The UK’s viewing habits are rapidly changing, with a drop in peak time terrestrial TV viewing and around half of homes now subscribing to TV streaming services such as Netflix. The findings, from UK communications watchdog Ofcom, found that for the first time, young people now spend more than an hour on YouTube each day, […]
The five most popular free apps that users would be least willing to pay for are Facebook, Messenger, Venmo, Instagram, and Twitter, according to a new report from McGuffin. The creative agency recently conducted the McGuffin Paid Apps Survey, which asked participants if they would continue to use the 16 most widely-used apps if they were no longer […]
New research has highlighted that smart speakers in the home like Google Home and Amazon Echo are set to drive the next wave of eCommerce. A nationally-representative survey of 2,000 British adults commissioned by Artefact UK, an AI and data-driven agency, reveals six out of ten smart speaker owners (60%) have used them to make […]
Pinterest saw its share price soar last night after posting better than expected results in its second quarterly earnings report. Revenues for Q2 2019 were up 62 per cent at $261.2m (£215.3m), while monthly user numbers were up 30 per cent year-on-year, passing the 300m mark. There are currently more than 200bn Pins saved on the […]
Comcast Spotlight, the ad sales devision of cable giant Comcast, said the average American household watches six hours and 25 minutes of broadcast TV every day, which includes live and on-demand content. While Comcast’s study doesn’t break down total viewership by person, it did show that household viewing increased by over 20 minutes year-over-year across […]
The proportion of international mobile-savvy travellers to the UK has increased dramatically over the past year, according to new research from Expedia Group. The second quarter of 2019 saw double digit year-on-year (YoY) growth across multiple UK regions, with the Cotswolds (almost 30% YoY), the Scottish islands (just over 40% YoY) and South Wales (also […]
eCommerce advertising is continuing to grow, according to the Q2 2019 Digital Advertising Benchmark Report released by Marin Software, a digital marketing software provider. Marin found that there was a 40 per cent increase in ad spend when it came to eCommerce advertising, dominated by Amazon. Many retailers are also looking to Google Shopping to drive revenue, with shopping ads […]
Chinese phone makers now account for 42 per cent of the global smartphone market, despite shipments falling both internationally and in their local market, according to Counterpoint Research. The combined global smartphone market share of Chinese majors Huawei, OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Realme (HOVXR) reached 42% in Q2 2019, the highest it has ever been. This […]
The Lovely Mobile Report and Rankings is a look back and celebration of Mobile Marketing done in 2018. It is a result of a year-long research done by us, analyzing the performance of various projects, agencies and brands in the major, global awards programs. The awards programs covered by our team for this report includes […]
Instagram and Amazon are proving to be serious challengers to the Google–Facebook duopoly, with digital marketers choosing to invest more-and-more in the platforms, according to research from Marin Software. Over 450 B2B and B2C digital marketing professionals were surveyed in the US and the UK and it was found that, though paid search (39 per cent […]