$11.5B
U.S. recorded-music wholesale revenue in 2025
RIAA reported a new annual high for the U.S. recorded-music business.
Source: RIAA, 2025 Year-End Music Industry Revenue Report, published March 16, 2026 01Live Wirez reference
Music streaming & radio statistics.
Current numbers on the U.S. music business, online audio, podcast listening and connected-car audio, all in one place.
Last updated August 6, 2026
The quick read
Audio is everywhere. Attention still has to be earned.
Streaming subscriptions remain a major force in recorded music, while online audio, podcasts and connected-car listening keep expanding the places where listeners find music, voices and culture.
Each figure below links directly to the report that published it. Source dates matter: the page is current as of August 6, 2026, while the underlying measurements describe 2025 activity unless noted otherwise.
$5.6B
U.S. recorded-music revenue in the first half of 2025
The midyear total was a record high across all reported formats.
Source: RIAA, 2025 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report, published September 9, 2025 02$3.2B
Paid-subscription revenue in the first half of 2025
Paid subscriptions drove midyear growth, rising 5.7% from the prior year.
Source: RIAA, 2025 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report, published September 9, 2025 03105M
Average paid-subscription accounts in the U.S. in the first half of 2025
RIAA reported that paid accounts grew 6.4% year over year.
Source: RIAA, 2025 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report, published September 9, 2025 0479%
Americans age 12+ who used online audio monthly in 2025
That represents an estimated 228 million people listening to online audio each month.
Source: Edison Research, The Infinite Dial 2025, published March 27, 2025 0555%
Americans age 12+ who consumed podcasts monthly in 2025
Podcast consumption reached a new high in Edison Research's annual study.
Source: Edison Research, The Infinite Dial 2025, published March 27, 2025 0673%
Americans age 12+ who consumed a podcast in audio or video form in 2025
Edison estimates that combined audience at 210 million people.
Source: Edison Research, The Infinite Dial 2025, published March 27, 2025 0733%
Weekly U.S. podcast listeners who used YouTube most often in 2025
The finding shows how video platforms have become part of the audio conversation.
Source: Edison Research, The Infinite Dial 2025, published March 27, 2025 0840%
Adults who had Apple CarPlay or Android Auto in a car they used in the past month
The 2025 finding reflects the continuing shift toward connected listening in the car.
Source: Edison Research, The Infinite Dial 2025, published March 27, 2025 09Method & sources
Made to be checked, quoted and linked.
This reference page only uses figures published by the Recording Industry Association of America and Edison Research. It does not combine surveys into a new estimate or treat one source's measurement as a substitute for another.
- RIAA 2025 Year-End Music Industry Revenue Report, published March 16, 2026
- RIAA 2025 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report, published September 9, 2025
- Edison Research, The Infinite Dial 2025, published March 27, 2025
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Live Wirez Radio Show, “Music Streaming & Radio Statistics,” updated August 6, 2026, https://livewirezradioshow.com/music-streaming-radio-statistics.
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