The graph shows the number of music streaming subscribers worldwide from 2010 to 2016, with a forecast until 2020. According to the source, there were 67.5 million streaming music subscribers in 2015, a figure that is projected to rise to over 200 million by 2019.
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The graph shows the number of music streaming subscribers worldwide from 2010 to 2016, with a forecast until 2020. According to the source, there were 67.5 million streaming music subscribers in 2015, a figure that is projected to rise to over 200 million by 2019.
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- February 2017
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2010 to 2016
- Supplementary notes
- * Forecast
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- Region
- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2010 to 2016
- Supplementary notes
- * Forecast
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- Devices used
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- Devices used for audio content consumption in the United States as of July 2015Devices used for audio content consumption in the U.S. 2015
- Devices used by teenagers for audio content consumption in the United States as of July 2015Teenagers: devices used for audio content consumption in the U.S. 2015
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- Streaming
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- How often do you use paid music streaming services*?Frequency of paid music streaming service usage in the U.S. 2017
- How often do you use free music streaming services*?Frequency of free music streaming service usage in the U.S. 2017
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- Number of on-demand music streams in the United States from 2013 to 2017 (in billions)U.S. on-demand music streams volume 2013-2017
- Distribution of streamed music consumption in the United States in 2017, by genreStreamed music consumption in the U.S. 2017, by genre
- Distribution of weekly time spent listening to music from selected audio streaming services in the United States in 2016Share of time spent listening to music from streaming services in the U.S. 2016
- Most-streamed weekly tracks on Spotify in the United States as of April 2018 (in million streams)Spotify: most streamed weekly tracks in the United States 2018
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