Audiobook Market In Europe 2026-2030

Description

The audiobook market in europe is forecasted to grow by USD 3926.1 mn during 2025-2030, accelerating at a CAGR of 23.7% during the forecast period. The report on the audiobook market in europe provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis covering around 25 vendors.

The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, the latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. The market is driven by growing smartphone penetration and mobile internet usage, increasing demand for multitasking-friendly entertainment options, rising popularity of subscription-based audiobook platforms.

The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market size data, segment with regional analysis and vendor landscape in addition to an analysis of the key companies. Reports have historic and forecast data.

Market Scope
Base Year	2026
End Year	2030
Series Year	2026-2030
Growth Momentum	Accelerate
YOY 2026	21.2%
CAGR	23.7%
Incremental Value	$3926.1 mn

Technavio's audiobook market in europe is segmented as below:

By Age Group

Adult
Kids

By Genre

Non-fiction
Fiction

By Platform

Online streaming
Downloadable
Physical media

Geography

Europe
- Germany
- UK
- The Netherlands
- France

This study identifies the surge in ai-narrated and synthetic voice audiobooks as one of the prime reasons driving the audiobook market in europe growth during the next few years. Also, growth of exclusive content and author collaborations and bundling audiobooks with e-books and podcasts will lead to sizable demand in the market.

The report on the audiobook market in europe covers the following areas:

Audiobook market in europe sizing
Audiobook market in europe forecast
Audiobook market in europe industry analysis

The robust vendor analysis is designed to help clients improve their market position, and in line with this, this report provides a detailed analysis of several leading audiobook market in europe vendors that include Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Awesound Inc., Barnes and Noble Booksellers Inc., Bertelsmann SE and Co. KGaA, Blackstone Library, Google LLC, Rakuten Kobo Inc., Lulu Press Inc., Nextory AB, RBmedia, Realm of Possibility Inc., Scribd Inc., Ulverscroft Ltd., Vivendi SE. Also, the audiobook market in europe analysis report includes information on upcoming trends and challenges that will influence market growth. This is to help companies strategize and leverage all forthcoming growth opportunities.

The publisher presents a detailed picture of the market by the way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources by an analysis of key parameters such as profit, pricing, competition, and promotions. It presents various market facets by identifying the key industry influencers. The data presented is comprehensive, reliable, and a result of extensive primary and secondary research. The market research reports provide a complete competitive landscape and an in-depth vendor selection methodology and analysis using qualitative and quantitative research to forecast accurate market growth.

Product Code: IRTNTR70577

1 Executive Summary

1.1 Market overview
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Overview
- Executive Summary - Data Table on Market Overview
- Executive Summary - Chart on Country Market Characteristics
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market by Geography
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Age Group
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Genre
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Platform
- Executive Summary - Chart on Incremental Growth
- Executive Summary - Data Table on Incremental Growth
- Executive Summary - Chart on Company Market Positioning

2 Technavio Analysis

2.1 Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
- Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
2.2 Criticality of inputs and Factors of differentiation
- Overview on criticality of inputs and factors of differentiation
2.3 Factors of disruption
- Overview on factors of disruption
2.4 Impact of drivers and challenges
- Impact of drivers and challenges in 2025 and 2030

3 Market Landscape

3.1 Market ecosystem
- Chart on Parent Market
- Data Table on - Parent Market
3.2 Market characteristics
- Chart on Market characteristics analysis
3.3 Value chain analysis
- Chart on Value chain analysis

4 Market Sizing

4.1 Market definition
- Data Table on Offerings of companies included in the market definition
4.2 Market segment analysis
- Market segments
4.3 Market size 2025
4.4 Market outlook: Forecast for 2025-2030
- Chart on Europe - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Data Table on Regional - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Chart on Europe: Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
- Data Table on Regional - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)

5 Historic Market Size

5.1 Audiobook Market in Europe 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Data Table on Audiobook Market in Europe 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
5.2 Age Group segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Age Group Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
5.3 Genre segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Genre Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
5.4 Platform segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Platform Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
5.5 Geography segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Geography Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)

