This statistic shows the results of a survey on the reasons that motivated respondents in the United Kingdom (UK) not to pay for a music subscription service in 2016. Almost half of respondents stated that a paid subscription model did not appeal to them, while a quarter of respondents reported that they preferred not to pay for music and to use free sources such as YouTube instead; 31 percent found paid music subscriptions to be too expensive.
Why did you decide not to pay for a music subscription?
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British Recorded Music Industry. (May 18, 2017). Why did you decide not to pay for a music subscription? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 28, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/713020/reasons-for-not-subscribing-to-a-paid-music-service-in-the-uk/
British Recorded Music Industry. "Why did you decide not to pay for a music subscription?." Chart. May 18, 2017. Statista. Accessed February 28, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/713020/reasons-for-not-subscribing-to-a-paid-music-service-in-the-uk/
British Recorded Music Industry. (2017). Why did you decide not to pay for a music subscription?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 28, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/713020/reasons-for-not-subscribing-to-a-paid-music-service-in-the-uk/
British Recorded Music Industry. "Why Did You Decide Not to Pay for a Music Subscription?." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/713020/reasons-for-not-subscribing-to-a-paid-music-service-in-the-uk/
British Recorded Music Industry, Why did you decide not to pay for a music subscription? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/713020/reasons-for-not-subscribing-to-a-paid-music-service-in-the-uk/ (last visited February 28, 2021)