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YouTube gets the most US listeners in the evening

26/01/2024

YouTube gets the most US listeners in the evening whilst midday is the peak time for podcast listening according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. They show which dayparts have the most minutes of listening from each audio platform. In broadcast programming, dayparting is the practice of dividing the broadcast day into several parts, in which a different type of radio programming or television show appropriate for that time period is aired. Edison Research’s Share of Ear dataset collects listening data of US consumers […]

Global on-demand audio streams reached 4.1 Tn in 2023

13/01/2024

Global on-demand audio streams reached 4.1 Tn in 2023, an increase of 22.3% on 2022 according to Luminate, the entertainment data and insights company that powers Billboard Charts. Previously in their annual Luminate Year-End Music Report they have focussed on the US music market but this year there are insights on 50 markets including the US and Canada. On-demand music streaming increased by 12.7% in the US in 2023 with 1.2 Tn streams. World, Latin and Country music […]

SiriusXM is rolling out its new app today

15/12/2023

SiriusXM is rolling out its new app today on the web as well as the App Store, Google Play, and on Amazon Fire devices, with additional platforms and features to come in early 2024. The new SiriusXM app puts SiriusXM’s unique content offering at the forefront, including: live human curated music channels, one-of-a-kind celebrity talk shows, and a one-stop destination for the most comprehensive live sports coverage and analysis. Listeners can hear hundreds of streaming-only […]

Listen to TikTok songs in your music app

15/11/2023

Listen to TikTok songs in your music app with their new feature ‘Add to Music App’ which saves the songs you discover in TikTok to the music streaming service of your choice. The Add to Music App is launching for users in the US and UK in partnership with the major music streaming services, including Amazon Music and Spotify. The feature will appear as a button that says Add Song next to a track name at the bottom of a TikTok […]

SiriusXM to rollout new streaming app

12/11/2023

SiriusXM is to rollout a new streaming app which will be available to users in the US from the 14th December 2023. Following on the heels of a rebrand the new app will offer listeners a ‘more personalized, easy-to-use, lean-back streaming experience that puts discovery at the forefront’. The price for this ‘Streaming All Access Plan’ will be $9.99/month and is aimed at attracting new listeners. Key features of the new SiriusXM app Always-On Personalization […]

Spotify Premium users in US get Audiobook access

09/11/2023

Spotify Premium users in US are to get Audiobook access for up to 15 hours per month as part of their subscription plan. They now join those in the UK and Australia who received this upgrade in October 2023. At launch there were 150,000 audiobooks available in this plan upgrade but this has now been increased to over 200.000. Fifteen hours should get you around two average audiobooks per month, but if you do hit the limit, […]

Americans continue to listen to radio

01/11/2023

Americans continue to listen to radio for 37% of their daily audio time according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. […]