Snapchat now reaches over 600m monthly active users worldwide
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Category archives: Stat Of The Week
Content sampled from long-form YouTube videos generated over 100bn views on TikTok rival Shorts in April
YouTube’s TiktTok rival Shorts was rolled out globally in July 2021
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Nearly 80% of artists on Spotify have fewer than 50 monthly listeners
There is an ocean of music on Spotify that is a very long way from being popular
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Music piracy has plummeted in the past 5 years. But in 2021, it slowly started growing again.
New stats from MUSO offer food for thought for the global music business
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Major record companies are losing market share on Spotify. But Spotify is gaining market share in Warner’s own revenues.
Spotify, Apple, and YouTube contributed 42% of Warner Music Group’s annual revenues in FY2021 between them
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Warner Music Group is worth $10bn more than it was a year ago
Universal stays above $50 billion… as its rival’s market worth goes gangbusters
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Watch out Fortnite and Roblox: Facebook is building a metaverse all of its own
Facebook top go on hiring spree in Europe to build the ‘metaverse’
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YouTube Music surpasses 50 million subscribers
Major milestone crossed by Spotify’s rival service, across YouTube Music and YouTube Premium
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Are we witnessing the death of the streaming megahit?
MBW analysis of MRC Data figures shows a dramatic reduction in streaming market share for Top 10 hits
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Is a reckoning coming to the way collection societies spend songwriters’ money?
Stat Of The Week: Why new data from PRS For Music and GEMA may raise alarm on Wall Street
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