In 2020, the most popular streaming service in the United States was Spotify, with 49 percent of respondents to a survey saying that they streamed or downloaded music from the site in the last week. Of this figure, 25 percent were using Spotify's premium service, and 24 percent were accessing the platform for free. Spotify overtook YouTube in terms of usage frequency between 2019 and 2020, and was one of the few services to see an increase in weekly users, along with Amazon Music and YouTube Music.
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AudienceProject. (May 6, 2020). Share of consumers who used selected music streaming and download services in the last week in the United States in 2019 and 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/758875/consumers-use-music-streaming-download-services/
AudienceProject. "Share of consumers who used selected music streaming and download services in the last week in the United States in 2019 and 2020." Chart. May 6, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/758875/consumers-use-music-streaming-download-services/
AudienceProject. (2020). Share of consumers who used selected music streaming and download services in the last week in the United States in 2019 and 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/758875/consumers-use-music-streaming-download-services/
AudienceProject. "Share of Consumers Who Used Selected Music Streaming and Download Services in The Last Week in The United States in 2019 and 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/758875/consumers-use-music-streaming-download-services/
AudienceProject, Share of consumers who used selected music streaming and download services in the last week in the United States in 2019 and 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/758875/consumers-use-music-streaming-download-services/ (last visited May 29, 2024)
Share of consumers who used selected music streaming and download services in the last week in the United States in 2019 and 2020 [Graph], AudienceProject, May 6, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/758875/consumers-use-music-streaming-download-services/