Streaming Audio Increased 41 Percent in January, Triton Digital Says

Streaming audio increased 41 percent in January from the year-ago month in average active sessions (AAS), said Triton Digital in listing top-performing digital audio stations and networks measured by the Webcast Metrics platform, in a news release Thursday. Thirty-six percent of all audio streaming listening happened on iOS, 30 percent on Android, 9 percent on Flash Player and 8 percent on Google Chrome, Triton said. Android and iOS remain the favored platforms for streaming audio, it said. In the top 20 markets, Denver experienced the largest listening gain compared with December, with a 33 percent increase in AAS, it said. The next markets with listening gains were Tampa with 26 percent, Chicago with 21 percent, New York with 21 percent and San Francisco with 20 percent, the industry researcher said.