6 Qualitative Analysis

6.1 The Impact of AI on Audiobook Market in Europe

7 Five Forces Analysis

7.1 Five forces summary
- Five forces analysis - Comparison between 2025 and 2030
7.2 Bargaining power of buyers
- Bargaining power of buyers - Impact of key factors 2025 and 2030
7.3 Bargaining power of suppliers
- Bargaining power of suppliers - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
7.4 Threat of new entrants
- Threat of new entrants - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
7.5 Threat of substitutes
- Threat of substitutes - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
7.6 Threat of rivalry
- Threat of rivalry - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
7.7 Market condition
- Chart on Market condition - Five forces 2025 and 2030

8 Market Segmentation by Age Group

8.1 Market segments
- Chart on Age Group - Market share 2025-2030 (%)
- Data Table on Age Group - Market share 2025-2030 (%)
8.2 Comparison by Age Group
- Chart on Comparison by Age Group
- Data Table on Comparison by Age Group
8.3 Adult - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- Chart on Adult - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Data Table on Adult - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Chart on Adult - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
- Data Table on Adult - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
8.4 Kids - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- Chart on Kids - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Data Table on Kids - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Chart on Kids - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
- Data Table on Kids - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
8.5 Market opportunity by Age Group
- Market opportunity by Age Group ($ million)
- Data Table on Market opportunity by Age Group ($ million)

9 Market Segmentation by Genre

9.1 Market segments
- Chart on Genre - Market share 2025-2030 (%)
- Data Table on Genre - Market share 2025-2030 (%)
9.2 Comparison by Genre
- Chart on Comparison by Genre
- Data Table on Comparison by Genre
9.3 Non-fiction - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- Chart on Non-fiction - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Data Table on Non-fiction - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Chart on Non-fiction - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
- Data Table on Non-fiction - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
9.4 Fiction - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- Chart on Fiction - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Data Table on Fiction - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Chart on Fiction - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
- Data Table on Fiction - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
9.5 Market opportunity by Genre
- Market opportunity by Genre ($ million)
- Data Table on Market opportunity by Genre ($ million)

10 Market Segmentation by Platform

10.1 Market segments
- Chart on Platform - Market share 2025-2030 (%)
- Data Table on Platform - Market share 2025-2030 (%)
10.2 Comparison by Platform
- Chart on Comparison by Platform
- Data Table on Comparison by Platform
10.3 Online streaming - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- Chart on Online streaming - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Data Table on Online streaming - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Chart on Online streaming - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
- Data Table on Online streaming - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
10.4 Downloadable - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- Chart on Downloadable - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Data Table on Downloadable - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Chart on Downloadable - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
- Data Table on Downloadable - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
10.5 Physical media - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- Chart on Physical media - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Data Table on Physical media - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Chart on Physical media - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
- Data Table on Physical media - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
10.6 Market opportunity by Platform
- Market opportunity by Platform ($ million)
- Data Table on Market opportunity by Platform ($ million)

11 Customer Landscape

11.1 Customer landscape overview
- Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria

12 Geographic Landscape

12.1 Geographic segmentation
- Chart on Market share by geography - 2025-2030 (%)
- Data Table on Market share by geography - 2025-2030 (%)
12.2 Geographic comparison
- Chart on Geographic comparison
- Data Table on Geographic comparison
12.3 Germany - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
12.4 UK - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
12.5 The Netherlands - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
12.6 France - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
12.7 Rest of Europe - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- Chart on Rest of Europe - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Data Table on Rest of Europe - Market size and forecast 2025-2030 ($ million)
- Chart on Rest of Europe - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
- Data Table on Rest of Europe - Year-over-year growth 2025-2030 (%)
12.8 Market opportunity by geography
- Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
- Data Table on Market opportunity by geography ($ million)

