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%...
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