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# UPDATE: Google Responds To Reports That YouTube, Google Music Services Have Just 16M Subscribers
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/google-youtube-music-services-have-just-16m-subscribers-report/
- Published: 2019-05-09T14:35:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-05-09T14:35:00.000Z
- Description: UPDATE: YouTube Music and Google Play Music have a total of just 15-16 million subscribers and growth has plateaued, according to two new reports. The totals, which reportedly include customers. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/05/google-youtube-music-services-have-just-16m-sub
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Streaming, YouTube & Video, DIY, DIY musicians, Google, indie, music, music industry, musician, musicians, streaming, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:55

[![YouTube Music logo](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20240a4a9ab86200b-200wi "YouTube Music logo")](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20240a4a9ab86200b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)UPDATE: YouTube Music and Google Play Music have a total of just 15-16 million subscribers and growth has plateaued, according to two new reports. The totals, which reportedly include customers who are on promotional trials, is being strongly disputed by Google.The company added 5 million music subscribers since YouTube introduced the new service last May, sources tell [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-08/google-tops-15-million-music-subscribers-as-it-chases-spotify?ref=hypebot.com). Compared to the 1.9 billion people who use YouTube monthly or even the 100 million that subscribe to Spotify, 15-16 million paid subscribers would be a disappointment to Google.But a Google spokesperson strongly disputed a similar [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-struggles-to-attract-paying-music-subscribers-11557337040?ref=hypebot.com) report:"YouTube Music & Premium paid subscribers grew 60% y/y from March 2018 to March 2019\. YouTube aggressively disputes the WSJ report stating YouTube Music subscription growth has plateaued, countering that healthy subscription growth continued through Q1 of this year."