In the Vienna Creative Industries Report 2017, the economic development of the creative industries and their significance for the Vienna are presented in a time comparison as well as regarding the differences to other Austrian regions. The potential of the Viennese creative industry with regard to different dimensions of crossover effects and innovation are examined separately. Methodologically the analysis of recent secondary data as well as a special evaluation of the primary data of the 7th Austrian Creative Industries Report for Vienna are carried out.