Saturday, June 28, 2014

Top U.S. smartphone purchase considerations


The data set is a part of a collection of 500 revenue and usership trends in mobile, social, Internet, tablet, video and other digital categories, published in the 200-page Global Digital Media Trendbook 2013. GDMT, in its eight year, is to be published by World Newsmedia Network, a not-for-profit media research company, in September 2013. To subscribe to the PDF report and/or the tablet edition, go to www.wnmn.org, or contact mstone@wnmn.org.

Top 10 most visited websites in the Middle East and Africa, October 2012

The Middle East is an example of phenomenal growth in Internet, and in particular, social media growth. Still, many of the same sites that are most popular in the developed
world are also the most popular in the Middle East, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo! and Wikipedia.

The most visited websites in the Middle East and Africa are the big international brands such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft sites, Yahoo!, Wikipedia and Apple, followed by Vevo, Ask.com, Amazon and Twitter, according to comScore in October 2012. Internet adoption in Africa and the Middle East is behind the rest of the world’s. However, the pace of growth is phenomenal.

Internet growth in Morocco grew more than 16,000 percent, Egypt grew 6,500 percent and the Middle East grew more than 2,600 percent. In Africa, Internet penetration is just 15.6 percent, compared to 37.7 percent in the rest of the world, according to Internet World Stats. Nigeria (48.4 percent), Egypt (29.8 percent), Morocco (16.5 percent), Kenya (12 percent) and South Africa (8.5 percent) are the most highly penetrated Internet countries in Africa.

The data set is a part of a collection of 500 revenue and usership trends in mobile, social, Internet, tablet, video and other digital categories, published in the 200-page Global Digital Media Trendbook 2013. GDMT, in its eight year, is to be published by World Newsmedia Network, a not-for-profit media research company, in September 2013. To subscribe to the PDF report and/or the tablet edition, go to www.wnmn.org, or contact mstone@wnmn.org.

Growth of apps development by North American publishers

App development is surging at North American magazine and newspaper publishers, according to a survey by Alliance for Audited Media in 2012. While only 61 percent and 54 percent of publishers were developing apps for iPhone and iPad in 2011, 85percent and 87 percent, respectively, did so in 2012. While only 24 percent of publishers developed apps for Kindle and Blackberry in 2011, 67 percent and 54 percent had developed apps, respectively, in 2012.


The data set is a part of a collection of 500 revenue and usership trends in mobile, social, Internet, tablet, video and other digital categories, published in the 200-page Global Digital Media Trendbook 2013. GDMT, in its eight year, is to be published by World Newsmedia Network, a not-for-profit media research company, in September 2013. To subscribe to the PDF report and/or the tablet edition, go to www.wnmn.org, or contact mstone@wnmn.org.

Mobile as a percent of circulation revenues in North America

While mobile revenues only represent between 1 percent and 9 percent of circulation revenues for more than half of North American newspapers and magazines surveyed in October 2012, 27 percent of the publishers project that mobile circulation revenues will be between 10 percent and 19 percent of circulation revenues by the end of 2014, according to the Alliance for Audited Media. Six percent of those surveyed said they believe 20 to 24 percent of their circulation revenues will be digital, and 8 percent think 25 percent or more will be by the end of 2014. Four percent think their mobile circulation will be zero by the end of next year.


The data set is a part of a collection of 500 revenue and usership trends in mobile, social, Internet, tablet, video and other digital categories, published in the 200-page Global Digital Media Trendbook 2013. GDMT, in its eight year, is to be published by World Newsmedia Network, a not-for-profit media research company, in September 2013. To subscribe to the PDF report and/or the tablet edition, go to www.wnmn.org, or contact mstone@wnmn.org.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Africa Internet and Facebook users, by country


The data set is a part of a collection of 500 revenue and usership trends in mobile, social, Internet, tablet, video and other digital categories, published in the 200-page Global Digital Media Trendbook 2013. GDMT, in its eight year, is to be published by World Newsmedia Network, a not-for-profit media research company, in September 2013. To subscribe to the PDF report and/or the tablet edition, go to www.wnmn.org, or contact mstone@wnmn.org.

