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26cover [P]_26757666.indd 3 32M+ 830M+ 50M+ CIRCULATION TOTAL MONTHLY MONTHLY 13 FOLLOWERS IMPRESSIONS ENGAGEMENTS 19,595 EVENTS IN 2020 Source: AAM Publisher’s Statement, June 2019 READERS SPEND 192B+ TOTAL IMPRESSIONS 58 MINUTES GENERATED FROM 21.4M 91% 2019 EVENTS WITH EACH ISSUE GLOBAL UMVS MOBILE Source: AAM Publisher's Statement, Dec. 2019 Source: Nielsen Source: Comscore January 2020 BILLBOARD CHARTS: MUSIC’S GOLDEN BENCHMARK THE CHARTS ARE MUSIC’S DEFINITIVE RANKING AND METRIC OF SUCCESS, SERVING AS BOTH AN INDUSTRY INSTITUTION AND ARTIST DISCOVERY PLATFORM FOR FANS ACROSS ALL GENRES
CHART SPOTLIGHT SONGS & ARTISTS GENRES HOT 100 POP BILLBOARD 200 ROCK ARTIST 100 R&B/HIP-HOP GREATEST OF ALL TIME LATIN EMERGING ARTISTS COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL DANCE/ELECTRONIC AND MANY MORE
9.4M 3:45 PAGE VIEWS TIME SPENT ON EACH PER MONTH CHART SESSION
Source: Comscore, January 2020 THE DESTINATION FOR MUSIC FANS BILLBOARD’S CONTENT RESONATES AMONG FANS AROUND THE WORLD
AUDIENCE INSIGHTS 388% MUSIC AWARDS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SPENT $200 OR MORE ON VINYLS/CDS IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS 127% MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SPENT CLICK FOR $200 OR MORE ON ONLINE LIST OF MUSIC IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS NEWSLETTERS 55% SOCIAL VIDEO SITE PODCASTS NEWSLETTERS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SPENT OVER $500 ON CONCERT/ACTIVITY TICKETS IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS 32M+ 974M+ 21.4M+ 1.5M+ 402K+ FOLLOWERS ACROSS TOTAL GLOBAL PODCAST TOTAL $220K PRIMARY BILLBOARD VIDEO VIEWS UMVS ON LISTENERS NEWSLETTER AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME SOCIALS IN 2019 BILLBOARD.COM IN 2019 SUBSCRIBERS Source: Simplecast Source: Sailthru $1.3M 42M+ 81M+ 1.2M AVERAGE NET WORTH FOLLOWERS ACROSS AVERAGE ADDITIONAL Source: Comscore, February 2020 ALL BILLBOARD MONTHLY UMVS ON OWNED ACCOUNTS VIEWS APPLE NEWS
Source: Comscore, January 2020 Source: Comscore, January 2020 Source: Comscore, January 2020 WHERE INSIDERS ARE INFORMED FROM THE CHARTS TO THE STAGE, NOBODY COVERS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY LIKE BILLBOARD
BILLBOARD CONSUMERS ARE…
56% MORE LIKELY TO WORK IN ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS OR MEDIA
AWARDS TRENDS STREAMING LIVE
110% MORE LIKELY TO BE AN TENTPOLE ISSUES EXECUTIVE OR C-LEVEL Source: Comscore, February 2020
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JANUARY APRIL
JUNE AUGUST OCTOBER
VISIT OFFICIAL BILLBOARD EVENTS SITE
NOVEMBER DECEMBER MAKING BRANDS POP MUSIC IS THE ULTIMATE CULTURAL ALIGNMENT — WHETHER ON-LOCATION AT FESTIVALS OR BEHIND THE SCENES WITH TALENT, BILLBOARD CREATES STORIES THAT WEAVE BRANDS INTO MUSIC'S BIGGEST MOMENTS ON TOP OF THE WORLD BILLBOARD IS ON THE FRONTIER OF THE GLOBAL MUSIC SCENE
7.4M 37% USERS OF USERS ARE PER MONTH INTERNATIONAL BILLBOARD MAGAZINES ARE DISTRIBUTED AT MUSIC EVENTS & FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING: MIDEM CANNES LIONS LATIN MUSIC SHOWCASE - COLOMBIA CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK AND MANY MORE
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7.9M 26.6M 239,818 3.3M 2.4M SOCIAL GLOBAL READERS PER SOCIAL GLOBAL FOLLOWERS UMVS PRINT ISSUE FOLLOWERS UMVS
Source: Comscore, January 2020
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