There’s a new survey on the uptake of livestreaming. Where do you fit in?

April 3, 2021April 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Bandsintown, a site that tracks tours, hasn’t had much to do over the last 13 months. It has, however, been paying attention to the phenomenon of livestreaming shows. Here are the results of a new survey of 7,688 people.

86% of the respondents have watched at least one livestream since this COVID madness began.
31% have streamed seven or more.
62% have paid for a livestream
55% say they’ll continue to watch even after concerts and festivals go back to normal.
70% of musicians say they’ve tried a livestream
41% of musicians are holding one or more livestreams a month
85% of musicians say they’ll continue to do this in the future.
22,000 artists have promoted more than 79,5000 livestreams on the Bandsintown platform alone.

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