This is probably outdated. It’s from 2018.
I was gonna say, the only way Google and YouTube are listed separately is if this data was collected years ago before YouTube music was a thing
I think we basically just had 2020 with both, which is after the data used in the OP’s chart.
I’m suspecting YouTube on here is just ad revenue for music videos on YouTube rather than anything to do with the YouTube music service.
Edit: I was completely off the mark with the first point, I must have completely ignored YouTube music for the first few years
Microsoft as always trying hard to get in the business and failing spectacularly. Never heard of Xbox music
TIL Xbox Music is a thing
This is really old.
Xbox music became Groove Music which was retired Dec 31st 2017.
Though I guess that was just the subscription offering?
Sounds like any licenses you held continue on which I guess is nice. Does that mean any Zune licenses you have are now Xbox / Groove?
This source is quoted all the time and is based on someone misinterpreting YouTube artist revenue, it’s actually the same as the Google figure listed.
According to Route Note, which appears to offer a middle-man service for artists, their ranking, as of November 2023, is:
- Napster
- Tidal
- Apple
- YouTube Music
- Deezer
- YouTube (official content)
- Amazon
- Spotify
- Pandora
- YouTube (ContentID)
Has anyone used Tidal or Napster? How is the music selection there vs Spotify?
I tried to switch to Tidal, but I found their app not as good, their integration with Sonos lacking, and no parental controls, which is important to me. Music selection was pretty good. A lot of niche stuff isn’t there, sadly. For example I sometimes listen to college acapella groups, and there just isn’t as much there. All the popular music is there though.
