2024

Epidemic Sound’s revenues jumped 29% to $181.6m in 2024, as EBITDA soared 150% YoY to $13.9m

The company expanded its audio library with the acquisition of sound effects company Soundly

German collection society GEMA distributed $1.22bn to rightsholders in 2024, up 4.7% YoY

Performance rights collections have seen a sharp spike amid tepid growth from online music

Global recorded music revenues rose 6.5% to $36.2bn in 2024, says MIDiA Research

According to MIDiA, streaming revenue grew 6.2% YoY to $22.2 billion

Germany’s recorded music business generated $2.58bn in 2024, up 7.8% YoY

Streaming alone saw growth of 12.6% YoY and accounted for 78.1% of music revenue

TikTok: 84% of songs that entered Billboard’s Global 200 chart in 2024 went viral on our platform first

TikTok users are much likelier to be superfans than the general population, research from TikTok and Luminate has found

Global audio streams jumped 14% in 2024 to 4.8 trillion – with pop music the fastest-growing genre in the US

Market research firm Luminate named Taylor Swift the top artist of 2024, as well as the top songwriter