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837,000,000 -- paid subscriptions for global music streaming (2025)
In 2025, global music streaming paid subscriptions reached 837 million according to IFPI figures reported by Music Business Worldwide.
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837,000,000
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2025
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Global
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30
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45
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95
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IFPI
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https://notnoise.co/blog/how-to-run-facebook-ads-for-music ↗
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Meta Ads for Music: How to Run Campaigns That Convert
Most musicians do not lose money on Meta because the ads are broken. They lose money because the click lands in a dead end. Spotify says more than 100,000 new songs are released every day, and Deezer data reported by Forbes says 78% of tracks uploaded in the past year were never played at all.
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global music streaming: 837,000,000 paid subscriptions. Source: IFPI (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/paid-subscriptions-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/paid-subscriptions-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>837,000,000</strong> -- paid subscriptions for global music streaming<br><small>Source: IFPI (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/paid-subscriptions-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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