Whether or not Apple Music has been more successful than Spotify may be up for debate, but whether it has been more geographically pervasive isn't. Indeed, at most recent count Apple Music is present in fifty-nine more countries than Spotify.
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Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0Apple has done a great job making Apple Music available throughout the world. As a matter of fact, Music Business Worldwide notes that the service is now in 59 more countries than Spotify. 
While we haven't received any info lately as to the number of subscribers that's translated into (the last figure was 10 million after 6 months, half that of Spotify), it does give Apple Music a huge leg up over the the competition. It's true that many of the countries have small populations, but it all ads up when the number is as large as it is.Here's the list of countries where Apple Music has a presence, but Spotify does not. 1. Anguilla 2. Antigua 3. Armenia 4. Azerbaijan 5. Bahrain 6. Barbados 7. Belarus 8. Belize 9. Botswana 10. British Virgin Islands 11. Cambodia 12. Cape Verde 13. Cayman Islands 14. China 15. Dominica 16. Egypt 17. Fiji 18. Gambia 19. Ghana 20. Grenada 21. Guinea-Bissau 22. India 23. Indonesia 24. Japan 25. Jordan 26. Kazakhstan 27. Kenya 28. Kyrgyzstan 29. Laos 30. Lebanon 31. Macau 32. Mauritius 33. Micronesia 34. Moldova 35. Mongolia 36. Nepal 37. Niger 38. Nigeria 39. Oman 40. Papa New Guinea 41. Romania 42. Russia 43. St Kitts & Nevis 44. Saudi Arabia 45. Slovenia 46. South Africa 47. Sri Lanka 48. Swaziland 49. Tajikistan 50. Thailand 51. Trinidad & Tobago 52. Turkmenistan 53. Uganda 54. Ukraine 55. UAE 56. Uzbekistan 57. Venezuela 58. Vietnam 59. ZimbabweThis is good news if you're an artist, since Apple Music is more likely to get a paying subscriber than just about any other service, thanks to the fact that they already have credit cards on file.Related articles
