An overview of where people are listening to and paying for music. While this isn't comprehensive across all services, it gives a snapshot across different business models and was a good starting point for a discussion of "The Future of Monetizing Digital" at A2IM's Indie Week 2013.

1. Music Consumption Stats
A2IM IndieWeek 2013

2. 1 billion users

3. 1 billion users
25 billion views each month are
videos that contain music
12.5 billion of these views
generate $1.3b in ad revenue

4. 575 million accounts

5. 575 million accounts
Spend $40 per year in iTunes
(Across music, films, apps, etc.)

6. 24 million paying subs

7. 24 million paying subs
Spend $170-215 per year
60% of new cars have Sirius, 50% of
those car owners pay for Sirius

8. 6 million paying subs

9. 6 million paying subs
Spend $60-120 per year
24 million active users

10. 4 million paying subs

11. 4 million paying subs
Spend €60-120 per year

12. 2.5 million paying subs

13. 2.5 million paying subs
Spend $36 per year
70 million active users