The truth about streaming (Spotify audiences)

 Spotify’s catalog contains millions of tracks, but the distribution of streams is shockingly unequal. Let’s break it down:

Top-Tier Songs (Billion+ Streams):

• Only 33 songs have surpassed 1 billion streams—a minuscule fraction of the catalog.

High-Level Streaming (100M - 1B Streams):

• 4,800 songs fall into this category.

Moderate-Level Streaming (10M - 100M Streams):

• 60,000 songs have achieved between 10 million and 100 million streams.

Low to Moderate Streaming (1M - 10M Streams):

• 427,700 songs garner between 1 million and 10 million streams.

Mid-Lower Tier (100K - 1M Streams):

• 2.1 million songs fall into this range.

Lower Tier (1K - 100K Streams):

• 24.1 million songs receive between 1,000 and 100,000 streams.

Very Low Tier (101 - 1K Streams):

• 34.6 million songs are in this range.

Barely Played (11 - 100 Streams):

• 47.7 million songs receive between 11 and 100 streams.

Unplayed or Almost Unplayed (0 - 10 Streams):

• A staggering 93.2 million songs have 10 or fewer streams—the largest segment of the pyramid.

This breakdown paints a stark picture: 87% of tracks get fewer than 1,000 plays.

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