Web Performance Global Market Report 2023 – By Component (Solutions, Services), By Deployment Type (On Premises, Cloud), By End User (IT and Telecom, Logistics and Transportation, Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Media and Entertainment, Other End Users) – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2023-2032

Web analytics is the process of studying website visitors' behavior. To assess web activity, including the use of a website and its elements, such as webpages, photos, and videos, this requires tracking, evaluating, and reporting data. Web analytics may gather information on traffic origins, referring websites, page views, paths travelled, and conversion rates. It can help to improve the performance of the website by highlighting how users interact with data. The main applications of web analytics are online marketing, email marketing, and social media management. Online marketing web analytics refers to the use of web analytics in online marketing. Web analytics can assist businesses in understanding what consumers are doing online, why they are doing it, and how this behavior can be translated into digital marketing campaigns. The organizations are large enterprises and small and medium enterprises. Retail, manufacturing, information technology, and other sector use web analytics. The global web analytics market is segmented - 1) By Organization: Large Enterprises, Small And Medium Enterprises 2) By Application: Online Marketing, Email Marketing, Social Media Management 3) By End User: Retail, Manufacturing, Information Technology, Other End Users The global web analytics market size will grow from $5.56 billion in 2022 to $6.74 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.0%. The Russia-Ukraine war disrupted the chances of global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, at least in the short term. The war between these two countries has led to economic sanctions on multiple countries, a surge in commodity prices, and supply chain disruptions, causing inflation across goods and services and affecting many markets across the globe. The market size of the web analytics is expected to grow to $13.92 billion in 2027 at a CAGR of 19.9%. The growing demand for online shopping trends is significantly driving the growth of the web analytics market. Web analytics plays a crucial role in providing personalized product recommendations and identifying the shopping trends of the users and also helps marketers to run successful marketing campaigns. For instance, in 2019, 1.92 billion people purchased products online, with eCommerce sales making up 14.1% of total retail sales globally. Retail eCommerce transactions are predicted to increase from 14.1% to 22% by 2023. Web analytics is more important as online shopping trends grow, which allows businesses or marketers to learn more about their customers. Therefore, the growing demand for online shopping trends drives the market for web analytics. Major players in the web analytics market are Adobe, Applied Technologies Internet, Facebook, Google LLC, IBM Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, MicroStrategy, SAS Institute, SimilarWeb, Splunk, Teradata Corporation, Webtrends, Netbiscuits, Mixpanel, AT Internet, and Hootsuite. Technological advancement is the key trend gaining popularity in the web analytics market. The key players in the web analytics sector are focusing on providing more technologically advanced web analytics solutions or services to strengthen their position in the market. For instance, in 2022, Amplitude, Inc., the digital optimization company, launched new and improved integrations across the technology stack to enable organizations to unify, analyze, and act on customer data. Amplitude now integrates with Adobe Launch, AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery, Google Tag Manager, and MailChimp, and improved integration with HubSpot. Customers can import data into Amplitude and create customized marketing campaigns because of the new set of integrations. In March 2021, Piano, a US-based digital experience company, acquired AT Internet for an undisclosed amount. With this acquisition, Piano aims to broaden its client base and provide a more digitally enhanced business platform for advertising, personalization, and analytics. AT Internet is a France-based web analytics company. North America was the largest region in the web analytics market in 2022. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the web analytics market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, and Africa. The countries covered in the web analytics market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, the UK, and the USA. The web analytics market includes revenues earned by entities by providing solutions that help a company keep its clients, draw in more customers, and increase the amount of money each client spends. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included. The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified). The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products. 