October 2022

Podcast listening among US Latinos hits record high

20/10/2022

Podcast listening among US Latinos hits record high with one third listening to podcasts in Spanish. These findings are from an Edison Research report and show the results of a representative survey of 2500 Hispanic/Latino adults age 18+. conducted in June 2022. The U.S. Latino Podcast Listener Report 2022 found that 59% of US Latinos adults have listened to a podcast compared to 44% in 2021. Just over half (51%) of US Latinos have listened to a podcast in English, and […]

Top 50 US podcasts for Q2 2022

19/10/2022

The Top 50 US podcasts for Q2 2022 chart according to Edison Podcast Metrics has been published by Edison Research. Edison Podcast Metrics is the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcast networks in the US. The Edison Podcast Metrics Top 50 Podcasts of Q2 2022 list is derived from data collected continuously Q3 2021 – Q2 2022, from surveying weekly podcast consumers aged 18 and older in the […]

Apple Music Spatial Audio comes to Mercedes

17/10/2022

Apple Music Spatial Audio comes to Mercedes vehicles with support for Dolby Atmos. Apple Music with Spatial Audio comes fully integrated through the MBUX infotainment system first in the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, the EQS and EQS SUV, as well as the EQE, EQE SUV and the S-Class, equipping these vehicles with ‘studio-quality sound better than in any concert hall’, and giving drivers a fully immersive listening experience with unparalleled, multidimensional sound and clarity. Oliver Schusser, Apple’s […]

Music sales in Spain grew by 12.4% in first half of 2022

15/10/2022

Music sales in Spain grew by 12.4% in first half of 2022 with LPs now outselling CDs where physical format sales have stagnated according to Promusicae, the Spanish record industry association. Spaniards spent €191.5 million on music consumption, both in digital and physical formats that represents a 12.4% growth for the Spanish music industry, compared to the same period of 2021 (€170.5 million). Digital sales were the main contributor to the increase in sales with […]

US Latin music grew 23% in first half of 2022

09/10/2022

The US Latin music market grew 23% in first half of 2022 with streaming accounting for 97% of this market according to the RIAA, the US recording industry association. During this period revenues from Latin music in the US grew to $510 million and represents 6.6% of the total US music market. Paid music subscriptions made up the majority of Latin revenues, growing 25% to $350 million and accounting for 71% of streaming revenues (69% of […]

Apple Music now has 100 million songs

03/10/2022

Apple Music now has 100 million songs and has emphasised the importance on human curation and not algorithms. Announcing this milestone Apple said, “Twenty-one years on from the invention of iTunes and the debut of the original iPod, we’ve gone from 1,000 songs in your pocket to 100,000x that on Apple Music. It’s phenomenal growth by any metric. The entire history, present, and future of music is at your fingertips or voice command.” They continued, […]