MIDiA Reports

MIDiA Research 2023-2030 global music forecasts
Speed bump

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Report by Mark Mulligan

30 Jun 2023

A note on the 2023 edition 2022 was a tumultuous year for the global economy, with factors such as high rates of inflation, rising interest rates, a growing cost-of-living crisis, post-Covid supply chain...

US SVOD consumer podcast engagement
Audio is the new spinoff

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Report by Annie Langston

1 Jun 2023

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Apple

Spotify

As consumer attention fragments across platforms and content types, it is increasingly important for both streaming subscription video services and podcast creators to maximise their content reach. For...

Fandom and identity
For fans, entertainment goes beyond enjoyment of content

Report by Hanna Kahlert

1 Jun 2023

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YouTube

Instagram

snapchat

Across entertainment, fandom is used to judge, predict, and generate successful commissioning and distribution strategies. Fandom indicates reliable audiences who will spend money on propositions and...

Data briefing
South Korea music market

Report by Mark Mulligan

1 Jun 2023

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This report presents key music market metrics for South Korea. All data is domestic SouthKorean data unless otherwise stated below. The datasets leveraged for this report include: Music company financials...

Live sport 2.0
Capturing younger audiences with the creator economy

Report by Ben Woods

1 Jun 2023

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YouTube

Apple TV

Twitch

The funding model for live sports has created fissures between older viewers who can afford to pay a premium for live access and younger audiences who either cannot, or do not want to. While older generations...

Livestreaming strategy in a social-video world
Work with UGC, not against it

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Report by Tatiana Cirisano

1 Jun 2023

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Livestreamed concerts are establishing themselves as complementary experiences, rather than replacements for in-person gigs. A picture of the average livestreamer — older millennials who are entertainment...

Games purchasing by format
Brick and mortar is not dead

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Report by Karol Severin

2 May 2023

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Games

Audience Insight

This report presents a Q1 2023 snapshot of US gamers who bought at least one game within a six-month period (between October 2022 and March 2023). This is broken down by physical versus digital format...

Podcasts and gamers
How audio can propel the gaming universe

Report by Annie Langston and Kazia Rothwell

2 May 2023

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Spotify

YouTube

The rise of games-inspired content is taking entertainment by storm. This illustrates the power of not only games content itself, but the fandoms that keep it alive, revealing an audience for other entertainment...

Pre-empting video piracy in the streaming TV era

Report by Tim Mulligan

2 May 2023

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Video

Netflix

Video piracy had been downgraded as a significant disruptive risk in the era of subscription video on demand (SVOD) and free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST). While peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing piracy...

AI and the future of music
The future is already here

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Report by Mark Mulligan, Hanna Kahlert and Tatiana Cirisano

2 May 2023

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Spotify

Soundcloud

Netflix

Unlike most new technology hype cycles, the impact that artificial intelligence (AI) has on the world is already surpassing expectations. Within the music industry, AI will largely be an enabler and accelerant...

Artists direct
Focus on passion, not professionalism

Report by Tatiana Cirisano

2 May 2023

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Spotify

Soundcloud

All eyes of the music business are on artists direct, the fastest-growing segment of the industry. But the 6.4 million artists in this segment are far from a unified group, and have varied aspirations,...

Burnishing the back catalogue
Retention in an inflationary era

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Report by Ben Woods

2 May 2023

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Spotify

Video

Netflix

With inflation squeezing commissioning budgets, streaming-TV services are battling to demonstrate value to consumers who risk churning under pressure from the cost-of-living crisis. The big spend on new...

Web 3.0 is here
Navigating the new culture of digital entertainment

Report by Hanna Kahlert

2 May 2023

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Spotify

YouTube

Netflix

AI has already hit entertainment at the industry level – and the impacts on audience culture will not be far behind. A variety of AI tools are now readily available on ‘fremium’ tiers at a consumer...

The great monetisation reset
New ways to monetise streaming video audiences

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Report by Tim Mulligan and Ben Woods

12 Apr 2023

Free Report

Video

Product Strategy

This keynote took place at the beginning of the MIDiA webinar:The great monetisation reset |New ways to monetise streaming video audiences. The full presentation, panel, and Q&A session, can be found...

Profiling Steam users
A valuable gamer niche

Report by Karol Severin

6 Apr 2023

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YouTube

Amazon

Netflix

For two decades now, Steam has been one of the go-to digital game distributors, particularly for computer gamers and developers. Yet, its weekly active audience does not quite reflect a fully representative...

US millennial snapshot
A looming generational blind spot

Report by Kriss Thakrar and Tatiana Cirisano

3 Apr 2023

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Spotify

YouTube

Deezer

In the US, 25-34-year-olds are the music industry’s most valuable segment. Yet their relationship with streaming is tenuous. Streaming is not meeting these consumers’ need for a more social, less...

Social platform user snapshot
Q4 2022

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Report by Hanna Kahlert

3 Apr 2023

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Audience Insight

Media and Marketing

This slide deck presents a snapshot of different social platform users, including age breakdowns, activity on social platforms, and cross-platform usage. It covers Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, WhatsApp,...

Podcasts and music streaming
Mirrored growth

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Report by Annie Langston

3 Apr 2023

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Apple

iTunes

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...

Bridging the creator gap
Monetising social video’s micro-communities

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Report by Sam Griffin and Ben Woods

3 Apr 2023

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Subscriptions

YouTube

Twitch

The pandemic-induced boom in content creation has saturated social video platforms at a time when creators are battling a downturn in digital advertising revenues. These dual pressures of less exposure...

Ad-supported video consumer snapshot Q4 2022
US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Sweden, South Korea, and Brazil

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Report by Tim Mulligan

1 Apr 2023

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Video

Audience Insight

This report presents a snapshot of ad-supported video users, including age breakdowns, time spent on video (subscription video on demand (SVOD), ad-supported video on demand (AVOD), and pay-per-view),...