DECEMBER 2013
TOP 20 RANKER
Webcast Metrics® by Triton Digital
February 4, 2014
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Insights & Trends
Before diving in to the December 2013 Rankings, we wanted to take a second and look back at the
past year. It’s been an incredible year for audio as a medium and our industry as a whole. Here are
a few highlights:
Streaming Continued to Rise
Year in Review
Overall streaming jumped to an all-time high this year with consistent
year-over-year growth. In the past five years, we’ve seen a 297%
increase in Average Active Sessions (AAS) during the M-F 6a-7p
Domestic daypart.
In 2013, we saw significant
growth in listenership when
compared to the year prior.
21%
INCREASE IN AAS DURING
THE M-F 6A-7P DOMESTIC
DAYPART
19%
INCREASE IN AAS FOR
ALL DAYS, ALL STREAMS
41%
Mobile Drove Growth
In breaking out mobile listening and
desktop listening, we saw impressive
year-over-year growth in mobile, making it
the fastest growing sector in 2013.
Pureplays
accounted for
85% of Mobile
growth
In the M-F 6a-8p All Streams daypart,
mobile AAS increased by 41%, while
desktop declined by 1%.
The dramatic increases in mobile and
in-car listening will only continue to
skyrocket the tally as we move forward.
-1%
Average Active Sessions (AAS) is the average number of listeners (with duration of at least one minute) during the daypart/time period.
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Triton Digital has released its monthly digital audio Top 20 Ranker for
December 2013. The Ranker is a listing of the top-performing digital
audio stations and networks measured by the Webcast Metrics®
audience measurement platform.
Webcast Metrics® uses a proprietary platform to track audience data
and convert it to audience metrics that can be easily understood by
stations, publishers and advertisers. Audience rankings are done on
the basis of “Average Active Sessions”, with "Session Starts" and “Average Time Spent Listening” also displayed. Average Active Sessions (AAS) is defined as “Total Listening Hours (TLH) divided by hours in the reported time period.” TLH is defined as the total number of hours that the station/publisher has streamed during sessions with
duration of at least one minute in total within the reported time period.
Session Starts (SS) is defined as “the number of different requests for streams (i.e., stream requests) with a duration of at least one minute in
total within the reported time period.” Average Time Spent Listening (ATSL) is defined as “the average number of hours for each session
with a duration of at least one minute in total within the reported time
period. Calculated as total time spent listening divided by active
sessions.” Rankers are divided into “Domestic” and “All Streams.” The “Domestic” Ranker quantifies listening done inside the U.S. based on log-based
information provided by the station, this report is not MRC accredited.
The “All Streams” Ranker merely verifies the quantity of streams without qualifying where they are being consumed, and is MRC accredited.
For more information on measurement collection and limitations, please
view the Triton Description of Methodology available at:
www.tritondigital.com/Media/Default/Rankers/Triton-Digital-Methodology.pdf
If you have any further questions, please contact:
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See December rankings below:
DECEMBER DOMESTIC RANKER (based on AAS)
DAYPART 6:00am to 8:00pm, Monday through Friday
Station
PROXi Digital Audio
Average Active Sessions
Session Starts
Average Time Spent Listening
423,843
175,468,708
0.73
1,987,705
976,944,629
0.62
1
Pandora Corporate
2
Clear Channel Radio ∞ 306,956
134,520,568
0.69
3
Slacker, Inc.
62,260
28,708,669
0.66
4
CBS Radio Inc.