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Web real-time communication (WebRTC) is an open-source project developed to embed real-time video, voice, confessing, messaging, and other capabilities through JavaScript APIs within web browsers. It provides browser-to-browser communications without the need for additional plugins/utilities. The web real-time communication is used for real-time data transfer for communications without the need for a custom interface, special software, and extra plugins for integration. The main components of web real-time communication are solution and service. Solution refers to developing real-time communication for various firms for easy digital interaction. Web real-time communication solution offers voice calling, video calling, conferencing, messaging, file sharing, and others within the organizations. The web real-time communication-enabled devices are mobile, desktop, and tablet. These communication software solutions or services can be deployed on the cloud or on-premise. It is used by small, medium, and large-scale enterprises in information technology (IT) and telecom, banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), government and defense, healthcare, retail, media and entertainment and others. The global web real time communication market is segmented - 1) By Component: Solution, Service 2) By Web RTC-Enabled Devices: Mobile, Desktop, Tablet, Other Web RTC-Enabled Devices 3) By Deployment Type: Cloud, On-Premise 4) By Enterprise Size: Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs), Large Enterprises 5) By Application: Information Technology (IT) and Telecom, Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), Government and Defense, Healthcare, Retail, Media and Entertainment, Other Applications The global web real-time communication market size will grow from $6.06 billion in 2022 to $8.85 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 46.0%. The Russia-Ukraine war disrupted the chances of global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, at least in the short term. The war between these two countries has led to economic sanctions on multiple countries, a surge in commodity prices, and supply chain disruptions, causing inflation across goods and services and affecting many markets across the globe. The market size of the web real-time communication is expected to grow to $39.84 billion in 2027 at a CAGR of 45.7%. The growing popularity of BYOD will propel the web real-time communication market growth. BYOD is when employees connect to the organization's network and access what they need to complete their tasks using their personal devices, such as smartphones, tablets, computers, laptops, and others. BYOD is aided by web real-time communication as it links browser-to-browser without additional plugins/utilities. According to Cisco, an IT and networking company, 89% of IT departments enable BYOD in some form, and 69% of IT leaders are positive about BYOD. Therefore, the growing adoption of BYOD policies in companies is driving the web real-time communication market growth. Major players in the web real-time communication market are Avaya Inc., CafeX Communications Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Dialogic Corporation, Google LLC, Oracle, Plivo Inc., Mitel Networks Corp., Ribbon Communications Operating Company Inc., Quobis, Sangoma, Vonage America LLC, Tokbox Inc., TWILIO Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, Temasys Communications Pte Ltd., Apple Inc., and Microsoft. New product innovation is the key trend that is gaining popularity in the web real-time communication market. Major companies operating in the web real-time communication market are focused on research and development for product innovations that could give better solutions to customers and strengthen their position in the market. For instance, in November 2020, Ribbon Communications Operating Company Inc., a US-based company operating in web real-time communication, launched a new Work@Home solution based on cloud computing, to address the telecommuting wave for remote working in partnership with UnifiedCommunications.com. The Work@Home solution provides offices with remote working capabilities that include video, screen sharing, chat, and other features. UnifiedCommunications.com is a US-based company operating in web real-time communication. In January 2020, Enghouse Systems Limited, a Canada-based Software Company operating in various verticals, including web real-time communication, acquired Dialogic Corporation for $52.0 million. With this acquisition, Enghouse Systems Limited aims to strengthen its multi-media processing product portfolio and gain a market advantage in the enterprise video and unified communications market. Dialogic Corporation is a US-based Company operating in web real-time communication. North America was the largest region in the web real-time communication market in 2022. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the web real-time communication market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, and Africa. The countries covered in the web real-time communication market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, the UK, and the USA. The web real-time communication market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing peer to peer, multipoint conferencing units (MCUs) and selective forwarding units. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is, the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods. The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified). The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products. 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Web content refers to the written, visual, or auditory material that users encounter while using websites. A search portal refers to a web directory, a search tool, and other helpful functions like file storage, gaming, email, and ecommerce directories. Social media is a computer-based technology that makes it possible to share concepts, ideas, and knowledge through online groups and networks. The main types of web content, search portals, and social media are social media, internet search portals, digital publishing, content streaming, and search engine optimization services. Social media refers to a computer-based technology that will facilitate sharing of ideas, thoughts, and information through virtual networks and communities. The different deployment types include on-premises, cloud and involve various organization services such as large enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The global web content, search portals and social media market is segmented - 1) By