Me: Alexa, how many consumers In Southeast Michigan have access to a smart speaker? Alexa: According to a recent Nielsen study, 997,807 Detroit adults own a smart speaker. This is 28.4% of the local population.* Me: Alexa, what exactly is a smart speaker? Alexa: According to Wikipedia, A smart speaker is a type of loudspeaker and voice command device with an integrated virtual assistant that offers interactive actions and hands-free activation with […]

During the past seven days. according to Nielsen, only 74.7% of local consumers tuned in to Detroit television stations like WJBK, WDIV, WXYZ, WWJ, and WTVS.  TV’s diminishing reach among adults 18 and older has been eclipsed by the audience size for social media, cable, and Detroit radio. Furthermore, streaming video services such as Netflix, Hulu, […]

Every week, according to new Nielsen data, 2,778,339 adults tune in to a Detroit radio station. This is more consumers than use social media, access local cable, watch broadcast TV, stream video channels, listen to streaming audio, read a newspaper, or download a podcast. Based on per capita estimates from the National Retail Federation (NRF), […]

Father’s Day this year is on Sunday, June 19. Based on projections from the National Retail Federation (NRF), Southeast Michigan shoppers are expected to spend $276.5 million on the dads in their life. This is on par with the record-breaking $277.7 million spent in 2021. “Despite growing concerns about inflation, consumers plan to spend approximately the […]

Every week, 3.3 million Southeast Michigan consumers watch something on TV. Not too many years ago, when a Detroit consumer sat down to watch TV, the program options were limited to what was on WJBK, WDIV, WXYZ, WWJ, WTVS, or maybe, what was on a handful of cable channels.  That was then. This is now. Today, […]

Each week according to Nielsen, 2.8 million consumers tune in to a Detroit radio station. This is significantly more adults than watch local TV stations, cable, or streaming video. It is more than browse social media. It is more than listen to streaming audio services or podcasts. It is more than read local newspapers. There […]

According to Nielsen, 94.9% of Southeast Michigan adults have access to the internet. An online connection is all that is needed to listen to a podcast. In all 24.2% of consumers, in fact, do listen to podcasts every month. They listen while at home, commuting, at the gym, at work, at the local coffee shop, […]