Radio stations have now developed skills and engaged Alexa to play their stations on demand, other media properties are looking at ways to engage Smart Speakers and the world is gravitating towards the technology that can even make phone calls and appointments for you with the release of Google Duplex...
"According to a new report from comScore, in a study of Smart Speaker devices, one in every 5 Wi-Fi households in the US owned at least a single Smart Speaker as of February, meaning that Smart Speaker penetration doubled in just 6 months.
The biggest jump in household penetration came between November (12%) and December (17%) of last year, which comScore attributes to the devices being featured in Black Friday promotions and advertising. For comparison, a new Parks Associates study suggests that 15% of US broadband households owned a Smart Speaker, with a personal assistant, as of Q4 2017, which is generally in line with comScore’s figures.
A growing number of households are also using multiple Smart Speakers, according to comScore’s report. As of February of this year, 3 in 10 Smart Speaker households featured multiple such devices, up from 20% in June 2017. In fact, more than 1 in 10 Smart Speaker households had at least 3 devices as of February.
Smart Speaker Penetration in US WiFi HH | |
Date | Penetration |
June 2017 | 8% |
July 2017 | 10 |
August 2017 | 10 |
Sept 2017 | 11 |
Oct 2017 | 11 |
Nov 2017 | 12 |
Dec 2017 | 17 |
Jan 2018 | 19 |
Feb 2018 | 20 |
Source: comScore, April 2018 |
As Smart Speaker penetration expands, the demographics of the households owning them is changing. For example, homes with 35-44-year-olds continue to over-index the average, but by a smaller amount than in months prior. As of February, households with the 35-44 age segment, were 14% more likely than the Wi-Fi household average to own a Smart Speaker, down from a 22% above-average likelihood in October 2017, says the report.
By contrast, says the report, households at the age extremes have become increasingly likely to own a Smart Speaker. Those featuring the 18-24 segment, for example, are now just 9% less likely than the average Wi-Fi household to own a Smart Speaker, up from being 30% less likely in October.
Meanwhile, households featuring adults ages 65 and older are now just 15% less likely than the average Wi-Fi home to own such a device, up from being 22% less likely in October 2017.
Compared to the average WiFi HH. Smart Speaker JJ in Feb 2018 were 14% more likely to have at least one person aged 35-44 in the home..
US Smart Speaker HH Member Ages (Indexed to WiFi HH (100) | ||
Age | Oct 2017 | Feb 2018 |
18-24 | 70 | 91 |
25-34 | 95 | 103 |
35-44 | 122 | 114 |
45-54 | 99 | 95 |
55-64 | 100 | 89 |
65+ | 78 | 85 |
Source: Data Source comScore, April 2014 |
Five interesting findings from comScore’s presentation:
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