Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus a peer-to-peer (P2P) administrator to establish a first direct media network, the P2P administrator to operate as a Group Owner of the first direct media network, a media presenter to transmit media obtained from a streaming client device to a media presentation device different than the apparatus via the first direct media network, a message generator to generate a message including an identification of the media, and a network communicator to transmit the message to a central facility via a network.