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# Digital Music Revenues Worldwide: Ringtones Still Bring In $2B A Year [CHART]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/digital-music-revenues-worldwide-ringtones-still-bring-in-2b-a-year-chart/
- Published: 2011-11-11T11:26:56.000Z
- Updated: 2011-11-11T11:26:56.000Z
- Description: Amazingly, ringtones are still one of the key pillars of the music business despite having peaked around 2005. As Peter Kakka wrote on AllThingsD: "If you’re reading this, you probably. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/11/digital-music-revenues-worldwide-ringtones-still-bring-i
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

[![image from www.google.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2015436cc673f970c-200wi "image from www.google.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2015436cc673f970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Amazingly, ringtones are still one of the key pillars of the music business despite having peaked around 2005\. As Peter Kakka wrote on [AllThingsD](http://allthingsd.com/20111110/yikes-the-digital-music-business-is-still-stuck-in-2005/?ref=hypebot.com): "If you’re reading this, you probably haven’t paid for a ringtone since 2007, and you probably don’t know anyone who does. But there it is, generating two-point-one-billion dollars."

**Chart Of Digital Music Revenues Worldwide:** 

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