Digital paywalls’ impact in U.S.’ newspaper revenue


According to the “State of the News Media 2012” research by Nielsen, Pew and the NAA, about one third, or 450 U.S. newspapers have a paywall or are planning to construct one. About US$10 billion was made in 2011 on print and digital subscription revenue. The United States’ largest newspaper chain, Gannett, makes one third of its revenue from circulation, and reports that they have 46,000 digital-only subscribers for their 80 newspapers. 

Meanwhile, 25 percent of the Lee Enterprises newspaper chain’s revenue comes from circulation, and they report a 4 percent circulation
revenue increase from 2010 to 2011. The New York Times has 640,000 digital subscribers. Circulation has surpassed advertising revenues at The New York Times Company.

The data set is a part of a collection of 500 revenue and usership trends in mobile, social, Internet, tablet, video and other digital categories, published in the 200-page Global Digital Media Trendbook 2013. GDMT, in its eight year, is to be published by World Newsmedia Network, a not-for-profit media research company, in September 2013. To subscribe to the PDF report and/or the tablet edition, go to www.wnmn.org, or contact mstone@wnmn.org.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Top 25 U.S. newspapers daily digital editions


The data set is a part of a collection of 500 revenue and usership trends in mobile, social, Internet, tablet, video and other digital categories, published in the 200-page Global Digital Media Trendbook 2013. GDMT, in its eight year, is to be published by World Newsmedia Network, a not-for-profit media research company, in September 2013. To subscribe to the PDF report and/or the tablet edition, go to www.wnmn.org, or contact mstone@wnmn.org.

Global magazine publishing market consumer spending, 2008-2017


The data set is a part of a collection of 500 revenue and usership trends in mobile, social, Internet, tablet, video and other digital categories, published in the 200-page Global Digital Media Trendbook 2013. GDMT, in its eight year, is to be published by World Newsmedia Network, a not-for-profit media research company, in September 2013. To subscribe to the PDF report and/or the tablet edition, go to www.wnmn.org, or contact mstone@wnmn.org.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

% of U.S. video displays seen in 10 venues

In the United States, millions of video displays are placed in various public places including restaurants, bars, grocery stores, doctor’s offices, hospitals, stores, gas stations, shopping centers, health clubs, airports, office buildings, and elevators, most of the times for marketing and promotional reasons, for sometimes for the distribution of news and information. According to Arbitron and Scarborough’s research released in February 2013, the highest proportion of viewers saw video displays in restaurants and bars (24 percent), followed by grocery stores (17 percent), doctor’s offices and hospitals (16 percent), retail stores (14 percent) and gas stations (13 percent). The 20-day reach, as measured by Arbitron and Scarborough, was almost 58 million for restaurants and bars, 29 million for grocery stories, and 28 million for doctor’s offices and hospitals.


Since the launch of the BBC iPlayer in 2009, the number of downloads for the video- and radio-playing functionality have grown dramatically, from 47 million monthly requests in January 2009, to 164 million monthly requests in December 2011, according to the BBC iPlay Monthly Performance Pack. Video requests outnumber radio requests about three-to-one.

The data set is a part of a collection of 500 revenue and usership trends in mobile, social, Internet, tablet, video and other digital categories, published in the 200-page Global Digital Media Trendbook 2013. GDMT, in its eight year, is to be published by World Newsmedia Network, a not-for-profit media research company, in September 2013. To subscribe to the PDF report and/or the tablet edition, go to www.wnmn.org, or contact mstone@wnmn.org.

U.S. television/mobile multitasking rates, 2011


The data set is a part of a collection of 500 revenue and usership trends in mobile, social, Internet, tablet, video and other digital categories, published in the 200-page Global Digital Media Trendbook 2013. GDMT, in its eight year, is to be published by World Newsmedia Network, a not-for-profit media research company, in September 2013. To subscribe to the PDF report and/or the tablet edition, go to www.wnmn.org, or contact mstone@wnmn.org.