By 2025, Spotify will have 100.6 million users, over twenty million more than the 78.5 million recorded in 2020. However, a gradual decline in Pandora's user base is anticipated to continue over the coming years, with the company losing two to three million active listeners per year.
Spotify and Pandora – more information
Pandora
In 2018, Pandora was most popular among users aged 25 to 34 and users aged 55 or above, whereas adults in the 18 to 24-year-old age bracket was by far the company's weakest market segment. Pandora's user base may be flatlining compared to Spotify's, but Pandora’s revenue jumped from four million U.S. dollars to almost 1.5 billion in a decade, showing incredible and consistent growth during that time. Pandora generates most of its revenue from advertising, although has grown increasingly reliant on revenue from subscription services. Pandora was acquired by Sirius XM in February 2019 for 3.5 billion U.S. dollars.
Spotify
In 2018, Spotify reported 5.2 billion euros in revenue, following a history of significant growth. Spotify was operating at a loss for years, but reported its first quarterly operating profit at the beginning of 2019. the company has placed a stronger focus on podcasts and will continue to do so according to industry experts and company reports, and is one of the most popular podcast providers in the United States.
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