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# How Apple Music Paid Subscriptions Stack Up Against The Competition [CHART]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/how-apple-music-paid-subscriptions-stack-up-against-the-competition-chart/
- Published: 2015-10-21T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-10-21T13:00:00.000Z
- Description: Earlier this week, Apple announced that Apple Music has 6.5 million paid subscribers. While its easy to be critical that with Apple's reach and hundreds of millions of active users,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/10/how-apple-music-paid-subscriptions-stack-up-against-the-com
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Streaming, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 5S, Apple Store, Business Insider, California, Chrysler, Department of Motor Vehicles, Facebook, Fifth Avenue, IPhone, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![Apple Music](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0884df32970d-150wi "Apple Music")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0884df32970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Earlier this week, Apple announced that **Apple Music has 6.5 million paid subscribers**. While its easy to be critical that with Apple's reach and hundreds of millions of active users, they s**hould have signed up more**. But it's also true that **just four months after launch** Apple Music has **more paying users than every competitor** except one.

[![image from static1.businessinsider.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d16ae46c970c-450wi "image from static1.businessinsider.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d16ae46c970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

[Statista](http://www.statista.com/?ref=hypebot.com) via [Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-music-paying-subscribers-vs-competitors-2015-10?ref=hypebot.com)  
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