“I listen to music anyway that I can, especially with being involved in the choir and musicals.” To further explain this statement, one of the added features Spotify offers is “offline listening” which allows users to download music that will be available to play without service/wi-fi. “I was sick of the songs on the radio and I wanted to make a playlist of songs that I personally enjoy and want to listen to offline.” I listen the most while I am at work or in the car.” “For me, I listen to music as a hobby and listen to it for up to 8 hours a day.” When asking Debi Sullivan this same question, she stated, To gain some further knowledge about each interviewee, I proceeded to ask them how much they listen to music on a daily basis. This shows that both streaming platforms are able to offer their subscribers a plethora of features that they can enjoy. Since then, I’ve just gotten used to it.”Īfter conducting each interview, each user had different reasoning for choosing each platform. “I started using Apple Music because my phone came with a subscription for it. For further insight, I also interviewed high school student Miah Moore who only uses Apple Music as her source for streaming. These playlists include “New Music Friday,” “Time Capsule,” “Repeat Rewind,” and many more that generate based on your listening history.

“I enjoy the many benefits that Spotify offers including the personal playlists Spotify curates for you.” To contradict this statement, Spotify user Debi Sullivan stated, “If I had to do anything for music research, I would choose to open up Apple Music due to the benefit of information they have on both the artist and their music.” Although, between the two, Emmanuel stated Interviewee Emmanuel Torode, a high school student at RHS, stated that he uses both Spotify and Apple Music and switches between each platform to enjoy his music. Although, after conducting an interview between users of each platform, some interesting results were recorded. After researching both these platforms, Spotify seems to statistically dominate over Apple Music. Compared to Spotify, Apple Music has 93 million more users.

As for Apple Music, this platform had around 72 million subscribers worldwide in June 2020. This statistic is an increase of 17.97% compared to the same time last year. Millions of listeners use one or both of these services and continue to increase their popularity.Īs of October 2021, Spotify has about 165 million subscribers and around 365 million monthly active users. These two platforms are Apple Music and Spotify. Among the hundreds of music platforms, two remain head to head at the top. Over the course of the past few years, the music industry has only grown larger.

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