Statistics
Source-based figures about home recording & music making, with dates, definitions and links.
Explore U.S. housing-unit counts for home theater or audio systems and smart speaker controls, plus connected-speaker survey findings from 2023.
NAMM and Focusrite publish useful recording and computer music market figures, but the cited data do not provide standalone audio interface sales or unit counts.
Creator work is measured in different ways across countries. These figures cover U.S. full-time-equivalent jobs, Brazil’s digital-products sector and creator survey, and broader U.K. creative and screen-sector findings.
A data-led look at global recorded music revenue, streaming and format shares, U.S. digital revenue, and regional growth in 2025.
Survey findings show how headphone use varies by country, age, weekly duration, listening setting, and activity, alongside historical measures of exposure and gamers’ safety preferences.
Available surveys show a gap between awareness of hearing risks and consistent use of hearing protection. Findings range from a recent audience survey to a small, event-specific Swiss study and a nationally representative U.S. attitudes survey.
Independent music release estimates are broad, while France’s declared-title data offers a closer view of production, genre, language, and voice characteristics. Distribution figures add a separate measure of platform activity.
A source-based comparison of who attends live music, how often, where, and what keeps people from going, using Australian, German, European and Scottish data.
US retail-value trends, 2024 exports of microphones and stands by country, and Australian Pro Audio import figures show several distinct ways to track the microphone market.
A UK call-for-evidence survey collected in 2020 records music activities reported by young people and families, access routes, barriers, and provider offerings.
Explore music listening time statistics from IFPI, GWI, FIMI and RAJAR, with clear distinctions between total listening, streaming duration and on-demand use.
Selected surveys reveal how respondents choose digital audio workstations, which platforms they use, and how professional level, experience and training relate to their reported use.
Compare reported global paid streaming accounts and revenue with US premium and non-premium subscription figures and India’s paid music survey findings.
Global physical revenue rose in 2025 as vinyl and CD revenues grew. U.S. and UK figures show how shipments, wholesale value, vinyl sales, and direct-to-consumer channels varied by market.
Podcast listening statistics show broad reach in the U.S. and U.K., alongside differences in how often people listen, which formats they prefer, and what they seek from podcasts.
Vinyl revenues and sales rose across several reported markets in 2025. Explore U.S. shipment totals, global revenue growth, UK album sales, chart leaders and the independent retail share.
Explore U.S. recording and computer-music retail sales, including 2024 market changes, historical hardware revenue, recorder values, and category shares.
Participation measures depend on who was surveyed and what activity or period was counted. These findings cover current playing, recent music-making, practice, instrument choices, lessons, and reported barriers.
Global recorded music revenue reached US$31.7 billion in 2025 as streaming remained the largest format. Explore format, regional, and U.S. wholesale figures.
Sound recording employment figures cover different industries, occupations, years, and measures. This guide explains what the BLS counts show and how to read them.