Simba Information – Reports
Leading Authority for Market Intelligence on the Education and Professional Publishing Industries
Since its inception in 1989, Simba Information has served as a trusted source for market insights into the educational publishing arena and assisted key decision-makers at over 15,000 client companies across the globe with timely news, analysis, exclusive statistics, and proprietary industry forecasts. Through a bimonthly newsletter, off-the-shelf market research reports, and custom research capabilities, Simba Information ensures clients have access to hard-to-find, granular data on the highly dynamic educational instructional materials and professional publishing industries.
Key topics covered by Simba include the changing market for reading, math, science, and social studies instructional materials; social and emotional learning; supplementary materials; enrollment and demographics; federal and state public policies and budgeting; AI and learning; state textbook adoptions, the changing testing market; ongoing cultural and political textbook issues; professional development; and college course materials.
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Actionable insights: Making informed decisions requires a comprehensive understanding of the market landscape. That’s why Simba Information’s research goes beyond surface-level data and analysis. Simba’s research covers market sizing and forecasts; industry structure; the competitive landscape; company financials and profiles of leading edtech, start-ups, and traditional educational publishers; new product development; government regulations; market challenges and opportunities; digital vs. print trends; educator and student stresses; and other key social and political trends impacting the classroom. Moreover, Simba Information carefully tracks policies and disruptive technologies that could reshape the overall business environment.
Rigorous methodology: The Simba team specializes in education instructional materials and professional publishing markets, providing a higher level of precision and expertise than general-purpose research firms. Simba Information uses a combination of primary and secondary research and competitor interviews to gather financial data and strategic information. Simba’s analysts put the data in historical context and explain the impact of trends and events, so clients can accurately gauge the potential effect on their position in the market.
Strong credibility: As an independent, third-party market research firm, Simba Information’s only goal is to help publishers and tech companies achieve their business objectives and sharpen their go-to-market strategies. With a solid reputation and consistent quality of service, Simba Information has built lasting relationships with top industry players that span decades.
Special Focus on the Professional Publishing Industry
In addition to our expertise on the K-12 and higher education instructional materials and textbook markets, Simba also researches and publishes in-depth market analyses on professional publishing segments including scholarly e-books; global professional publishing; open access books and journals; STM online services; global medical publishing; global scientific and technical publishing; and global social sciences and humanities publishing.
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Simba Information’s research provides authoritative data and analysis that clients cannot find anywhere else — including market size estimates, forecasts, and revenue breakdowns — that can help business strategists make important business decisions with confidence and stay ahead of the competition. Choose Simba Information as your trusted partner in market research and unlock the insights needed to achieve growth and long-term success.
116 Reports from Simba Information – Reports
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Publishing for the PreK-12 Market 2024-2025
Publishing for the PreK-12 Market 2024-2025 Simba Information’s Publishing for the PreK-12 Market, 2024-2025 report provides critical insights into the growing market for instructional materials in the K-12 education sector, with a focus on the transition to digital learning and the rise of personal ... Read More
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2023 National Instructional Materials Adoption Scorecard and Outlook to 2027
2023 National Instructional Materials Adoption Scorecard and Outlook to 2027 Simba’s 2023 National Instructional Materials Adoption Scorecard and Outlook to 2027 analyzes trends in the K-12 instructional materials market, focusing on state adoption activities in 2023-2024. Key findings include decli ... Read More
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Open Access Journal Publishing 2024-2028
Open Access Journal Publishing 2024-2028 In 2023, Open Access sales reached $1.9 billion, increasing to $2.1 billion in 2024, up from $1.8 billion in 2022. Projections indicate growth to $3.2 billion by 2028. Simba Information’s report, Open Access Journal Publishing 2024-2028 explores the various r ... Read More
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PreK-12 Policy and Budget Outlook 2024-2025
PreK-12 Policy and Budget Outlook 2024-2025 As the ESSER funding from the pandemic period begins to taper off, SIMBA Information's recent publication reveals that federal and state financial support for PreK-12 education remains robust in the 2024 fiscal year. The report, PreK-12 Policy and Budget O ... Read More
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PreK-12 Instructional Materials Industry Competitive Analysis
PreK-12 Instructional Materials Industry Competitive Analysis Simba Information’s latest PreK-12 Instructional Materials Industry Competitive Analysis study analyzes the market and financial health of the educational materials industry and indicates a very positive 2023 and early 2024 for vendors in ... Read More
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Global STM Online Services, 2024-2028
Global STM Online Services, 2024-2028 The overall STM online services market measured $9.2 billion at the publisher level in 2023, up from $8.8 billion in 2022. This is one of the findings from Simba Information’s Global STM Online Services, 2024-2028 report. Forces behind the increase include produ ... Read More
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The State of the K-12 Supplemental Materials Market: 2024
The State of the K-12 Supplemental Materials Market:2024 Simba has estimated the size of the K-12 instructional supplemental materials market to be $4.62 billion in 2024 and is forecast to grow to $4.98 billion in 2026, representing a CAGR of 2.9% and increase its the share of the total K-12 instruc ... Read More
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PreK-12 Enrollment and Demographics, 2024-2025
PreK-12 Enrollment and Demographics, 2024-2025 Simba Information’s latest PreK-12 Enrollment and Demographics 2024-2025 report found PreK-12 enrollment has stabilized but is still down approximately 1.2 million from pre-pandemic levels (from 50.7 million in Fall 2019 to 49.6 in Fall 2022. The report ... Read More