59,914
21,329,433
0.84
5
Cumulus Streaming Network ∞ 51,713
17,671,883
0.88
6
NPR Member Stations
37,597
12,058,385
0.91
7
EMF Corporate
26,117
4,839,176
1.63
8
ESPN Radio Corporate
22,779
10,763,229
0.64
9
Entercom Communications Corp. ∞ 21,261
8,047,775
0.80
19,395
6,375,046
0.92
10 Cox Radio Inc. ∞ 11 idobi Radio
1
15,718
2,070,347
2.08
12 Univision ∞ 15,341
9,375,934
0.50
13 Greater Media Corporate ∞ 12,178
3,483,858
1.06
14 Townsquare Media ∞ 11,260
2,201,728
1.53
15 Salem Communications ∞ 8,828
2,680,922
0.98
16 Hubbard Broadcasting ∞ 7,978
1,940,056
1.23
17 AccuRadio ∞ 7,702
1,112,938
2.09
18 New York Public Radio
7,217
2,137,863
0.98
19 Radio One ∞ 4,770
947,653
1.52
20 Beasley Broadcasting Corporate ∞ 4,599
1,861,810
0.75
Average Active Sessions (AAS): Total Listening Hours (TLH) divided by hours in the reported time period. TLH is defined as the total number of
hours that the station/publisher has streamed during sessions with a duration of at least one minute in total within the reported time period.
Session Starts (SS): The number of different requests for streams (i.e., stream requests) with a duration of at least one minute in total within the
reported time period.
Average Time Spent Listening (ATSL): The average number of hours for each session with a duration of at least one minute in total within the
reported time period. Calculated as total time spent listening divided by active sessions.
Note: Ranker data only includes clients that participate for the full month for which the ranker is being released
∞ These groups are part of PROXi Digital Audio
1
Additional servers introduced
DECEMBER ALL STREAMS RANKER (based on AAS)¹
DAYPART 6:00am to 8:00pm, Monday through Friday
Average Active Sessions
Session Starts
Average Time Spent Listening
PROXi Digital Audio
Station
449,988
184,607,192
0.74
1
Clear Channel Radio ∞ 309,836
136,359,483
0.69
2
Prisa Radio
83,317
35,683,440
0.68
3
Slacker, Inc.
67,966
31,383,495
0.66
4
CBS Radio Inc.
61,689
21,973,013
0.84
5
Cumulus Streaming Network ∞ 52,991
18,023,732
0.88
6
NPR Member Stations
41,136
13,346,497
0.90
7
EMF Corporate
30,985
5,640,899
1.64
8
Karnaval.com
29,355
11,684,365
0.69
9
ESPN Radio Corporate
23,789
11,290,681
0.64
10 Sky Radio B.V.
22,464
3,958,566
1.42
11 Entercom Communications Corp. ∞ 21,885
8,260,590
0.80
12 idobi Radio
2
19,824
2,700,842
2.02
13 Cox Radio Inc. ∞ 19,473
6,404,398
0.92
14 Univision ∞ 16,232
9,646,455
0.51
15 AccuRadio ∞ 15,774
2,398,109
1.90
16 Greater Media Corporate ∞ 12,766
3,690,096
1.04
17 Townsquare Media ∞ 11,818
2,352,279
1.50
18 977Music.com Corporate ∞ 11,207
4,731,907
0.70
19 COPE
9,186
3,331,192
0.74
20 Salem Communications ∞ 9,066
2,750,640
0.98
Average Active Sessions (AAS): Total Listening Hours (TLH) divided by hours in the reported time period. TLH is defined as the total
number of hours that the station/publisher has streamed during sessions with a duration of at least one minute in total within the reported
time period.
Session Starts (SS): The number of different requests for streams (i.e., stream requests) with a duration of at least one minute in total
within the reported time period.
Average Time Spent Listening (ATSL): The average number of hours for each session with a duration of at least one minute in total
within the reported time period. Calculated as total time spent listening divided by active sessions.
Note: Ranker data only includes clients that participate for the full month for which the ranker is being released
1
December All Streams Ranker does not include Pandora Corporate
∞ These groups are part of PROXi Digital Audio
2
Additional servers introduced
DECEMBER DOMESTIC RANKER (based on AAS)
DAYPART 6:00am to 12:00am, Monday through Sunday
Station
PROXi Digital Audio
Average Active Sessions
Session Starts
Average Time Spent Listening
298,642
242,023,902
0.68
1,719,877
1,552,288,089
0.61
1
Pandora Corporate
2
Clear Channel Radio ∞ 219,174
188,311,280
0.64
3
Slacker, Inc.
51,142
45,242,258
0.62
4
CBS Radio Inc.
