Independent musicians and mental health symptoms worldwide 2019
This statistic shows the share of independent music makers who have ever experienced stress, anxiety or depression in relation to their music creation worldwide as of April 2019, sorted by age group. The data reveals that younger music artists were more likely to have experienced some kind of mental health problems, with 80 percent of independent musicians aged between 18 and 25 years old saying they had suffered from stress, anxiety and/or depression in relation to their music creation. Conversely, 49 percent of musicians aged 46 or above said the same.
