Music Streaming Statistics 2025 – Newest Data + Infographic

Right now, there are over 400 million paid subscribers to music streaming services. What’s crazy about this stat is that I haven’t included YouTube since it’s hard to figure out how many people use it specifically to stream music.

My Background in Streaming

I wanted to give a little background about myself as I feel like I have some great experience when it comes to streaming. I played in a major label band, Vinyl Theatre from 2013-2025, and we amassed over 60 million streams ourselves specifically on Spotify. I’m a stats guy, and I was curious as to just how many people stream music.

While there are a ton of paid subscribers, there are also millions of users on each platform that don’t pay a subscription fee and just use the service for free.

When looking at the total number of users on streaming services, we get to the number of 1.36 billion active users on streaming platforms, still excluding YouTube.

Keep in mind, I’m not taking into account every streaming platform, just the main ones. Here’s a list of the platforms I have taken data from:

• Spotify – 675 million total users (263 million paid)
• NetEase (China) – 800 million total (139 million paid)
• Pandora – 81 million total
• iHeart Radio – 120 million total
• Sirius XM – 32.6 million total
• Apple Music – 60 million total

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Most Impactful Statistics From The Infographic Above

Music streaming now accounts for 80% of the music market

This is such a crazy thought to me. Music streaming has surpassed digital downloads and all physical products. This is according to the RIAA, and it really mirrors the rise of movie streaming services.

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Spotify Streaming In 2024

Here is a top 5 list of the most streamed artists globally in 2024.

Most Streamed Artists Globally 2024

1. Taylor Swift – 26.6 billion streams
2. The Weeknd
3. Bad Bunny
4. Drake
5. Billie Eilish

As you can see, pop and hip-hop completely dominated the music scene in 2024, which was of no surprise.

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Most Streamed Female Artists Globally

1. Taylor Swift
2. Billie Eilish
3. Ariana Grande
4. Dua Lipa
5. Halsey

These five women absolutely dominated in 2024 in terms of streams.

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Most Streamed Albums On Spotify 2024

1. Taylor Swift – Midnights
2. The Weeknd – After Hours
3. Bad Bunny – Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana
4. SZA – SOS
5. Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS

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Most Streamed Songs Globally 2024

1. Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter (1.6 billion streams)
2. Beautiful Things – Benson Boone
3. Birds of a Feather – Billie Eilish
4. Gata Only – FloyyMenor & Cris MJ
5. Lose Control – Teddy Swims

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There were 4.8 trillion music streams in 2024

This is a completely staggering number as it was 4.2 trillion the year prior. In 2024, the numbers are expected to keep rising as well.

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The Top 5 Streamed Artists in the U.S. in 2024

1. Taylor Swift
2. Drake
3. Zach Bryan
4. Morgan Wallen
5. Kanye West

This should come as no surprise as these artists are all massive. The continued dominance of pop, hip-hop, and country is evident.

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Spotify Has The Most Subscribers In The United States

The latest reports show that Spotify has now surpassed Apple Music in the U.S., with 50 million music subscriberscompared to Apple Music’s 42 million. This shift highlights Spotify’s growing dominance in the American market.

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The United States Currently Has 61.1 Million Paid Subscribers

There are 61.1 million subscribers to music streaming services in the U.S. According to reports, there were 46.9 millionpaid subscribers in 2018.

That means, in just one year, the number jumped by 14 million subscribers. The number is continuing to increase exponentially.

Out of these subscribers, Spotify and Apple Music account for over 54 million, which really shows just how dominant these two platforms are in the U.S.

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The Average Spotify Consumer Listens To Music For 148 Minutes Per Day

This statistic is absolutely insane to me. The average music streamer listens to music for over 2 hours every single day. Clearly, the consumer satisfaction level is high, as this is an absurd amount of time.

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Over 20,000 New Songs Are Added Daily To Spotify

It is very easy for artists to add their own songs to the ever-popular platform. However, a lot of these artists don’t understand that there should be a strategy behind releasing music.

To get into the Spotify algorithm, artists need to get added to playlists and have a high engagement rate on their songs.

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Spotify Was Valued At $1.17 Billion in Net Profit in 2024

Spotify achieved its first full year of profitability in 2024, with net profits of €1.14 billion ($1.17 billion). This number is growing at an alarming rate and shows no signs of slowing down.

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The Most Popular Genre Streamed Is By Far Hip-Hop/R&B

Hip-Hop/R&B accounted for 30.7% of all streams across platforms, making it by far the most dominant genre in 2024.

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EDM Is No Longer In The Top 5 For Streamed Genres

EDM continued to decline in streaming numbers and ranked 6th in 2024.

Here’s a list of the genres in order:

1. Hip-Hop/R&B – 30.7%
2. Rock – 14.7%
3. Pop – 14.7%
4. Latin – 8.2%
5. Country – 5.9%
6. EDM – 5.2%

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Latin Music Now Accounts For 8.2% Of Music Streamed

Latin music continues to rise every year and now accounts for 8.2% of all music streams, proving its growing popularity worldwide.

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The Most Popular Streaming Service In The World Is NetEase

The China-based streaming platform continues to dominate, boasting over 800 million active users.

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Jazz Music Is Currently The Lowest Streamed Music

Only 0.08% of all music streams are jazz, which is an incredibly low number. While I expected jazz to be lower in streaming, I didn’t realize it would be less than 1%.