Global digital music consumption distribution in 2014, by genre

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 1, 2015
The statistic shows the distribution of worldwide digital music consumption in 2014, broken down by genre. In 2014, pop/rock music accounted for 24 percent of online music consumption on networks like Spotify, YouTube, Vevo, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, Soundcloud and Instagram. In the United States, the most popular genre based on album sales (both physical and digital) was rock music.

Distribution of worldwide digital music consumption in 2014, by genre

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Release date

January 2015

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2014

Supplementary notes

Average distribution on Spotify, YouTube, Vevo, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, Soundcloud and Instagram.

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Physical music

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