Streaming Archives

Background listening comes to YouTube Music

04/10/2021

Background listening comes to YouTube Music which will allow people to continue listening to YouTube Music while using other apps or when your screen is off. Within this, you can engage with the YouTube Music app through an ad-supported, radio-like experience featuring the artists, songs, and albums you love, plus personalized mixes on shuffle – all without the hassle of having to keep the YouTube Music app open on your device. This feature will begin rolling […]

Deezer reveals podcasting trends

02/10/2021

Deezer reveals podcasting trends to showcase its users’ listening trends to celebrate International Podcast Day which happened on 30th September. Deezer reported a huge 61% increase in audio content streams in the last year with a 40% growth of podcast active users in the same time period. The shows that have captured the world’s attention in 2021 include TED Talks Daily, which took no.1 position in 2021. This was followed by The Daily, Distractible, All […]

Go straight to your music with Spotify Tap

01/10/2021

Go straight to your music with Spotify Tap and start streaming exactly where you left off with one tap. Instead of turning on your phone’s Bluetooth, placing it in your pocket, shoving the buds in your ear, juggling your coffee to the other hand, and finally, reaching back into your pocket to grab your phone again to open up your Spotify app and press play – you can simply launch your next listening session with […]

Personalize Spotify playlists with Enhance

16/09/2021

Personalize Spotify playlists with Enhance, a new feature which assists listeners to add tracks to a new or existing playlist. Enhance brings together the best of you and Spotify, providing you with personalized recommendations to create playlists with ease while keeping you in control through an easy-to-navigate design. Simply turn these recommendations on or off with the tap of a button. And once Enhance is on, you’ll see your playlist populated with suggested songs that […]

Qobuz rolls out ‘My Weekly Q’ and ‘Carplay Online’

15/09/2021

Qobuz rolls out ‘My Weekly Q’ and ‘Carplay Online’ and announces reductions in all its subscription plans. ‘My Weekly Q’ is a musical recommendation feature which is adapted to each subscriber. Every Friday, Qobuz now offers its subscribers a personalised playlist that highlights musical discoveries based on listening to users with similar musical profiles. Using collaborative Artificial Intelligence, the musical experience of its subscribers will be enhanced by offering eclectic and personalised tracks. This feature […]

Paid subscriptions drive US streaming growth

14/09/2021

Paid subscriptions drive US streaming growth, up 27% in the first half of 2021 versus the prior year, from $5.6 to $7.1 billion at retail value. Figures released by the RIAA show that paid subscriptions continued to be the strongest contributor to growth, comprising nearly two-thirds of total revenue, and more than 80 million paid subscriptions for the first time. At wholesale value revenues rose 25%, from $3.7 billion in 1H 2020 to $4.6 billion […]

Streaming accounts for 12% of AM/FM radio listening in the US

28/08/2021

Streaming accounts for 12% of AM/FM radio listening in the US according to Edison Research in its Share of Ear study. The findings are based on measurements of what portion of listening to AM/FM content happens on a traditional radio receiver and how much is done on a digital device. The research methodology fully represents the US 13+ population, including not only those who are online but also those who are either not online or lightly […]