Music Listening In U.S.
Monday, December 9, 2024
A recent Edison Weekly Insights email defines how music is listened to in the U.S. and it's a real eye opener.
According to the article, 74% of average daily audio time is spent listening to music.
While podcast catalogs go back decades, music libraries go back hundreds of years. Music written and produced by
names like Bach, Gershwin and others are still available on a variety of audio platforms...
The portion of time spent in the average audio day with various platforms when listeners consume music content
was broken down by Edison Research into the following categories:
Radio: For listeners age 13+ in the U.S., 32% of their
music-listening time is spent with AM/FM radio and radio streams, making radio the source used the most to deliver music content...
Streaming Services:
Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora, and YouTube Music follow very closely behind at 28%...
YouTube: For music and music videos accounts for 18% of
daily music listening...
SiriusXM: 9% is spent with SiriusXM with Owned Music such
as vinyl, CDs, or downloaded digital files, and 3% with Music Channels on TV such as Music Choice or Stingray...
Keep in mind that this data is for listeners age 13+. Looking at listeners ages 13-64, streaming passes AM/FM by
one percentage point, with streaming accounting for 31% of music listening by this demo, and AM/FM accounting for 30%...
Did You Know???
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- Oxford University Press’s word of the year is “brain
rot,” a phrase commonly used on social media to describe the deterioration of a person’s mental state brought on by overconsumption of trivial online content...
- 563,000 people were
reported missing in the US in 2023, according to the FBI’s Crime Information Center...
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The usual fireworks over Central Park and Prospect Park on New Year’s Eve are casualties of the drought. Officials
don’t want to risk a stray spark that could ignite parched grass and dehydrated trees...
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An estimated 197 million people shopped from Black Friday to Cyber Monday, the National Retail Federation said, fewer than last year but surpassing the group’s
expectations...
- A new study shows a small quantity of dark
chocolate is better than milk chocolate for insulin control and type 2 diabetes prevention...
- New York Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan to
eliminate city income taxes for 400,000 low-wage earners...
- The plan to rebuild and replace New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal reached a major milestone, as it garnered federal approval to proceed with the
transformation project...
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