Soundcloud Reports from MIDiA Research

Artists direct
Focus on passion, not professionalism

Report by Tatiana Cirisano

2 May 2023

All eyes of the music business are on artists direct, the fastest-growing segment of the industry. But the 6.4 million artists in this segment are far from a unified group, and have varied aspirations,...

Spotify Q2 2021 earnings
Slowdown arrives

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Report by Mark Mulligan

11 Aug 2021

£3,000.00 excl. VAT

Spotify

Spotify q2 21 earnings

spotify q2 21 filings

The growth headwinds that appeared in Q1 2021 manifested in a pronounced user growth slowdown in Q2, with ad-supported users hit hardest. Spotify has been through lean growth periods before, but what...

Addressable creator markets
An opportunity with many layers

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Report by Mark Mulligan

29 Jul 2021

£4,000.00 excl. VAT

Music creators

artists

creator tools

The music creator tools space is undergoing a change that is simultaneously renaissance and transformation. The creator culture boom has driven an unprecedented degree of investment and investor interest....

Creator Tools
The Music Industry’s New Top of Funnel

Report by Mark Mulligan

13 Nov 2020

£7,500.00 excl. VAT

creators

Music creators

artists

Music production has traditionally been, at best, an adjacent industry to the recording business, and at worst simply a cost centre. That is now all changing. COVID-19’s disruption catalysed the already-rapid...

Music Subscriber Market Shares 4.0
Subscriptions Decouple from Revenue

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Report by Mark Mulligan

18 Sep 2020

£5,000.00 excl. VAT

streaming

music streaming

subscriptions

This report presents key figures from MIDiA’s global music subscriber market shares model. The full dataset is published alongside this report with quarterly data from Q4 2015 to Q1 2020 and annual...

Post-Pandemic Programming
Surviving and Thriving in the Recession

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Report by Mark Mulligan, Tim Mulligan, Karol Severin, Alistair Taylor, Keith Jopling and Hanna Kahlert

9 Sep 2020

£5,000.00 excl. VAT

aeg

AMC Cinemas

Alphabet

COVID-19 caused dislocation and disruption to the global entertainment business. Now, the recession and the prospect of further pandemic peaks have created an unprecedented outlook for entertainment companies....

Soundcloud User Profile
Male Dominated Music Sophisticates

Report by Mark Mulligan

17 Nov 2016

Soundcloud

sound cloud

soundclud

20,000 Foot View SoundCloud is in many respects the odd one out in the audio streaming landscape. While the market is dominated by major label orientated subscription services like Spotify, Apple Music,...

On Demand In Demand
Meeting The Needs Of The On Demand Fan

Report by Mark Mulligan

26 Jun 2015

£500.00 excl. VAT

Deezer

Pandora

Soundcloud

The 20,000 Foot View 2014 was undoubtedly streaming’s biggest year yet, growing by 39% and accounting for nearly a third of all digital revenues. But the market is a long distance yet from being in a...

Global Digital Music Services Benchmark
The Digital Music Marketplace

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Report by Mark Mulligan

5 Sep 2014

Pandora

Slacker

itunes radio

The 20,000 Foot View The global digital music industry may only be growing steadily (5% in 2013) but beneath the headline number is a richly varied picture of different services, diverse regional growth...

Reports: Soundcloud