![]() Read our analysis of the CMA’s report, and its decision not to refer a full-blown market investigation of streaming music and the music industry, here. “The single largest mechanism through which music was streamed was ‘user curated’ playlists at 42%.” “Around 20% of streams were from playlists provided by the streaming service (as opposed to playlists created by the user themselves) and a further 11% of streams were delivered through autoplay functions on streaming services or ‘stations/radio’ provided by streaming services,” it explains. (Caveat: if the latter two are closer to the top end of the 5-10% range shown in the table, and the former two closer to the bottom of their 10-20% range, it may not be such a big difference.)īesides this individual breakdown, the CMA’s report provides a summary of this data across all streaming services too. YouTube Music has a much bigger chunk of algotorial streams than the other three, while editorial takes a slightly bigger share of streams on Apple and Amazon’s services than on Spotify or YouTube Music. Amazon Music has a lot more streams coming from its stations/radio features than the other streaming services. Spotify has a much higher percentage of user-curated streams, with its three rivals indexing much higher on non-playlist streams. Here’s the table (if you’re on a device where it isn’t displaying, you can also find it here): It divides streams into six categories: editorial (playlists curated by humans at the service) algotorial (playlists curated by algorithms) station/radio (their radio-like features) autoplay (tracks that automatically play when a playlist finishes, served up by an algorithm) user curated (playlists made by listeners and other curators who don’t work at the service) and non-playlist (everything else). The table is based on the CMA’s analysis of data provided by four streaming services: Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music and Amazon Music. So while it’s UK-only, the data is sure to be of wider interest. They’re in a table on page 44 of the report which breaks down “streams on playlist type as a % of UK streams by music streaming service in 2021”. To know how Apple Music compares to YouTube Music, you can see the breakdown for rough overview.A fascinating question, eh? And thanks to t his morning’s update report from UK competition regulator the CMA, we now have some answers. Apple Music is the second most popular music streaming platform in the U.S., with over 72 million active users in 2020, just behind Spotify.The company has publicly stated that its average payout per stream is 0.01. The YouTube Music was launched in June 2018, the service mainly focuses on personalized radio stations, playlists, and personal music library. ![]() However, if you're more interested in listening than watching, please take a deep look at YouTube Music. With YouTube, you can find music videos for millions of songs and watch them ad-free with YouTube Premium. YouTube is one of the most popular video platforms in the world, because of its comprehensiveness for diverse videos and music. This service provides new subscribers a three-month free trial period, and it lets users access more than 100 million songs worldwide with a paid subscription. ![]() It is a music and podcast streaming service and online music locker developed by Apple Inc. YouTube Music: Which Should I Go For?Īpple Music was launched on June 8, 2015. The major difference between Spotify and YouTube Music app is that the Spotify app has more ads compared to the YouTube Music app.
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