Fans around world are listening to more music according to a recent study by IFPI, representing the recording industry worldwide. Engaging with Music 2022 measured how 44,000 people across 22 countries, the largest study of its kind, engage with music.
Engaging with Music 2022 report highlights
- Average weekly time listening to music grows to 20.1 hours – Music fans are listening to more music today than ever before, spending on average 20.1 hours listening to music weekly (up from 18.4 hours in 2021).
SOURCE: IFPI – Top 5 countries most engaged with paid subscription - More than 45% of fans choose paid subscription services – 46% of respondents use subscription audio streaming services, which offer uninterrupted and on-demand access to millions of licensed tracks.
- Music is integral to people’s mental and physical wellbeing – Music continues to play a vital role supporting both mental health and physical activity. While 69% of people say music is important to their mental health, 68% say that music is important when they exercise.
SOURCE: IFPI – The top 5 ways people engage with Music - There are more ways than ever for people to engage with music today – More than three-quarters of those surveyed enjoy music in multiple formats – the highest on record. On average, people across the globe use more than six different methods to engage with music – ranging from video streaming to terrestrial radio, television, film, gaming soundtracks, creating short-form videos and much more.
- Music is central to people’s engagement with short form video apps – 63% of people agreed that music plays a central role in the time they spent watching videos on short form video apps.
- People listen to diverse range of music genres – Alongside popular genres such as Hip-Hop, Rock and Pop, more than 500 different genres were identified by at least one respondent – including ‘Sertanejo’, ‘Samba’, ‘Disco-Polo’ and ‘Dangdut’ – contributing to a rich mixture of local and global music available to music fans across the globe.
- Music remains key reason listeners tune into radio – The enduring popularity of radio continues, with 73% of respondents saying that they listen to radio primarily for music.
- Unauthorised access to unlicensed music remains threat to music ecosystems – Almost one in three respondents (30%) used unauthorised or unlicensed methods to listen to or download music.
The full report Engaging with Music 2022 can be downloaded here. IFPI have also produced a two page infographic which can be downloaded here.