Type: Social Media, Internet Search Portals, Digital Publishing And Content Streaming, Search Engine Optimization Services 2) By Deployment Mode: On-premises, Cloud 3) By Organization Size: Large Enterprises, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Subsegments Covered: Social Media Advertisement, Social Media Subscription Content Streaming, Digital Publishing, Agencies SEO Services, Freelancer SEO Services The global web content, search portals and social media market size grew from $641.55 billion in 2022 to $747 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.4%. The Russia-Ukraine war disrupted the chances of global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, at least in the short term. The war between these two countries has led to economic sanctions on multiple countries, a surge in commodity prices, and supply chain disruptions, causing inflation across goods and services and affecting many markets across the globe. The market size of web content, search portals and social media is expected to grow to $1316.8 billion in 2027 at a CAGR of 15.2%. Rising penetration of mobile, tablet and other electronics and rising data consumption will drive the web content, search portals, SEO services, and social media market. An increase in sales of internet-accessible electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets lead to an increase in the consumption of digital content. For example, the total number of smartphone devices across the world reached 6 billion in 2020, that is eight people out of 10 owned a smartphone in 2020, eventually driving the revenues of web content, search portals, SEO services, and social media companies. This increasing use of smartphones is expected to increase internet usage, hence driving the growth of web content, search portals, SEO services, and social media market. Major companies in the web content, search portals, and social media market include Google, Facebook, Tencent, Baidu, and Netflix. The outbreak of COVID-19 disease (COVID-19) has acted as a significant restraint on some of the web content, search portals, and social media markets in 2020 as businesses were disrupted due to lockdowns imposed by governments globally. COVID-19 is an infectious disease with flu-like symptoms including fever, cough, and difficulty in breathing. The virus was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province of the People’s Republic of China, and spread globally including Western Europe, North America, and Asia. Steps by national governments to contain the transmission have resulted in a decline in economic activity and restricted movement of goods and services with countries entering a state of 'lock down'. The outbreak had a negative impact on businesses throughout 2020 and into 2021. However, many media markets have been unaffected or benefited from this as they transmit their content remotely through digital channels. It is expected that the web content, search portals, and social media market will recover from the shock across the forecast period as it is a 'black swan event and not related to ongoing or fundamental weaknesses in the market or the global economy. Companies in the digital publishing and content streaming market are developing Progressive Web Applications (PWAs) to drive user engagement and revenues. PWAs are applications within a web browser, displayed as a website. PWAs enable developers to develop a single app that can work across all platforms and devices, leading to significant savings in the time and effort taken for app development. PWAs help web content publishing companies to maximize reach, increase the level of user engagement, and provide a unified customer experience. For example, Flutter, supported and developed by Google, is the latest framework used for developing mobile applications for operating systems such as iOS and Android. PWAs developed by Washington Post, an American news publishing company, have resulted in increasing the rate of user engagement by as much as five times. Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the web content, search portals, and social media market share in 2022. Middle East is expected to be the fastest growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the web content, search portals, SEO services, and social media market analysis report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, and Africa. The countries covered in the web content, search portals, and social media market report are Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam. The web content, search portals and social media market includes revenues earned by entities by offering services like enabling customers to interact, creating and sharing content and information including pictures, video and audio files. This market includes revenues from sales from advertisement and other services offered on social media platforms. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included. The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified). The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products. 