In that last 30, days sales at indie music hub Bandcamp are up 122% year-over-year, according CEO Ethan Diamond who shared a rare look inside what the LA Times dubbed the “anti-Spotify.”
More New Bandcamp Stats
In the past years fans on Bandcamp bought:
- 5M digital albums
- 2M tracks
- 1M vinyl albums
- 600,000 CDs
- 300,000 cassettes
- 250,00 t-shirts
- more than 40% of buyers paid more than the asking price of items to help support artists
Sales are continuing to rise. In August:
- $75M of music and merch had been sold on Bandcamp Fridays
- that has since grown to nearly $100M
- Bandcamp has generated $584 million for artists and labels since 2008
H/T Music Ally, LA Times
