Online video is the most popular digital music format, according to a survey conducted by Nielsen and Midem, with 57 percent of respondents reporting they had watched online video in the last three months.
Americans spent 22.5 percent of their time on the Internet utilizing social media during the third quarter of 2011, compared to 9.8 percent for online games and 7.6 percent for email, according to Nielsen's "State Of The Media: The Social Media Report."
According to a new report from Nielsen, 38 percent of U.S. mobile consumers now own a smart phone, with 55 percent of consumers reporting purchasing a smart phone in the last three months, up from 34 percent last year.
According to a recent Nielsen report, sales during the first week of an album's release accounted for 24.5 percent of the album's total sales in 2010, representing a gradual yearly increase since 2005 when first-week sales represented 18.6 percent of the yearly total.
