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Attention recession impacts on D2C growth

Report by Richard Broadhurst

26 Jul 2022

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...

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...

Spotify Q4 2020 earnings
ARPU pays the price for growth

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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...

Spotify Q3 2020 Earnings
The Shift to Free

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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...

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...

Spotify Q2 2020 Earnings
In the Shadow of COVID

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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...

COVID-19 and the Vulnerability of Pure Play Sports Streaming Services

Report by Alistair Taylor

23 Apr 2020

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oronavirus

Pay-TV

streaming services

The postponement of annual competitions and major quadrennial events has highlighted just how heavily pay-TV and sport-centric streaming services’ value propositions rely on live sports. Filling schedules...

Video Consumer Survey
Country Snapshots

Report by Tim Mulligan

23 Mar 2020

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Video consumer snapshot

consumer insight

Video

Video consumer survey country snapshots for US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain, Sweden, France, Italy, Netherlands and Mexico.

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

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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...

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...

Spotify Earnings Q3 2019
Up on Most Counts

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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...

Sports Rights
Measuring the ROI for Streaming

Report by Alistair Taylor

30 Oct 2019

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peak attention economy

competition

finite resources

Measuring streaming sports audience engagement is paramount when determining which rights mix consumers are actually willing to pay for. Netflix has shown that in a saturated market, retaining consumer...

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

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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...

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...

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,...

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

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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...

Streaming Media Consumption
Video Leads The Way

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Report by Zach Fuller

22 Oct 2018

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media consumption

Online video

Music

In this report, we present highlights of content trends from MIDiA’s Quarterly Brand Tracker, a survey fielded in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. This report explores how consumer behaviour evolved...

Speaker Market Shares
Amazon Ahead in a Crowded Market

Report by Mark Mulligan

16 Oct 2018

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speakers

connected speakers

smart speakers

Digital music pushed music out of the home speaker and into the earphone. Over recent years this has created a booming market for headphones but speakers are fighting back, driven in large part by tech...

Headphones Market Shares
Apple Takes the Lead

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Report by Mark Mulligan

15 Oct 2018

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headphones

earphones

headphone brands

Headphones are the physical manifestation of streaming music. With the focus of listening shifted from home speakers to smartphones, headphones have become ubiquitous. But, whereas convenience was...

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