This statistic shows the results of a survey on the most popular destinations for listening to music in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016. During the survey, it was found that 46.4 percent of UK music consumers stated to use YouTube as their first destination to listen to a piece of music that they did not own, while 14.9 percent of respondents reported that they would pay to download it or would buy it on CD/LP. A further 16.6 percent of respondents stated that they would listen via an audio streaming service, such as Spotify.
When you want to listen to a piece of music that you don’t own, where is your first destination?
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British Recorded Music Industry. (May 18, 2017). When you want to listen to a piece of music that you don’t own, where is your first destination? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/712958/preferred-ways-to-listen-to-music-in-the-uk/
British Recorded Music Industry. "When you want to listen to a piece of music that you don’t own, where is your first destination?." Chart. May 18, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/712958/preferred-ways-to-listen-to-music-in-the-uk/
British Recorded Music Industry. (2017). When you want to listen to a piece of music that you don’t own, where is your first destination?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/712958/preferred-ways-to-listen-to-music-in-the-uk/
British Recorded Music Industry. "When You Want to Listen to a Piece of Music That You Don’t Own, Where Is Your First Destination?." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/712958/preferred-ways-to-listen-to-music-in-the-uk/
British Recorded Music Industry, When you want to listen to a piece of music that you don’t own, where is your first destination? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/712958/preferred-ways-to-listen-to-music-in-the-uk/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
When you want to listen to a piece of music that you don’t own, where is your first destination? [Graph], British Recorded Music Industry, May 18, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/712958/preferred-ways-to-listen-to-music-in-the-uk/