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Information technology (IT) is the use of computers, storage, networking and other physical devices, infrastructure and processes to create, process, store, secure and exchange all forms of electronic data. The main type of information technology (IT) are IT services, computer hardware, telecom, and software products. Computer hardware is the physical components that a computer system requires to function and encompasses everything within a PC or laptop. The services are used by large, small, and medium enterprises of financial services, retail and wholesale, manufacturing, healthcare and others. The global information technology (IT) market is segmented - 1) By Type: IT Services, Computer Hardware, Telecom, Software Products 2) By Organization Size: Large Enterprise, Small and Medium Enterprise 3) End User Industry: Financial Services, Retail & Wholesale, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Other End User Industries Subsegments Covered: Hardware Support Services, Software And BPO Services, Cloud Services, Computer Peripheral Equipment, Computer Storage Devices And Servers, Computers, Wireless Telecommunication Carriers, Wired Telecommunication Carriers, Communications Hardware, Satellite & Telecommunication Resellers, Operating Systems & Productivity Software Publishing, Database, Storage & Backup Software Publishing, Business Analytics & Enterprise Software, Video Game Software, Design, Editing & Rendering Software The global information technology (IT) market size grew from $8179.48 billion in 2022 to $8852.41 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2%. The Russia-Ukraine war disrupted the chances of global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, at least in the short term. The war between these two countries has led to economic sanctions on multiple countries, a surge in commodity prices, and supply chain disruptions, causing inflation across goods and services and affecting many markets across the globe. The information technology (IT) market is expected to grow to $11995.97 billion in 2027 at a CAGR of 7.9%. The demand for cloud computing services is expected to drive the demand for IT services during the forecast period. In the cloud computing model, data is stored on the internet by a cloud computing provider, who manages and operates data storage as a service. Many companies are now choosing applications hosted in the cloud for their day-to-day operations. For example, according to statistics provided by hostingtribunal.com, 60% of computing workloads were running in the public cloud in 2019. Similarly, 94% of enterprise workloads are expected to be processed by cloud data centers in 2021. Companies are also opting for cloud-based data storage, thus boosting the demand for IT services. Major companies in the information technology (IT) market include Apple, Microsoft, Verizon Communications, China Mobile, AT&T Inc., Huawei, Deutsche Telekom AG, Dell Technologies Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Comcast Corporation. The outbreak of COVID-19 disease (COVID-19) has acted as a significant restraint on the information technology (IT) market share in 2020 as supply chains were disrupted due to trade restrictions and employees working for these establishments faced difficulties related to infrastructure and communication owing to lockdowns imposed by governments globally, forcing them to work from home. COVID-19 is an infectious disease with flu-like symptoms including fever, cough, and difficulty in breathing. The virus was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province of the People’s Republic of China and spread globally, including Western Europe, North America, and Asia. Steps by national governments to contain the transmission have resulted in a decline in economic activity, with countries entering a state of 'lock down,' and the outbreak had a negative impact on businesses throughout 2020 and into 2021. However, it is expected that the information technology (IT) market will recover from the shock across the forecast period as it is a 'black swan event and not related to ongoing or fundamental weaknesses in the market or the global economy. Over the past five years there has been an increasing prevalence of low cost open source alternatives. Open source has become a preferred platform for developing new technology. In the past, software publishers would open source software that was not making money, but now companies are open sourcing software to increase their presence and share in the market. Supabase, a YC-incubated startup that offers developers an open-source alternative, announced that it had raised a $6 million in funding to create new open-source tools. Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the information technology (IT) market in 2022. North America was the second largest region of the information technology (IT) market. The regions covered in the information technology (IT) industry analysis are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa. The countries covered in the information technology (IT) market are Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA, Venezuela and Vietnam. The information technology (IT) market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing IT services such as computer networking, broadcasting, systems design services and information distribution technologies like television and telephones and other equipment used during the process. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The information technology (IT) market also includes sales of computers, computer peripherals and telecommunications equipment which are used in providing IT services. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included. The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified). The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products. The information technology (IT) market research report is one of a series of new reports from The Business Research Company that provides information technology (IT) market statistics, including information technology (IT) industry global market size, regional shares, competitors with information technology (IT) market share, detailed information technology (IT) market segments, market trends and opportunities, and any further data you may need to thrive in the information technology (IT) industry. 