Audioboom (AIM: BOOM) user numbers look impressive, do we need to worry about monetisation yet?
The leading spoken-word audio on-demand mobile platform has issued an update on its key performance indicators (KPIs) for the Company’s third financial quarter from June to end-August. The numbers look highly encouraging but it remains unclear whether the spoken word can attract the desired advertising spend? Notwithstanding they should be able to find a way to monetise over 4 million users (and growing)!
766 new content channels were added during the quarter, resulting in a total of over 6,000 content channels at the period end. Notable new content partners from around the globe include Associated Press, NBA Podcasts, US Open Tennis, Yahoo! Sports, News International (The Sun and The Times), Virgin EMI, Eros International, Cricket Australia, the Netball World Cup, Newcastle United and West Ham United football clubs. There were approximately 2,500 active (those that have provided content in the quarter) content partners during the period. BOOM had over 4.3 million registered users at the end of August, with approximately 300,000 new registered…