13 Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunity

13.1 Market drivers
- Growing smartphone penetration and mobile internet usage
- Increasing demand for multitasking-friendly entertainment options
- Rising popularity of subscription-based audiobook platforms
13.2 Market challenges
- High production costs for quality audiobook content
- Language diversity complicates content localization efforts
- High competition from free podcast platforms
13.3 Impact of drivers and challenges
- Impact of drivers and challenges in 2025 and 2030
13.4 Market opportunities
- Surge in AI-narrated and synthetic voice audiobooks
- Growth of exclusive content and author collaborations
- Bundling audiobooks with e-books and podcasts

14 Competitive Landscape

14.1 Overview
14.2 Competitive Landscape
- Overview on criticality of inputs and factors of differentiation
14.3 Landscape disruption
- Overview on factors of disruption
14.4 Industry risks
- Impact of key risks on business

15 Competitive Analysis

15.1 Companies profiled
- Companies covered
15.2 Company ranking index
- Company ranking index
15.3 Market positioning of companies
- Matrix on companies position and classification
15.4 Amazon.com Inc.
- Amazon.com Inc. - Overview
- Amazon.com Inc. - Business segments
- Amazon.com Inc. - Key news
- Amazon.com Inc. - Key offerings
- Amazon.com Inc. - Segment focus
- SWOT
15.5 Apple Inc.
- Apple Inc. - Overview
- Apple Inc. - Business segments
- Apple Inc. - Key news
- Apple Inc. - Key offerings
- Apple Inc. - Segment focus
- SWOT
15.6 Awesound Inc.
- Awesound Inc. - Overview
- Awesound Inc. - Product / Service
- Awesound Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.7 Barnes and Noble Booksellers Inc.
- Barnes and Noble Booksellers Inc. - Overview
- Barnes and Noble Booksellers Inc. - Product / Service
- Barnes and Noble Booksellers Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.8 Bertelsmann SE and Co. KGaA
- Bertelsmann SE and Co. KGaA - Overview
- Bertelsmann SE and Co. KGaA - Business segments
- Bertelsmann SE and Co. KGaA - Key offerings
- Bertelsmann SE and Co. KGaA - Segment focus
- SWOT
15.9 Blackstone Library
- Blackstone Library - Overview
- Blackstone Library - Product / Service
- Blackstone Library - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.10 Google LLC
- Google LLC - Overview
- Google LLC - Product / Service
- Google LLC - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.11 Rakuten Kobo Inc.
- Rakuten Kobo Inc. - Overview
- Rakuten Kobo Inc. - Product / Service
- Rakuten Kobo Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.12 Lulu Press Inc.
- Lulu Press Inc. - Overview
- Lulu Press Inc. - Product / Service
- Lulu Press Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.13 Nextory AB
- Nextory AB - Overview
- Nextory AB - Product / Service
- Nextory AB - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.14 RBmedia
- RBmedia - Overview
- RBmedia - Product / Service
- RBmedia - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.15 Realm of Possibility Inc.
- Realm of Possibility Inc. - Overview
- Realm of Possibility Inc. - Product / Service
- Realm of Possibility Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.16 Scribd Inc.
- Scribd Inc. - Overview
- Scribd Inc. - Product / Service
- Scribd Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.17 Ulverscroft Ltd.
- Ulverscroft Ltd. - Overview
- Ulverscroft Ltd. - Product / Service
- Ulverscroft Ltd. - Key offerings
- SWOT
15.18 Vivendi SE
- Vivendi SE - Overview
- Vivendi SE - Business segments
- Vivendi SE - Key offerings
- Vivendi SE - Segment focus
- SWOT

16 Appendix

16.1 Scope of the report
- Market definition
- Objectives
- Notes and caveats
16.2 Inclusions and exclusions checklist
- Inclusions checklist
- Exclusions checklist
16.3 Currency conversion rates for US$
- Currency conversion rates for US$
16.4 Research methodology
- Research methodology
16.5 Data procurement
- Information sources
16.6 Data validation
- Data validation
16.7 Validation techniques employed for market sizing
- Validation techniques employed for market sizing
16.8 Data synthesis
- Data synthesis
16.9 360 degree market analysis
- 360 degree market analysis
16.10 List of abbreviations
- List of abbreviations