There are now 100m songs on Apple Music. Rival Spotify says it has ‘over 80m’ on its own platform

Apple Music just announced that it has hit the 100 million song milestone on its platform.

The service, which initially launched in June 2015, announced the new metric in a post on Monday (October 3).

inside parcelApple Music’s global editorial director, Rachel Newman, writes that, “21 years since the invention of iTunes and the launch of the original iPod, we’ve grown from 1,000 songs in your pocket to 100,000 times over on Apple. Music. “

“It’s phenomenal growth by any metric,” Newman added. The entire history, present and future of music is at your fingertips or voice command.

“More music than you can hear in one lifetime, or several lifetimes. More music than any other platform. Simply the largest music collection, in any format, ever.

“One hundred million songs – that’s a number that will continue to grow and multiply exponentially. But it’s more than just a number, representing something much more important – the tectonic shift in the business of producing and distributing music over the past two decades. “

Apple Music’s competitor Spotifymeanwhile, launched in 2008, said that its own website that it has “over 80 million tracks, including over 4 million podcast titles”.

Spotify is the largest music subscription service globally, with 433 million monthly active users, including 188 million subscribers, across 183 markets.

Apple does not analyze user and subscriber numbers for Apple Music, but in July Apple revealed that it had reached 860 million register across all of its services.

Apple Music confirmed in June 2019, their service passed the 60 million subscriber milestone. In June of this year, JP Morgan said it expects Apple Music’s subscriber numbers to reached 110 million to 2025.

Elsewhere in the blog post, Apple Music’s Newman adds that every day, “more than 20,000 singers and songwriters” are distributing new songs to Apple Music.

In February, Spotify disclosure that more than 60,000 new tracks are currently being used by the platform itself every day.

“One hundred million songs – that’s a number that will continue to grow and multiply exponentially. But it’s more than just a number, representing something much more important – the tectonic shift in the business of producing and distributing music over the past two decades. “

Rachel Newman, Apple Music

Newman added: “This is not only an opportunity to reflect on how far we have come, but also a time to look forward to the work we still have to do. At Apple Music, people management has always been at the core of everything we do, both ways you can see it, like our editorial playlists; and ways you can’t, such as human contact driving our recommendation algorithms.

“Now more than ever, we know that investing in people will be key to helping us best connect artists and audiences. With such a huge number of songs, we know you need someone there to guide you. Gone are the days of randomizing your library: We now help you discover new favorites and find forgotten gems, whether it’s one of the hosts Our professional radio program lights your way or a handcrafted playlist.Worldwide music business