Streaming Reports from MIDiA Research

Music Subscriber Market Shares 4.0
Subscriptions Decouple from Revenue

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Mark Mulligan

September 2020

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 label...

Music Discovery
Streaming’s Growing Role

Mark Mulligan

August 2020

Streaming

Streaming Music

Spotify

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 shifts...

Spotify Q2 2020 Earnings
In the Shadow of COVID

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Mark Mulligan

August 2020

Subscriptions

Streaming

Streaming Music

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...

Attention Economy
Media Consumption Q2 2020

Mark Mulligan

July 2020

Streaming

Music Subscriptions

US

This report presents MIDiA’s Q2 2020 media consumption data, exploring time and money spent by consumers during the quarter. As such, it presents a snapshot of consumer behaviour that reflects both the...

COVID-19
The Self-Isolation Entertainment Boom

Mark Mulligan

April 2020

Free Report

Streaming

Spotify

artists

Following our first COVID-19 impact report, this report deep dives into how media consumption patterns have changed in the initial weeks of COVID-19 dislocation. While it is crucial to remember that these...

Music Consumer Survey
Country Snapshots

Mark Mulligan

March 2020

Consumer Behaviour

Streaming

US

Music consumer survey country snapshots for US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Spain, and Sweden.

Sports Consumer Survey
Country Snapshots

Alistair Taylor

March 2020

Streaming

Video

Sport consumer survey

Sports Consumer Snapshots for the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Spain, Sweden, France, Italy, Netherlands, and Mexico

Recorded Music Market 2019
A Thriving and Transforming Industry

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Mark Mulligan

March 2020

music sales

Streaming

Streaming Music

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...

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

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Mark Mulligan

February 2020

Subscriptions

Streaming

Streaming Music

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...

Music Subscriber Market Shares 3.0
The Big Three Dominate

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Mark Mulligan

December 2019

Subscriptions

Streaming

Music 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...

Spotify Earnings Q3 2019
Up on Most Counts

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Mark Mulligan

November 2019

Subscriptions

Streaming

Streaming Music

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...

Direct to Consumer 1.1
Video’s Big Bang Moment

Tim Mulligan

October 2019

Streaming

Apple

Spotify

2019 marks the biggest shift in the US video market since Netflix’s pivot into streaming in 2007. Apple, Disney and AT&T-owned Warner Media are preparing for their direct-to-consumer (D2C) launches into...

US Streaming Video
How Ad Supported Will Reshape the Market

Tim Mulligan

October 2019

Streaming

Apple

YouTube

In the shift to streaming, advertising has been sidelined by the growth of streaming video on demand (SVOD) in the US video market. However, Hulu’s growth, along with increasing competition for consumers’...

Southeast Asia Video Streaming Deep Dive

Amanda Stears

August 2019

Streaming

Streaming Video

Apple TV

Video streaming services in Southeast Asia first appeared in 2015 and have evolved into the main video consumption platforms for local consumers. With a combined population of 371.65 million, and a combined...

TV Show Fandom
Streaming Redefines TV Show Success

Amanda Stears

August 2019

Streaming

Streaming Video

Apple TV

The scripted drama boom and the rise of streaming have dramatically reshaped TV consumption and viewing habits. The act of watching a TV show is no longer confined within the four walls of the living room,...

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

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Mark Mulligan

August 2019

Subscriptions

Streaming

Streaming Music

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...

US SVOD Subscriber Deep Dive
2019

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Tim Mulligan

July 2019

Streaming

Streaming Video

Netflix

In the build-up to the Disney+ launch in November 2019, the US market is dominated by the big five of Netflix (currently number one for paid subscriptions with 60.2 million), Amazon Prime Video, Hulu,...

Netflix After Q2 2019
Post-Peak or Strategic Reset?

Karol Severin, Tim Mulligan and Amanda Stears

July 2019

Free Report

Streaming

Streaming Video

Apple TV

With a market capitalisation 122 times its current annual net income, Netflix suddenly finds itself scrambling to justify its price-to-earnings ratio. The July 17th earnings call knocked 11% off the market...

The Games Streaming Subscription Revolution
Meet the Players

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Karol Severin

June 2019

Streaming

Apple

Spotify

Streaming is rewriting the games market rulebook. The games subscription landscape is undergoing foundational changes driven by a growing list of new market entrants including tech majors, telcos, leading...

2019-2021
Emerging New Metrics for Sports Streaming Success

Alistair Taylor

June 2019

Streaming

Apple

Amazon

The clock is ticking down to 2021 when the major domestic sports rights in the US and the UK will start coming up for renewal. Thus far, pureplay sports streaming video on demand (SVOD) services such as...

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