US Music streaming declines but music video streaming surges

[Bradley 59,932]

This means that the quality of music videos is vital for Chromatica and she seems to be very confident in her visuals so that's great news for us, I guess?

[TWICE on hatius 4,746]

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[Widows Kiss 7,818]

1 minute ago, Bradley said:

This means that the quality of music videos is vital for Chromatica and she seems to be very confident in her visuals so that's great news for us, I guess?

Charts are relative, so this wouldn't affect Chromatica's chart run. It only hurts the revenue.

[Chris Evans 8,919]

usually only listen to music when driving

other times it's watching youtube/music videos on youtube

[Economy 52,271]

21 minutes ago, shame said:

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Ppl are whatching the news not streaming music lol. Ppl don't get that

 

Even so streaming suffers the least. Radio is the biggest loser as well as club exposure

[androiduser 7,438]

2 minutes ago, Economy said:

Ppl are whatching the news not streaming music lol. Ppl don't get that

 

Even so streaming suffers the least. Radio is the biggest loser as well as club exposure

Despite overall US music streaming declining following Coronavirus outbreak, video on-demand music streaming surged 7% to 9.43 billion streams in the week ending March 19.
Highest single week total in 2020.

[sampool 5,560]

21 minutes ago, Nicogly said:

i wonder why that is, like genuinely don't understand why

My guess is people seek visual entertainment, as in seeing humans in action since that what’s missing from their lives currently.

[freebit 6,264]

24 minutes ago, Nicogly said:

i wonder why that is, like genuinely don't understand why

Anecdotal, but I tried to listen my usual Spotify playlists this morning and just wasn't feeling any of it. I have too much anxiety to really calm down and take in music like that right now. The closest I've gotten to feeling anywhere near ok is when I took edibles on Saturday with a glass of wine and watched Booksmart and 2 John Mulaney comedy specials. I had a nice facetime group chat last night, and that helped me a bit too. 

I feel like movies/tv are offering more of an escape than music for some reason. Maybe because the senses are more loaded? 

9 minutes ago, Keanu Reeves said:

usually only listen to music when driving

other times it's watching youtube/music videos on youtube

This could be it - I feel like this fits most people's habits. 

[Economy 52,271]

3 minutes ago, androiduser said:

Despite overall US music streaming declining following Coronavirus outbreak, video on-demand music streaming surged 7% to 9.43 billion streams in the week ending March 19.
Highest single week total in 2020.

That literally does not make up for the song streaming which happens in much bigger number

[Economy 52,271]

14 minutes ago, sampool said:

My guess is people seek visual entertainment, as in seeing humans in action since that what’s missing from their lives currently.

That, plus a lot of news whatching

 

In any case the drop is not that significant. It's modest. It didn't increase like some thought it would but the decline is not that significant either

 

Again radio is the one that really gets hammered

 

[androiduser 7,438]

2 minutes ago, Economy said:

That literally does not make up for the song streaming which happens in much bigger number

and yet even with the increase in video on demand music streaming, Stupid Love is not doing all that great in video streaming.

[LilyLark 10,213]

29 minutes ago, Franch Toast said:

People are watching things more than they're listening to music because they're stuck at home and not commuting. I know I've been watching Netflix and Hulu more than usual, and maybe when it comes to music, people prefer watching videos over listening to the music for similar reasons. 

Agree. While a lot of us listen to music at home, I feel like a big chunk of people mostly listen to music while commuting, at parties, or while they are at the gym/going for a run.

[Economy 52,271]

8 minutes ago, androiduser said:

and yet even with the increase in video on demand music streaming, Stupid Love is not doing all that great in video streaming.

Yeah I know. That's not what I was getting at at all tho. I was just saying overall streams are still down because the increase in video streaming was lower than the decrease in pure music streaming 

 

But on that note, since SL is doing much better on radio relative to streaming, Gaga really got screwed by this 

[GagaXCollection 7,723]

41 minutes ago, Nicogly said:

i wonder why that is, like genuinely don't understand why

People are watching TV and movies while at home and usually listen to music while traveling, so it kind of does make sense.

[Economy 52,271]

4 minutes ago, LilyLark said:

Agree. While a lot of us listen to music at home, I feel like a big chunk of people mostly listen to music while commuting, at parties, or while they are at the gym/going for a run.

Yeah if ppl are at home and do choose to listen than can play the videos while they are at it if say they are on the couch or in the living room

 

Ur not gonna stream a video at the gym or car

 

So this change in source of streaming is not surprising