 Apr 2019

South America

Latin America

central America

Una imagen a 20.000 pies: Latinoamérica se ha convertido rápidamente en uno de los más importantes mercados de transmisión de música, debido a la acelerada adopción de los consumidores, creciente...

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Youtube e Spotify tomam conta do mercado latino-americano de streaming de música

Report by Leo Morel

2 Apr 2019

South America

Latin America

central America

Visão Geral: A América Latina tornou-se um dos mais importantes mercados de streaming de música devido a fatores como a acelerada adoção por parte do consumidor, a crescente proliferação de smartphones,...

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