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4 sourced facts about subscriptions and subscription services, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answerover 207 million
Spotify passed 207 million users in 2019, a mix of free and paying subscribers spread across dozens of markets.
Source: Spotify, via Wikipedia (2019) en.wikipedia.org
Answer34.3%
Streaming made up 34.3% of recorded music revenue in 2015, about $2.4 billion, as subscription services overtook downloads.
Source: RIAA, via Wikipedia (2015) en.wikipedia.org
Answer22 of 25
Print subscription levels fell for 22 of the top 25 U.S. magazines between 2012 and 2013, with only a few titles bucking the trend.
Source: Publishing industry data, via Wikipedia (2013) en.wikipedia.org
Answerover 4.5 million
By 2017 Napster, once a symbol of free music piracy, had reinvented itself as a paid subscription service with millions of members.
Source: Napster, via Wikipedia (2017) en.wikipedia.org