: Roughly 88% of all tracks received fewer than 1,000 annual streams, while a small elite group of about 541,000 tracks (the "backbone") drove nearly half of global consumption.
: Listeners are increasingly turning to "Catalog" music (tracks older than 18 months), which now makes up over 70% of total consumption in major markets like the U.S..
: Brazil, Mexico, and India are currently the highest-potential growth markets, collectively nearing the streaming volumes of the U.S..
: Total on-demand audio song streams reached 5.1 trillion in 2025, a 9.6% increase from 4.7 trillion in 2024.
: The United States remains the world's top music exporter, with Pop as its biggest genre export, followed by the United Kingdom with Rock.