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An internet search portal refers to a specifically created website that frequently functions as the only point of entry for information. The main website types of internet search portals are operating websites, internet search websites, and others. Internet search websites are used to enter a query in a search engine that yields both paid and organic results. The internet search portals are distributed through offline, online channels and are used for personal and commercial applications. The global internet search portals market is segmented - 1) By Website: Operating Websites, Internet Search Websites, Other Websites 2) By Application: Personal, Commercial 3) By Distribution Channel: Online, Offline The global internet search portals market size will grow from $222.19 billion in 2022 to $256.57 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.5%. The Russia-Ukraine war disrupted the chances of global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, at least in the short term. The war between these two countries has led to economic sanctions on multiple countries, a surge in commodity prices, and supply chain disruptions, causing inflation across goods and services and affecting many markets across the globe. The internet search portals industry size is expected to grow from $443.17 billion in 2027 at a CAGR of 14.6%. Rising mobile internet utilization is expected to fuel the market growth of the internet search portals market during the forecast period. Mobile devices are gaining importance for accessing the internet over desktop computers due to the ease of use and portability that mobile devices offer to consumers. According to the World Advertising Research Center (WARC), 2 billion people currently access the internet via only their smartphone, which equates to 51% of the global base of 3.9 mobile users. In 2020, US adults spent an estimated 470 minutes (seven hours and 50 minutes) per day with digital media. In August 2022, according to Oberlo, 59.4% of all the web traffic came through mobile phones.. With improving mobile technology about 58% of 18-29 years old and 47% of 30-49 years old of the US access internet using their smartphones. Thus, increasing mobile internet utilization is expected to increase online traffic and thereby will drive the growth of internet search portals market . Major players in the internet search portals market are Google, Baidu, Inc., Softbank Group Corp., Naspers, Naver Corporation, Yandex N.V., Sogou, Inc., and Mail.Ru Group. Increasing antitrust and privacy issues with online search are expected to hinder the market growth of the internet search portals. Search portals collect and use information such as IP address, location status, and other data from the user’s history and sell the information to advertisers for delivering targeted ads and more. Unfair practices of internet search portals result in the dominance of the market with few players and reduce the market share of other opponents. According to Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021 report by Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in 2021, 72% of the American were skeptical about their privacy online and believed that their activity was being tracked. Data breach costs rose from USD 3.86 million to USD 4.24 million in 2021. Thus, increasing antitrust and privacy issues with online search portals are expected to hinder the internet search portals market. Joint ventures between online portals and new publishers are trending within the internet search portal market as news consumers are preferring online, mobile news over print news media. News publishers are suffering a deep decline in revenues with global digitalization and are facing challenges for survival. With this, conflicts between new publishers and online portals are also intensifying. According to a digital news report published in 2020, about 77% of South Korean newsreaders have access to online news portals and an average of 30% in 36 other countries. In April 2021, Lumina Datamatics and Gutenberg Technology announced strategic partnership to launch a new solution for managing knowledge and content operations. In this digital era, it is apparent that online platforms will replace people's print news consumption which is resulting in joint ventures, partnerships, and collaborations between online portals and news publishers that is trending currently within the market. In September 2021, Apollo Global Management, a US-based global private equity firm, acquired Yahoo from Verizon for $5 billion. The acquisition is aimed at giving a new direction to Yahoo and regain market share. Yahoo is an American technology company and a search portal. Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the internet search portals market in 2022. Africa is expected to be the fastest growing region in the global internet search portals market share during the forecast period. The regions covered in the internet search portals market analysis report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, and Africa. The countries covered in the internet search portals market are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, and USA. The internet search portals market includes revenues earned by entities by operating websites that provide a search engine to generate and maintain extensive databases of internet addresses and content in an easily searchable format. This industry includes internet search websites and covers other additional Internet services internet search portals offer such as e-mail, connections to other websites, auctions, news, other limited content and serves as a home base for internet users. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included. The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified). The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products. 