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# Survey Tells Tale Of Two Spotifys: Piracy Killer vs. Flawed Service Losing Users
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/survey-tellstale-of-two-spotifys-piracy-killer-flawed-service-losing-users/
- Published: 2011-09-29T12:50:09.000Z
- Updated: 2011-09-29T12:50:09.000Z
- Description: In addition to the growing debate over payments to artists from Spotify, a new survey points to two very different pictures of the streaming music service's future. On the one. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/09/survey-tellstale-of-two-spotifys-piracy-killer-flawed-service-l
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

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In addition to the [growing debate](https://www.hypebot.com/zoe-keating-on-spotify-fairness-to-indie-artists-musics-niche-economy/) over payments to artists from **Spotify**, a new survey points to two very different pictures of the streaming music service's future. On the one hand the Mediavision [survery](http://www.scribd.com/doc/66658516/Musiksverige-Svenskarnas-Internet-Van-Or-Q2-20111?ref=hypebot.com) of Swedish users – Spotify's home country and where it has operated the longest – showed what others have: Spotify reduces piracy – 9% last year alone. **But..**.

The same [survey also shows](http://www.thelocal.se/36372/20110926/?ref=hypebot.com) that **43% of Swedish users are planning to replace Spotify**, in part or in full, with alternatives like YouTube. 48% are planning to move to other streaming services.

"We are **mystified** by the findings of this report, and believe both the research method and the results to be fundamentally flawed," Sofie Grant of Spotify told [The Local](http://www.thelocal.se/36372/20110926/?ref=hypebot.com). "Spotify has continued to grow its userbase across Sweden and the world, and now has well over **10 million registered users** and over 2 million paying subscribers".

**For [artists](https://www.hypebot.com/zoe-keating-on-spotify-fairness-to-indie-artists-musics-niche-economy/)** and labels worried that Spotify discourages sales and pays out too little, **the survey only adds to their dilema**. If payments from Spotify are compared with the zero income received from pirated music, anything looks good. But if users leave the service – whose payments to rightsholders are based on a percentage of income from ads and paid subscriptions – then per play payments will only shrink further.