The Infinite Dial® Reports · April 9, 2015

The Relationship Between Smartphones, Streaming, and Pandora

By Edison Research

Three graphs from The Infinite Dial dataset (more here) show the near-perfect correlation between the rise in smartphone ownership and streaming audio consumption:

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In fact, prior to widespread smartphone adoption, streaming audio had reached a brief plateau, as this graph indicates:

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Finally, nowhere is that correlation more evident than in the relationship between smartphone ownership and usage of Pandora, the leading streaming audio service:

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For more on this fascinating correlation, see Larry Rosin’s article here.

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