Category: Research

  • Popularity Contest – Streaming vs Linear in 2023

    Popularity Contest – Streaming vs Linear in 2023

    The most recent episode of the new(ish) podcast Search Engine with PJ Vogt asked the simple question, “Why is it so hard to figure out how many people watched Stranger Things?” The question was posed by actor Maya Hawke who appears on the Netflix show. And it opened up an in-depth discussion about audience measure…

  • RAJAR Q1 2018

    As ever, this post is brought to you in association with RALF from DP Software and Services. I’ve used RALF for the past 9 years, and it’s my favourite RAJAR analysis tool. So I am delighted that I continue to be able to bring you this RAJAR analysis in association with RALF. For more details…

  • Polling and the Scottish Referendum

    What an interesting few weeks it has been for poll-watching. I say that from my London perspective. Obviously north of the border, this is a debate that has been running for years now, and us southerners have only really woken up to it recently. In particular, we woke up to it following a Sunday Times…

  • Some Media Reading

    There have been a few reports, publications and press releases recently that are worth highlighting. The BBC has published its latest monthly iPlayer Performance Pack detailing results for July 2010. I always find this is worth a read. It’s interesting to note that requests for BBC iPlayer dipped a bit during both June and July.…

  • Social Networking Statistics Reporting

    A couple of weeks ago Ofcom published its annual Communications Market Report which nicely distils lots of UK media research into one place (albeit a 334 page “place”). The report noted that social networking is “growing more slowly than previously.” This isn’t perhaps all that surprising since at some point services like Facebook run out…

  • BARB Changes Afoot

    An interesting piece in Media Guardian this morning about some forthcoming changes to TV ratings from BARB. I look forward to reading a bit more detail about how exactly they’ll be able to monitor these new programme streams.

  • 4.7bn Watched The Olympics?

    Neilsen Media Research – a fine media research company who I have contracts with via my employer – has released details of a story suggesting that 4.7bn people watched at least some of the Olympic coverage last month. That’s out of a rough estimate of 6.6bn for the planet’s population. I’m always deeply suspicious of…

  • Musical Tastes and Personality

    A friend of mine pointed me towards this story based on some research that suggests that your musical tastes are linked to your personality. I think she took exception to the idea that “heavy metal fans are gentle.” Obviously, making broad genearlisations like that is nonsense, but I wanted to learn a little more about…