Streaming Spend as Cultural Power Metric

Use total annual content spend by global streamers as a standard, auditable metric of cultural‑market power (percent of global content spend, year‑over‑year growth, concentration ratios). Tracking this series (and major platform shares within it) reveals when private platforms cross thresholds that justify different competition, labor, and cultural‑policy responses. — A simple, published threshold (e.g., streamers >$100B or >40% of global spend) gives policymakers and the public a clear trigger for antitrust scrutiny, public‑interest interventions, and labor/energy planning.