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K-12 Reading Market Report, 2024
K-12 Reading Market Report, 2024 Simba’s K-12 Reading Market Report, 2024, found that there is growing implementation of the Science of Reading (SoR) programs in K-12 schools. The report determined that the growing interest in SoR would likely create changes in the K-12 reading landscape and also im ... Read More
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Global Scientific & Technical Publishing 2023-2027
Global Scientific & Technical Publishing 2023-2027 Simba Information’s latest Global Scientific & Technical Publishing 2023-2027 found that the global scientific and technical publishing market measured $12.65 billion in 2022, up 2.7% from 2021. Simba found that product development involving AI was ... Read More
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State of College Course Materials 2023-2025
State of College Course Materials 2023-2025 Simba Information’s latest State of College Course Materials 2023-2025 report found that student spending on course materials has dropped to the lowest level reported; an average of $285 per year per student. The report highlighted many changes and transf ... Read More
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2022 National Instructional Materials Adoption Scorecard and 2023 Outlook
2022 National Instructional Materials Adoption Scorecard and 2023 Outlook Simba Information’s latest 2022 National Instructional Materials Adoption Scorecard and 2023 Outlook , finds that states are pursuing a range of tools to address student performance and learning loss. These include legislation ... Read More
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Publishing for the PreK-12 Market, 2023-2024
Publishing for the PreK-12 Market, 2023-2024 Simba Information, in its just released Publishing for the PreK-12 Market, 2023-2024 report, found that total sales of instructional materials reached $9.9 billion in 2022, up 6.3% from $9.31 billion in 2021. The report determined that this market growth ... Read More
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AI In the Classroom 2023-2024: Promises and Perils
AI In the Classroom 2023-2024: Promises and Perils Artificial Intelligence is on the rise in education and educational technology companies along with educational publishers are meeting the demand. Simba Information looked into the rise in AI in education in its report AI In the Classroom 2023-2024: ... Read More
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Open Access Journal Publishing 2023-2027
Open Access Journal Publishing 2023-2027 The transformation underway in global scholarly publishing can appear as orchestrated movement from 1,000 feet, but the impact of open access is very different for every publisher at the ground level. It requires a clear line of sight into the ever-changing d ... Read More
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PreK-12 Instructional Materials Industry Competitive Analysis, 2023
PreK-12 Instructional Materials Industry 2023 Publishers are making a variety of adjustments to what they need to do to be competitive and successful to deal with the major forces and changes confronting this section. These include responding to the lingering effects of pandemic induced lockdowns in ... Read More
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Professional Learning Market, 2023
Professional Learning Market, 2023 Professional Learning 2023 Total spending on US PreK-12 professional development in the 2022-2023 school year was $5.99 billion, up 2.9% from $5.76 billion in the previous year while the global market for corporate learning and development is forecast to grow from ... Read More
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Global Social Sciences & Humanities Publishing 2023-2027
Global Social Sciences & Humanities Publishing 2023-2027 According to Simba Information’s Global Social Sciences & Humanities Publishing 2023-2027 report, published June 2023, the global Social Science and Humanities market totaled $4.49 billion in revenue in 2022 an increase of 0.8% over $4 ... Read More
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PreK-12 Policy & Budget Outlook, 2023-2024
PreK-12 Policy and Budget Outlook 2023-2024 SIMBA Information’s recently released PreK-12 Policy and Budget Outlook 2023-2024 report examines educational policy and funding trends at the federal, state, and local level. On the funding side, both federal appropriations and state budgets for PreK-12 e ... Read More
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K-12 Mathematics Market Survey Report 2023
K-12 Mathematics Market Survey Report 2023 Simba Information’s K-12 Mathematics Market Survey reports on the results from a survey of math teachers and administrators from around the country, asking key questions such as what math programs and products they use, what kind of attributes are desirable ... Read More
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Professional & Scholarly E-Book Publishing 2022-2026
Global Professional and Scholarly E-Book Publishing 2022-2026 In 2021, the top ten competitors in the professional e-book market brought in revenue of $1.16 billion, an increase of 1.8% over 2020 as major e-book publishers rely on acquisitions to build out their platforms and enhance their portfolio ... Read More
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PreK-12 Enrollment and Demographics, 2023-2024
PreK-12 Enrollment and Demographics 2023-2024 The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions to the education system, including declines in PreK-12 enrollments and has led to shifts in where and how families choose to educate their children, with some opting for religious or private school ... Read More
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PreK Reading 2023
PreK Reading 2023 Simba has estimated that the total market size for the PreK Reading Instructional Market for 2022 was estimated to be $411 million and is forecast to grow to $447.6 million by 2025. The report also finds that print materials makes up the largest segment of the market by far. Other ... Read More
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The State of College Course Materials 2022-2024
State of College Course Materials 2022-2024 What this Report Covers Simba’s State of College Course Materials 2022-2024 has found that college course materials will decrease 3.5% to $3.1 billion in 2022, reversing the previous year’s one year period of positive results. Simba also expects that sales ... Read More
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2021 National Instructional Materials Adoption Scorecard and 2022 Outlook
2021 National Instructional Materials Adoption Scorecard and 2022 Outlook: The 2021-2022 instructional materials adoption season was a year of recovery for the publishing market, as most districts made decisions in accordance with the traditional academic schedule. While this provided some relief to ... Read More
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