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Freelance · anonymous client · 2021

How 16–35 year-olds listen to music in the Maghreb: a quantitative study for a webradio

A survey of 838 young people in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia to inform a webradio launch. YouTube dominates, social media drives discovery, radio carries little weight.

01Context

The study was meant to inform a webradio project aimed at young people, by measuring their listening habits.

02Challenge

How, where and on which devices do 16–35 year-olds listen to music, and how much room is left for radio?

03My role

A quantitative study run as a freelancer, from questionnaire to results analysis.

04Approach

  • Questionnaire run in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
  • 838 respondents: 43% Algeria, 32.5% Morocco, 24.6% Tunisia; 58% women; 70.3% aged 20–30.
  • Likert scales, reliability tests (Cronbach's alpha 0.909 and 0.721), factor analysis (KMO), ANOVA.

05Deliverables

  • Quantitative results report
  • Music charts by country
  • Recommendations

06Results

  • YouTube is used by 90.1% of respondents, Spotify by 39.7%.
  • 79.2% discover new music through social media, versus 28% through radio.
  • 79.6% listen to radio or webradio for less than one hour a day.
  • Radio listening frequency differs significantly by country and age (ANOVA, p < 0.05).

Documents

Results report

Anonymous client

Confidential · available on request

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