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The webcomics refer to a digital cartoon, comic strip, or graphic generated for online publication. Webcomics are typically published by artists on their websites, blogs, social media profiles, or art websites. Webcomics are created with digital art applications like Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. The main types of webcomics are subscription and advertising. The subscription webcomic are available through a subscription. Subscription refers to a business model where a reader pays a monthly subscription fee and obtains access to the corpus of comics released during that period. These are used through mobile phone, laptop, tablet and others. The global webcomics market is segmented - 1) By Type: Subscription Webcomic, Advertising Webcomic 2) By Application: Mobile Phone, Laptop, Tablet, Other Applications The global webcomics market size will grow from $7.47 billion in 2022 to $7.49 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.4%. The Russia-Ukraine war disrupted the chances of global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, at least in the short term. The war between these two countries has led to economic sanctions on multiple countries, a surge in commodity prices, and supply chain disruptions, causing inflation across goods and services and affecting many markets across the globe. The market size of the webcomics is expected to grow from $6.76 billion in 2027 at a CAGR of -2.5%. Increasing usage of smart devices will propel the growth of the webcomics market in forecasted period. Smart devices are interactive electronic gadgets such as smartphones and computers that provide convenience and access to everything with a touch. The usage of smartphones and computers is growing due to their easy functionality and ability to provide communication with ease. As the usage of smart devices such as smartphones and computers increases, there will be a demand for webcomics as well. For instance, according to Data Reportal, a library of resources detailing how people all over the world use connected technologies, there were 5.11 billion unique mobile users globally in 2019 and 2.71 billion of them use smartphones which increased to 2.87 billion in 2020. In addition, according to the American think tank Pew Research Center, over 285 million people in the US are expected to have a smartphone by 2023. Therefore, the growing usage of smart devices drives the webcomics market growth. Major players in the webcomics market are Naver, Kakao, Lezhin Entertainment, Tappytoon, ToryComics, Toomics Global, Ridibooks, KidariStudio, Webtoon Factory, Izneo Webtoon, Stela, Graphite, WebComics, Spottoon, Mr Blue, Tencent Animation, Shueisha, Homestuck, Penny Arcade lenc, The Oatmeal, Comico and Wicked Comics. The new romantic comic is a key trend gaining popularity in the webcomics market. Companies are publishing new romantic comics to fulfill the market demand and attract new customers. Romantic comics are comics whose plot is focused on romantic relationships. Romantic comics are liked by many readers as these create increased interest with comic plots. Key players are increasingly introducing new romantic comics to attract more readers and increase their revenue. For instance, Lore Olympus, a romance webcomic created by New Zealand artist Rachel Smythe has hit #1 on both the NYT (New York Times) and PBD Bookscan sales charts and already received over 1.2 billion online reads, as of December 2021. Lore Olympus was published on a South Korean webtoon publisher Naver Webtoon. It retells the relationship between the Greek goddess and god Persephone and Hades. In May 2021, Kakao Entertainment, a South Korea-based company that deals in entertainment, mass media and publishing acquired Tapas Media for an amount of $510 million. The acquisition strengthens Kakao Entertainment’s presence as it expands to the US market through Tapas Media. Tapas Media is a South Korean-based company that publishes webcomics and other stories. Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the webcomics market in 2022. The regions covered in the webcomics market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, and Africa. The countries covered in the webcomics market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, the UK, and the USA. The webcomics market includes revenues earned by entities by including e-reading webcomics materials, specific assignments, online entertainment games. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included. The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified). The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products. The webcomics market research report is one of a series of new reports from The Business Research Company that provides webcomics market statistics, including webcomics industry global market size, regional shares, competitors with a webcomics market share, detailed webcomics market segments, market trends and opportunities, and any further data you may need to thrive in the webcomics industry. This webcomics market research report delivers a complete perspective of everything you need, with an in-depth analysis of the current and future scenario of the industry.

OTT (over-the-top) is a method of offering television and film material through the internet at the consumer's request and to meet their specific needs. The main types of devices in OTT streaming are smartphones, smart TVs, laptops, desktops and tablets, gaming consoles, set-top boxes, and others. Smartphone refers to a handheld electronic device that will be providing a connection to a cellular network. The different revenue sources include AVOD, SVOD, TVOD, others and involve various user types such as commercial, personal. It is used in several sectors including E-commerce, media, and entertainment, education and training, it and telecom, health and fitness, others. The global OTT streaming market is segmented - 1) By Device Type: Smartphones, Smart TV's, Laptops, Desktops and Tablets, Gaming Consoles, Set-Top Box, Other Devices 2) By Revenue Source: AVOD, SVOD, TVOD, Other Revenue Sources 3) By User Type: