Streaming apps now command 50% more daily time than radio, as services like Spotify and audiobooks attract more listeners. Podcasts were also down significantly. The format lost 9 minutes YoY, falling to 43 minutes in H1 2023. Despite this drop, the longer trajectory shows significant growth in listening time as demand for this digital form of talk radio has increased.
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| Oct 30, 2023
Mainstays like Meta, Google, Spotify, and Snap will return to their residences on the Croisette. There are few other events that bring together as many of the world’s top CMOs as Cannes Lions, providing ample opportunity for tech, social, and ecommerce firms to mingle with and pitch their growing (or struggling) ad businesses to the C-Suite.
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| Jun 16, 2023
There are a few possible reasons so many RMNs—and other ad networks like Spotify, LinkedIn, and Uber—are offering self-service. Concerns about ad placements: As retail media moves off-site, advertisers are worried about programmatic ads going to made-for-advertising (MFA) websites that lack customer engagement.
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| Jun 18, 2024
And digital audio is complicated by the fact that the leading platforms like Spotify are more interested in subscriber fee-based subscriptions than ad revenue, so they want you to pay to avoid ads.”. Podcasters are particularly attentive audio listeners, and can be seen as an untapped market for advertisement investment. “We’re not saying this is a call to action.
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| Sep 15, 2023
Digital audio service includes digital advertising revenues for local and national broadcast radio stations, satellite radio services, purely online radio stations, and streaming music services such as Pandora and Spotify; includes podcast advertising and sponsorship; includes both audio and nonaudio ad formats.
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| Jun 14, 2024
Time spent with CTV devices includes a good deal of time watching video, but it also includes other activities such as shopping, searching, and listening to digital audio like Spotify or Pandora. Average daily time spent with CTV devices has already caught up with time spent with desktop/laptops; by next year CTV (1:56) will be ahead of time spent with desktop/laptops (1:51).
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| Mar 13, 2023
The most popular individual media service in the US, Netflix, has a limited ad inventory, and several other major time-takers, like Spotify, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video, are also semi-closed systems.
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| Jul 11, 2023
But are we more likely to be TikToking on our CTVs in the future, listening to Spotify on the big screen, more playing games on Netflix from our television? I wonder if there's going to be any activity that starts to muscle in on some of that share of digital video. Yory Wormser:.
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| Jul 3, 2023
But members of Gen Z weren’t just there for the fun—they were also there to educate marketers: 22-year-old creator and business owner Emma Chamberlain spoke to a jam-packed audience at Spotify Beach about brand-building and navigating partnerships, while 23-year-old JUV Consulting founder Ziad Ahmed led a conversation about brand bravery with actress Auli’i Cravalho during Insider’s CMO breakfast.
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| Jun 23, 2023
Most of us drive a connected car and connect to media—think your Spotify app. CES, however, revealed vehicles that will amp up media in innovative ways. Heads up displays turn in-car AR into a reality. The BMW i Vision Dee displayed an AR overlay that projects images across the whole windshield. Continental and Samsung’s Harman also displayed similar versions.
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| Jan 17, 2023
Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, passed into law in April 2023, requiring foreign streaming services like Netflix and Spotify to invest in Canadian content and adhere to quotas. Both companies have criticized strict quotas, arguing they already invest in Canadian artists and productions. Meta and Google have balked at the law.
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| May 9, 2023
Explore the potential of pairing TV campaigns with other streaming platforms (like Spotify) to expand audience reach of events like Eurovision. More like this:. Shoppable media helps brands monetize live events. Sports ad inventory growth creates new, niche opportunities for brands. 5 key stats on CTV: Growth normalizes, subscriptions reign, and ad spend evolves.
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| Jul 12, 2024
This is fitting for the country that created Spotify, a global icon in both those areas. In addition, the country was second in the region in time spent with PC/laptop/tablet. In keeping with its strong time-spent showings in digital audio, Sweden was second in Western Europe in music/audio streaming.
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| Oct 30, 2023
Myers notes that Spotify has indicated it might make a similar move because A. Last summer it closed a hundred million deal to buy audiobook distributor, Find a Way. And 2. Former CCO Dawn Ostrov said Spotify was looking at bringing ad monetization into audiobooks, though there's been no official announcement. The question here is, could audiobooks be the next frontier for advertising?
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| Apr 13, 2023
Spotify is the last digital giant we're talking about. The audio streaming Giant recently told us that it was in good shape. It is approaching the 600 million users mark, continues to make enough money to turn a profit. But what did Spotify just offer British and Australian and next year American premium subscribers? Was it 10% off merch bought through Spotify's platform?
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| Nov 30, 2023
Spotify is similar to TikTok in that it's one of those platforms that ranks in the middle of the pack among the whole population, but its users love it. You've got like 16 minutes a day among the whole population, but among users up to 51, and that's a TikTok style data point. Marcus Johnson:. Hey gang, it's Thursday, April 4th.
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| Apr 4, 2024
Our latest forecast for 14 countries and three regions shows sustained healthy growth for podcast listenership in most markets, even as the boom years are winding down.
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| Nov 2, 2023
So, a similar example is those Spotify day lists that they're giving now where it has a name and it's made just for you. They could not put AI behind that. They could just be making it random. But the fact that it feels personalized to me is very appealing as a consumer. Carina Perkins:. Have you listened to the Generative AI DJ on Spotify? Sara Lebow:.
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| Feb 21, 2024
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TikTok will try to challenge Spotify and Apple Music with its new music streaming service, TikTok Music. Initially introduced in Brazil and Indonesia, the subscription service will include the libraries of leading record companies.
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| Jul 21, 2023
That is of course, an eMarketer video podcast made possible by TikTok that you can watch on Spotify and YouTube or YouTube, or you could of course listen to it the usual way.
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| Oct 17, 2024
Spotify uses GenAI to create personalized playlists for customers based on listening habits and preferences. Regular updates keep users engaged. Customers share playlists on social media—turning loyal customers into brand advocates. How can marketers and CX leaders capitalize on GenAI? Change and adaptation are key as the technology rapidly evolves.
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| Jun 5, 2023
Spotify remains the lone non-US and non-Chinese digital ad publisher to crack our global rankings. The Swedish digital audio giant’s ad revenues will nearly hit the $2 billion mark in 2024 and leap to $2.31 billion in 2025. These figures are a downward revision from our previous projections but represent healthy growth nevertheless. To see the full forecast, click here.
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| May 11, 2023
You can see us in almost real life and see some of the charts that we're talking about on YouTube and now Spotify. If you want to watch the show, the Weekly Listen there, where of course you can listen to our voices the usual way.
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| Oct 10, 2024
And finally, with major digital audio players like Spotify and Apple focused heavily on ad-free subscriber tiers, a lot of prime real estate is not available. Nonetheless, US adults spend enormous amounts of time with their preferred audio entertainment services, and marketers disproportionately miss out on this daily chunk of time.
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| Jul 17, 2023