Forecast that Apple Music will cross Spotify in the summer

bySteinar Engeland

The number of subscribers of Spotify, a music streaming service, is at the top of the list as of February 2018, but the Wall Street Journal says "Apple Music will be number one beyond Spotify in the US in the summer We announced the prediction that.

Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-music-on-track-to-overtake-spotify-in-u-s-subscribers-1517745720

Apple Music is set to surpass Spotify in paid US subscribers this summer - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/4/16971436/apple-music-surpass-spotify-us-subscribers

Spotify of music streaming service announced on January 5, 2018 that service subscribers exceeded 70 million people.

Hello 70 million subscribers

- Spotify (@ Spotify)January 4, 2018

On the other hand, paid users of Apple Music exceeded 30 million people, in September 2017It has been reportedAs of February 2018, it does not fit Spotify, but the increase rate of users in the US is higher than Spotify,Wall Street JournalIn the summer of 2018 I predicted "Apple Music will cross Spotify" in America.

According to what Apple reported to the Wall Street Journal, Apple's current users of Apple Music are 36 million people worldwide, but the rate of paid users in the United States has increased by 5 AppleScript music per month % And Spotify is 2% per month. In addition, Apple plans to release HomePod on February 9, and the growth of subscribers is expected to further accelerate with the appearance of new devices.


In addition, AppleI would like to finish the download sale of music by 2019 and make full-scale streaming distributionThere is a rumor that, in December 2017Acquired music search service "Shazam"doing. In this trendSpotify is too high to collect fee for App Store usage feeI am appealing to the EU.