Podcast Content is Growing Audio Engagement
As new media options like podcasts mature, U.S. consumers are opting to add them to their daily routines instead of simply replacing the traditional fare. And when it comes to audio, podcast listeners actually listen to more broadcast radio than people who don’t listen to podcasts at all.
Ad-Supported Audio Presents a Compelling Opportunity
Audio is fundamentally different from video in a number of ways, and business models need to reflect them. And as streaming becomes ubiquitous, it’s important for audio providers to embrace the fact that consumers are more apt to gravitate toward free options. After all, that’s where the...
Nielsen’s February 2020 Total Audience Report Special Edition: Streaming Wars
This report highlights the cross-media fragmentation and consumer time spent over traditional and nascent technologies.
Which Consumer Attitudes Will Shape the Streaming Wars?
Content creators and platforms battling for audiences will be happy to know that consumers are willing to crown multiple champions. According to a special Streaming Wars edition of the Nielsen Total Audience Report, which serves as the industry’s premiere source of media truth across platforms,...
Tops of 2019: Radio
Adults 18 and older in the U.S. spend just shy of six hours (5 hours, 51 minutes) with their TV-connected devices each week. While that’s nothing to snub your nose at, it’s dwarfed by the amount of time Americans spend with traditional radio, the proverbial patriarch of the media industry.
The Nielsen Total Audience Report: September 2019
This edition of the Nielsen Total Audience Report provides the latest in media consumption trends. At 11 hours and 45 minutes, U.S. adults are spending nearly half their day connected to media.
It's in the bag: Black consumers' path to purchase
African Americans are powerful consumers, wielding $1.3 trillion in annual buying power. These consumers' path to purchase is non-linear and technologically driven.
The Nielsen Audio Podcast: The (Neuro)Science Behind Great Radio Ads
How can broadcasters make their radio ads more memorable and more impactful with consumers? Neuroscience is how.
Choose it Or Lose It: Media Choice Abounds, But Many Americans Stay With What They Know
With so much choice available, how are modern consumers navigating the “paradox of choice” and deciding what to listen to and watch? Are they embracing subscription and and-demand services, or relying on traditional means like scheduled programs and live radio?
From Great Panels Come Great Insights
At Nielsen, we believe that our panels make our company stand out. We devote a great deal of time and resources to ensuring that our panels produce high-quality data. By combining big data with smaller data sets from carefully chosen and measured households, we believe that we provide a higher...