Commercial, Personal 4) By End User: E-commerce, Media And Entertainment, Education And Training, IT And Telecom, Health And Fitness, Other End Users The global OTT streaming market size will grow from $149.34 billion in 2022 to $171.99 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.2%. The Russia-Ukraine war disrupted the chances of global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, at least in the short term. The war between these two countries has led to economic sanctions on multiple countries, a surge in commodity prices, and supply chain disruptions, causing inflation across goods and services and affecting many markets across the globe. The market size of the global OTT streaming is expected to grow to $302.67 billion in 2027 at a CAGR of 15.2%. With the increasing change in customers’ social behavior, which is shifting from traditional subscriptions to broadcasting services and to over-the-top (OTT) on-demand video and music subscriptions every year, OTT streaming in the forecast period is expected to grow at a very fast pace. Various segments of the population have started using video streaming services instead of regular television for entertainment due to added benefits such as on-demand services and ease of access. Countries such as India and China are expected to see an exponential rise in the number of content streaming users in a video on streaming and pay-per-view services. In 2020, OTT content streaming service, Netflix, expects to close the year with 4.6 million paid customers. Thus, an increase in customer base is expected to boost the growth of the OTT streaming market during the forecast period. Major players in the OTT streaming market are Facebook, Netflix, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Hulu, Tencent, Rakuten, and YouTube. The threat from piracy and illegal streaming is a key factor hindering the growth of the OTT streaming market. Streaming live TV channels leads to the OTT players’ bulk of traffic. They are also subject to privacy concerns in live streaming. OTT players are finding it increasingly difficult to monitor piracy and illegal streaming with the growth of broadband. The illegal sale of video content in 2022, digital video piracy is costing the US economy between $29.2 and $71 billion each year. Even though Digital Rights Management (DRM), allowing copyright owners to decide how and by whom their copyright can be accessed, has always been the go-to-choice for delivering content securely and preventing piracy, the fact remains that it is often not sufficient. Motivated attackers also find ways to get information published. Therefore, the threat from piracy and illegal streaming is expected to limit the growth of the OTT streaming market. Streaming on 4K televisions is a key trend in the OTT streaming market. A 4K resolution is typically 3,840x 2,160 pixels and is also known as UHD or Ultra-High Definition. This is the highest level of high-definition video quality available to film, television, and sports viewers these days. Nowadays most of the latest TVs are 4 K compliant. They are extremely costly but for under $1,000 (or even under $500) we can find a decent 4 K tv. Major streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video have included premium 4 K and 4 K content in their services. FuboTV launched its first live- TV to provide coverage in 4 K with HDR. The only sports that take advantage of this improved visual quality were World Cup matches, but later the company added some NCAA football matches in 4 K. In November 2021, Fubo TV, a US-based television streaming company, acquired Molotov for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition would provide the company an extended footprint in the European market. Molotov is a French television streaming company. Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the OTT market in 2022. Middle East is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the global OTT streaming market share during the forecast period. The regions covered in the over the global OTT streaming market analysis report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, and Africa. The countries covered in the OTT streaming market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA. The OTT streaming market includes revenues earned by entities by providing content/video streaming services through the internet. It includes the streaming services of T movies, sitcoms, dramas, reality shows, talk shows, game shows, news programs, children’s programs, art, sports programs, documentaries, animated cartoons, and instructional videos. Examples of well-known OTT players include Apple TV, iTunes, Netflix, Roku, Hulu, and Amazon among others. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included. The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified). The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products. The OTT streaming market research report is one of a series of new reports from The Business Research Company that provides OTT streaming market statistics, including OTT streaming industry global market size, regional shares, competitors with a OTT streaming market share, detailed OTT streaming market segments, market trends and opportunities, and any further data you may need to thrive in the OTT streaming industry. This OTT streaming market research report delivers a complete perspective of everything you need, with an in-depth analysis of the current and future scenario of the industry.

