Statistics
Source-based figures about mixing & music production, with dates, definitions and links.
Public figures provide useful context for audio interface shipments, but the available sources do not give an interface-only shipment count series. Here is what the broader U.S. market data and one company disclosure can show.
NAMM’s U.S. retail estimates, a 2025 independent-company survey, and Grips’ combined-category retailer data reveal distinct measures of the audio plugin landscape.
RIAA data tracks U.S. permanent-download album sales and revenue across report vintages, while IFPI’s global chart combines physical albums and full album downloads.
A data-led look at digital audio workstation adoption, from an academic survey of 613 responses to music-maker polls with different audiences and measures.
Global branded market totals, shifting TWS and OWS shipments, European sales estimates, and survey findings show how headphone categories and consumer preferences are changing.
Independent musician income varies widely across surveys, from music-income brackets and day jobs to streaming royalties, live performance, and teaching.
A 2024 study estimates that 16.3 million people aged 6 and older in Germany made music in their free time. Its findings show how participation varies by age and social class, what people play, and how they learn and perform.
RIAA estimates describe U.S. music-industry employment in 2017 and 2020; Statistics Canada reports age and gender composition across sound-recording industries in 2023.
IFPI surveys reported about 20 hours of weekly music listening in their global snapshots, while country studies and an India format breakdown show how listening time varies by sample and channel.
NAMM retail estimates and three distinct DAW surveys show software category changes, respondent preferences, and reported production workflows across specific populations.
Paid streaming subscription accounts had 837 million users worldwide in 2025. Explore global revenue measures and U.S. findings on spending, listening, discovery, and service features.
A source-based look at how musicians collaborated online, from Songtree’s 2019 database snapshot to lockdown surveys and a controlled network-performance experiment.
A data-led look at physical album sales statistics, from Germany’s CD and vinyl units to U.S. format reports, IFPI’s global vinyl chart and UK vinyl rankings and revenue.
NAMM’s 2025 report puts the U.S. recording and computer music category at $698.9 million in estimated 2024 retail shipments, alongside detailed product shares and category trends. A Japanese manufacturer survey adds shipment comparisons for microphones, mixers, and sound cards.
A Statistics Canada study tracks gender and age shares across recording industries, work status in publishing and production, and studio full-time positions from 2020 to 2023.
A source-based overview of Canadian sound recording studios, spanning historical regional establishment counts, operating margins, service revenue, costs, employment and later revenue indicators.
A source-based look at retailer sentiment, powered-monitor preferences, reported brands, broader speaker-enclosure sales, and the limits of available creator-market estimates.
A source-based guide distinguishing independent ownership, physical revenue, publishing value, consumption, and sector output.
Streaming passed US$22 billion worldwide in 2025, while the US and Canada data show different patterns across paid, ad-supported and free listening.
A source-led overview of recorded music revenue statistics, from global market growth and format shares to U.S. streaming and shipment values.