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# CD Baby Releases Indie Download Sales Analysis
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/digital_audio_i/
- Published: 2006-04-19T09:02:11.000Z
- Updated: 2006-04-19T09:02:11.000Z
- Description: Digital Audio Insider did a nice analysis of figures posted by CD Baby on revenue received from various download services for the indie label product: Download Store Total Sales Percent. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/04/digital_audio_i.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Indie Music, Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

![Cdbaby](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/cdbaby.jpg "Cdbaby")[Digital Audio Insider](http://digitalaudioinsider.blogspot.com/?ref=hypebot.com) did a nice analysis of figures posted by [CD Baby](http://cdbaby.org/stories/06/02/08/8880755.html?ref=hypebot.com) on revenue received from various download services for the indie label product:

| **Download Store** | **Total Sales** | **Percent** |
| ------------------ | --------------- | ----------- |
| Apple iTunes       | $2,892,913      | 66.48%      |
| iTunes-Europe      | $298,978        | 6.87%       |
| Rhapsody           | $261,785        | 6.02%       |
| iTunes-UK          | $230,481        | 5.30%       |
| MusicNet           | $111,700        | 2.57%       |
| MSN Music          | $97,337         | 2.24%       |
| iTunes-Canada      | $93,780         | 2.16%       |
| MusicMatch         | $85,399         | 1.96%       |
| Napster            | $67,243         | 1.55%       |
| iTunes-Japan       | $50,538         | 1.16%       |
| Emusic             | $35,876         | 0.82%       |

*Read the rest of the chart after the jump.*

D.A.I. points out correctly that adding the various iTunes revenue together accounts for a whopping 82% of total sales and no other outlet even hitting double digits. CD Baby takes 9% of sales passing the rest on the the artists and indie labels. Thanks to [Digital Audio Insider](http://digitalaudioinsider.blogspot.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and kudos to CD Baby for being so open with their data.

| Sony Connect               | $30,347 | 0.70% |
| -------------------------- | ------- | ----- |
| MP3tunes                   | $21,017 | 0.48% |
| AudioLunchbox              | $16,421 | 0.38% |
| iTunes-Australia           | $15,048 | 0.35% |
| BuyMusic                   | $11,386 | 0.26% |
| Puretracks                 | $9,144  | 0.21% |
| Napster-UK                 | $5,472  | 0.13% |
| Audiolunchbox Subscription | $2,929  | 0.07% |
| LoudEye                    | $2,095  | 0.05% |
| MusicNow                   | $1,957  | 0.04% |
| Napster-Canada             | $1,951  | 0.04% |
| Mperia                     | $1,805  | 0.04% |
| NetMusic – DEAD            | $1,775  | 0.04% |
| Weed                       | $1,348  | 0.03% |
| PassAlong                  | $1,144  | 0.03% |
| Viztas – DEAD              | $538    | 0.01% |
| DigitalKiosk               | $484    | 0.01% |
| CatchMusic – DEAD          | $462    | 0.01% |
| DiscLogic – DEAD           | $229    | 0.01% |
| RuleRadio                  | $37     | 0.00% |