- Percentage of TVs being shipped globally that can connect to the Internet: 50
- Percentage of TV watching that is internet video: 20
- Number of Instagram users: 500 million
- Estimated number of Snapchat users: 150 million
- Estimated number of daily video views on Snapchat: 10 billion
- Percentage of US Millenials who use Snapchat daily: 30
- Number of monthly active Spotify users: 100 million
- Percentage of Spotify users that pay: 25
- Number of Apple Music streaming users (all of whom pay): 13 million
Sources: 80 Amazing Snapchat Statistics; Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage; 8 Revealing Media Numbers From June 2016; 8 Revealing Media Numbers From April 2016
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