41,116
27,673,252
0.81
5
Cumulus Streaming Network ∞ 35,233
22,774,127
0.85
6
NPR Member Stations
29,914
17,484,300
0.91
7
EMF Corporate
17,873
6,564,975
1.49
16,107
3,795,672
2.17
1
8
idobi Radio
9
ESPN Radio Corporate
14,620
13,018,347
0.62
10 Entercom Communications Corp. ∞ 14,051
10,075,657
0.77
11 Cox Radio Inc. ∞ 13,068
8,208,541
0.87
12 Univision ∞ 11,433
13,138,256
0.48
13 Greater Media Corporate ∞ 7,991
4,371,042
1.00
14 Townsquare Media ∞ 7,348
2,791,322
1.44
15 Salem Communications ∞ 6,029
3,392,182
0.96
16 New York Public Radio
5,687
3,026,623
1.00
17 AccuRadio ∞ 5,322
1,432,853
2.04
18 Hubbard Broadcasting ∞ 5,060
2,357,039
1.17
19 Beasley Broadcasting Corporate ∞
3,195
2,610,113
0.67
20 Prisa Radio
3,104
3,355,753
0.51
Average Active Sessions (AAS): Total Listening Hours (TLH) divided by hours in the reported time period. TLH is defined as the total number
of hours that the station/publisher has streamed during sessions with a duration of at least one minute in total within the reported time period.
Session Starts (SS): The number of different requests for streams (i.e., stream requests) with a duration of at least one minute in total within
the reported time period.
Average Time Spent Listening (ATSL): The average number of hours for each session with a duration of at least one minute in total within the
reported time period. Calculated as total time spent listening divided by active sessions.
Note: Ranker data only includes clients that participate for the full month for which the ranker is being released
∞ These groups are part of PROXi Digital Audio
1
Additional servers introduced
DECEMBER ALL STREAMS RANKER (based on AAS)¹
DAYPART 6:00am to 12:00am, Monday through Sunday
Average Active Sessions
Session Starts
Average Time Spent Listening
PROXi Digital Audio
Station
320,735
256,669,758
0.69
1
Clear Channel Radio ∞ 221,793
191,375,714
0.64
2
Prisa Radio
59,141
47,421,088
0.67
3
Slacker, Inc.
56,200
49,567,127
0.63
4
CBS Radio Inc.
42,604
28,636,298
0.81
5
Cumulus Streaming Network ∞ 36,338
23,329,889
0.85
6
NPR Member Stations
33,133
19,611,380
0.90
7
Karnaval.com
22,470
17,241,479
0.66
8
EMF Corporate
21,495
7,727,080
1.52
9
idobi Radio 2
20,277
4,885,131
2.12
10 Sky Radio B.V.
17,258
5,615,256
1.43
11 ESPN Radio Corporate
15,385
13,765,821
0.61
12 Entercom Communications Corp. ∞ 14,532
10,384,801
0.77
13 Cox Radio Inc. ∞ 13,133
8,252,185
0.87
14 Univision ∞ 11,994
13,460,802
0.49
15 AccuRadio ∞ 11,951
3,392,054
1.87
16 977Music.com Corporate ∞ 9,763
7,739,395
0.68
17 Greater Media Corporate ∞ 8,472
4,688,382
0.99
18 Townsquare Media ∞ 7,802
3,030,970
1.40
19 COPE
6,754
4,536,936
0.74
20 New York Public Radio
6,379
3,611,918
0.94
Average Active Sessions (AAS): Total Listening Hours (TLH) divided by hours in the reported time period. TLH is defined as the total number of
hours that the station/publisher has streamed during sessions with a duration of at least one minute in total within the reported time period.
Session Starts (SS): The number of different requests for streams (i.e., stream requests) with a duration of at least one minute in total within the
reported time period.
Average Time Spent Listening (ATSL): The average number of hours for each session with a duration of at least one minute in total within the
reported time period. Calculated as total time spent listening divided by active sessions.
Note: Ranker data only includes clients that participate for the full month for which the ranker is being released
1
December All Streams Ranker does not include Pandora Corporate
∞ These groups are part of PROXi Digital Audio
2
Additional servers introduced