Social media is a computer-based technology that makes it possible to share concepts, ideas, and knowledge through online groups and networks. The main types of social media are social media advertisement and social media subscription. Social media advertising is a type of digital advertising which uses social media platforms including Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest to provide sponsored adverts to the target audience. The different services include social networking, microblogging and instant messaging, photo sharing networks and is used by various sectors such as retail and wholesale, transportation manufacturing, food and beverages, financial services, information technology, electrical and electronics manufacturing, media and recreation, transportation services, healthcare, others. The global social media market is segmented - 1) By Type: Social Media Advertisement, Social Media Subscription 2) By Service: Social Networking, Micro Blogging and Instant Messaging, Photo Sharing Networks 3) By End-User Industry: Retail and Wholesale, Transportation Manufacturing, Food and Beverages, Financial Services, Information Technology, Electrical And Electronics Manufacturing, Media and Recreation, Transportation Services, Healthcare, Other End-User Industries The global social media market grew from $193.52 billion in 2022 to $231.1 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.4%. The Russia-Ukraine war disrupted the chances of global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, at least in the short term. The war between these two countries has led to economic sanctions on multiple countries, a surge in commodity prices, and supply chain disruptions, causing inflation across goods and services and affecting many markets across the globe. The social media market is expected to grow to $434.87 billion in 2027 at a CAGR of 17.1%. Rising penetration of mobile, tablet, and other electronics and rising data consumption will drive the social media market. An increase in sales of internet-accessible electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets lead to an increase in time spent on social media websites. For example, the total number of smartphone devices across the world reached 6 billion in 2020, that is eight people out of 10 owned a smartphone in 2020, eventually driving the revenues of social media companies. This increasing use of smartphones is expected to increase internet usage, hence driving the social media market. Major companies in the social media market include Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The outbreak of COVID-19 disease (COVID-19) has acted as a significant restraint on some of the social media markets in 2020 as businesses were disrupted due to lockdowns imposed by governments globally. COVID-19 is an infectious disease with flu-like symptoms including fever, cough, and difficulty in breathing. The virus was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province of the People's Republic of China, and spread globally including Western Europe, North America and Asia. Steps by national governments to contain the transmission have resulted in a decline in economic activity and restricted movement of goods and services with countries entering a state of 'lock down'. The outbreak had a negative impact on businesses throughout 2020 and into 2021. However, many media markets have been unaffected or benefited from this as they transmit their content remotely through digital channels. It is expected that the social media market will recover from the shock across the forecast period as it is a 'black swan event and not related to ongoing or fundamental weaknesses in the market or the global economy. Social media companies are offering their social media platforms for electronic commerce of goods and services to drive revenues. This can be attributed to the increasing adoption of e-commerce and online shopping among consumers owing to the growing internet and smartphone penetration. For instance, according to e-commerce information source Internet Retailer data 2020, U.S. e-commerce sales, increasing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, grew 44% and represented more than 21% of total retail sales. Social media platforms allow for targeted advertising based on consumers’ social behaviors, geographic locations, and demographics. Instagram, a photo and video-sharing social networking service, has added a ‘Shopping’ tab to the ‘Explore’ page in its app. According to an Instagram for Business survey data 2022, 44% of people use Instagram weekly to shop using features including the Shop tag. Other social media companies such as Snapchat and Twitter have also integrated shopping advertisements to facilitate direct purchases within their platforms. Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the social media market in 2022. Africa is expected to be the fastest growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the social media report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, and Africa. The countries covered in the social media market report are Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam. The social media market includes revenues earned by entities by providing services that enables customers to interact, create and share content and information. Social media enables users to share pictures, video and audio files. This market includes revenues from sales from advertisement and other services offered on social media platforms. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included. The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified). The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products. The social media market research report is one of a series of new reports from The Business Research Company that provides social media market statistics, including social media industry global market size, regional shares, competitors with a social media market share, detailed social media market segments, social media market trends and opportunities, and any further data you may need to thrive in the social media industry. This social media market research report delivers a complete perspective of everything you need, with an in-depth analysis of the current and future scenario of the industry.