Pandora Reports from MIDiA Research

Podcasts and music streaming
Mirrored growth

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Report by Annie Langston

3 Apr 2023

The economic recession, and related layoffs at major podcasting divisions, have some questioning the future of the format. However, podcasts are following a similar trajectory as music did in its transition...

Music industry earnings Q3 2022
Pre-recession growth

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Report by Mark Mulligan

20 Dec 2022

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music industry growth

music industry revenues

label revenues

The early 2020s saw an influx of capital into the music business, with the promise of music rights being an asset class that was uncorrelated with the wider economy. The irony is that as music catalogue...

After digital
The search for a cheaper cultural moment

Report by Hanna Kahlert

28 Oct 2022

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Critical Developments

Barlow and Bear

Disney

Audiences are becoming ever-more creative and this proclivity will come into its own over the coming period of economic, social, and political turbulence. To reconnect with each other while conserving...

Podcast market value chain
The next investment is the listeners

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Report by Annie Langston

27 Oct 2022

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Audio

Investments

infrastructure

Investments from major audience platforms in audio infrastructure, such as hosting platforms and advertising, kickstarted the growth of the podcast market. With the basic infrastructure now in place,...

State of the music creator economy
Post-lockdown growth

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Report by Mark Mulligan, Kriss Thakrar and Tatiana Cirisano

30 Sep 2022

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Music

Ableton

Apple

The Covid pandemic created a unique catalyst for the music creator economy. More time on hands and more cash in pockets gave novices and veterans alike the opportunity to spend both more time and money...

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...

Music industry earnings 2021
Riding the wave

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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...

Music market subscriber shares 2021
Growth is not letting up yet

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Report by Mark Mulligan

22 Dec 2021

Streaming

Music Streaming

Subscriptions

This report presents key figures from MIDiA’s global music subscriber market shares model. The full dataset is published alongside this report, with quarterly data (from Q4 2015 to Q1 2021) and annual...

Music Subscriber Market Shares 4.0
Subscriptions Decouple from Revenue

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Report by Mark Mulligan

18 Sep 2020

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Streaming

Music Streaming

Subscriptions

This report presents key figures from MIDiA’s global music subscriber market shares model. The full dataset is published alongside this report with quarterly data from Q4 2015 to Q1 2020 and annual...

Post-Pandemic Programming
Surviving and Thriving in the Recession

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Report by Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan, Karol Severin, Alistair Taylor, Keith Jopling and Hanna Kahlert

9 Sep 2020

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aeg

AMC Cinemas

Alphabet

COVID-19 caused dislocation and disruption to the global entertainment business. Now, the recession and the prospect of further pandemic peaks have created an unprecedented outlook for entertainment companies....

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....

COVID-19
Entertainment and Leisure Industry Impact Assessment

Report by Mark Mulligan

20 Mar 2020

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Covid-19

covid19

covid 19

The spread of COVID-19, and the responses of industry and governments alike, is unprecedented. It is, however, the restrictions on movement of people along with the response of consumers and investors...

Music Subscriber Market Shares 3.0
The Big Three Dominate

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Report by Mark Mulligan

17 Dec 2019

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Streaming

Music Streaming

Subscriptions

This report presents key figures from MIDiA’s global music subscriber market shares model. The full dataset is published alongside this report with quarterly data from Q4 2015 to Q2 2019 for 23 streaming...

20/20 Vision
MIDiA Research Predictions 2020

Report by Alistair Taylor, Amanda Stears, Karol Severin, Keith Jopling, Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan and Zach Fuller

10 Dec 2019

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user modified content

abundance paradox

tech

The 20,000 Foot View In this report MIDiA Research analysts present their predictions for what will be the big trends in digital media and tech across music, video, media, brands, marketing, games and...

Spotify Podcast Strategy
Strong Start, Long Way to Go

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Report by Mark Mulligan

28 Nov 2019

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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...

Music Publishing
A Full-Stack Revolution

Report by Mark Mulligan

9 Oct 2019

Music publishing catalogues

music publishing

catalogue M+A

Tencent’s bid for 10% of Universal Music Group has set a new high-water mark for what risks becoming an overheated music rights mergers and acquisitions (M&A) sector. However, investment appetite remains...

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...

The Global Music Publishing Market
Streaming Shifts the Conversation

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Report by Zach Fuller

22 Aug 2019

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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 Streaming Nation 3.0
Multi-Paced Growth

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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,...

Radio 2018
Streaming’s Continuing Impact

Report by Mark Mulligan

31 Oct 2018

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Radio

radio audiences

radio listeners

This is a 2018 update to MIDiA’s 2017 report exploring the impact of streaming on radio audiences. The underlying data comes from MIDiA’s quarterly consumer tracker which was first fielded in Q4 2016....

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