Featured Insights
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...
Audio Today 2019
Radio continues to reach a large segment of Americans when they’re on the move, offering advertisers the ability to deliver the right message to the right audience at the right time.
Assessing Retail Store Size and the Impact of E-Commerce
In looking at store count trends over the past 10 years, we’re able to forecast which categories are most vulnerable to future e-commerce growth. That’s because store count changes across the U.S. have moved in sync with the adoption of e-commerce across categories.
Quarter By Numbers: Q1 2019
Our first-quarter 2019 report covers 66 countries across five regions. This quarterly series provides a global snapshot of what’s going on in our markets today.
U.S. Music Mid-Year Report 2019
On-demand streaming continue to super-charge the U.S. music industry, as there were more than 507 billion on-demand streams in the first half of 2019. This exciting milestone was led by singles and albums by Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Halsey Khalid, BTS, LIl Nas X and Bad Bunny.
Millennials on Millennials: Gaming Media Consumption
Games have become part and parcel of the Millennial media diet, with two in three U.S. Millennials now playing every month. Brands and media companies should add gaming to their media plans so they reach a highly engaged Millennial audience.
Women’s Football 2019
Fan interest and commercial investments in women’s football, or soccer, are growing leading into the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. According to Nielsen Sports, 40% of the people in countries with a team competing in this year’s tournament are interested in women’s football.
TV Keeps Us Entertained Out-of-Home
Whether it’s watching the glitz and glamour on the red carpet, witnessing the wedding nuptials of the nerdiest theoretical physicist and neurobiologist, or rooting for the next singing sensation, U.S. consumers constantly watch entertainment programs regardless of where they are throughout the...
Connectivity Drives the Asian American Consumer Journey
Asian Americans are among the most digitally enabled and tech-adopting consumers in the country–and that plays a big role in how this group is influenced, engages with brands, seeks out information and makes purchase decisions.
Informed Influencers and Powerful Purchasers
From manufacturers to retailers, content creators to distributors, understanding the cultural drivers of behavior is essential for marketers to exercise empathy and establish real connections with Asian American consumers.
Affluent and Educated
Americans continue to watch the news to stay up-to-date in an era of mass information and accessibility. Furthermore, people aren’t just keeping tabs of the news in their homes; they’re also watching on linear TV when they’re on the go, whether it be at work or even in a bar.
Esports Playbook for Brands
Esports fans around the world include some of the hardest to reach consumers for brands because of their cord-cutting and ad-blocking tendencies. While esports unites them as a fan base, their digital-first mindset is pervasive in their approach to broader entertainment consumption.
Quarter By Numbers: Q4 2018
Fast-moving consumer goods and GDP growth in Q4 2018 was strongest in Asia-Pacific, and consumers in the region feel the best globally about their financial well-being. Comparatively, only 37% of consumers in Europe believe their conditions have improved over the past five years.