Predictions
50% of all searches will be voice searches by 2020 according to comscore
About 30% of searches will be done without a screen by 2020. via Mediapos
We estimate there will be 21.4 million smart speakers in the US by 2020 according to Activate
By 2019, the voice recognition market will be a $601 million industry, according to a report from Technavio via Skyword.
This year (2017), 25 million devices will be shipped, bringing the total number of voice-first devices to 33 million in circulation. based on a new study by VoiceLabs via Mediapost
Current Usage
Google voice search queries in 2016 are up 35x over 2008 according to Google trends via Search Engine Watch
55% of teens and 40% of adults use voice search every day. - Google
40% of adults now use voice search once per day according to Location World
33 million voice-first devices (e.g., Amazon Echo, Google Home) are now in circulation – up from 8 million in 2016. - 2017 study by VoiceLabs
Cortana now has 133 million monthly users according to Microsoft/Tech Radar
In May 2016, 1 in 5 searches on an Android app in the USA were through speech according to KPCB
25% of 16-24s use voice search on mobile via Global Web Index
41% of people using voice search have only started in the last 6 months according to MindMeld
60% of people using voice search have started in the last year according to MindMeld
11% of people using voice search started more than 3 years ago according to MindMeld
19% of people use Siri at least daily. (HubSpot, 2015) (Source: )
9% of users said that they’ve used AI personal assistants like Siri or Cortana in the past dayaccording to AYTM
45% of those who have used AI personal assistants said they’ve used Siri. 33% have used Google Now. 27% used Microsoft’s Cortana. 10% have used Amazon Echo or Alexa. via AYTM
1 in 5 online adults have used voice search on their mobile in the last month via Global Web Index
37% use Siri, 23% use Microsoft’s Cortana AI, and 19% use Amazon’s Alexa AI at least monthly. (HubSpot, 2015) (Source: )
We estimate that 325.8 million people used voice control in the past month according to Global Web Index (that’s almost 10% of the online population according to Internet Stats).
We estimate that the retail giant (Amazon) has sold 5.1 million of the smart speakers in the U.S since it launched in 2014 according to CIRP via Geekwire.
Amazon sold approximately 2 million units in the first nine months of 2016 according to CIRP
Amazon sold 4.4 million Echo units in its first full year of sales according to Geek Wire
25% of searches on Windows 10 taskbar are voice. On desktop! according to
Only around a third of smartphone owners use their personal assistants regularly, even though 95% have tried them at some point. according to Creative Strategies via The Economist
Only 11% of respondents who already own an Amazon Alexa or Google Home device will also buy a competing device. via Voicelabs.
“Application growth for Amazon Alexa has been impressive – over 500% in the second half of 2016″ according to Voicelabs.
Evercore estimates 500,000 Google Home units shipped in 2016 via Bloomberg
65 percent of people who own an Amazon Echo or Google Home can’t imagine to going back to the days before they had a smart speaker. via Geomarketing.com
42 percent say voice-activated devices have quickly becomeessential” to their lives. via Geomarketing.com
Intent
Mobile voice-related searches are 3X more likely to be local-based than text via Search Engine Watch
But just 13 percent of smart speaker owners use their smart speakers to find a local businessaccording to an NPR survey via Geomarketing.com
Home Alone and Elf were the most requested 2016 holiday movies with Alexa. via Amazon
Customers use Amazon Echo for many purposes, with one-third using it as an information provider responding to questions and over 40% as an audio speaker for listening to streaming music. according to CIRP.
Nearly 50% of people are now using voice search when researching products. via Social Media Today
High consumer usage of voice assistants in autos (51%) and household (39%) indicates increased comfort with the technology – according to Activate via WSJ.
Google’s AI has been reading nearly 3,000 romance novels in order to improve its conversational search abilities via Click Hub
‘Personal assistants’ is the top marketing search of 2016″ according to Bing via Econsultancy
Reason
Humans can speak 150 words per minute vs type 40 words per minute via Katherine Watier
28% think voice search is a more accurate way of searching via Katherine Watier
43% cite that using voice search is quicker than using a website or an app via Katherine Watier
42% say that use while driving is a reason for using voice search Katherine Watier
21% don’t like typing on their mobile phone and so turn to voice search via Katherine Watierand Statista, 2015 (Source: )
82 percent of Amazon Echo smart speaker owners subscribe to Amazon Prime via Geomarketing.com
Errors
outside 35% of normal recognition errors, 31% were noise related and 22% were pronunciation related according to Research Gate
Today, speech recognition word error rate is 8 percent. via Bruce Clay
Fifteen years ago quality had stalled, with word-error rates of 20-30%. Microsoft’s latest system, which has six neural networks running in parallel, has reached 5.9% (see chart), the same as a human transcriber’s. via The Economist
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