On-Demand Audio Streaming is Up 62% [Chart]

On-demand audio streaming for the first half of 2017 is up 62% over last year, according to a Nielsen report.

It’s been an action-packed start to the year, with records broken, chart history made and several categories growing quickly. Lady Gaga headlined the Super Bowl and saw a spike in sales, Drake shattered streaming records, and Future hit number one with two different albums in successive weeks.


In March, weekly on-demand audio streaming surpassed seven billion, a significant milestone. Over the first half of 2017, there were 184.3 billion on-demand audio streams, a 62.4% increase.

Total audio consumption is up 8.9% and total audio and video consumption is up 8.1%. Check out the charts below for more details...