Headline cuts · 2024 vs. 2019
2.12×
Indie monthly streams,
five-year multiple
+112% YoY-on-2019
47,800
DIY artists releasing
monthly · 2024
↑ from 19,400 in 2019
$3.40
Median listener spend
per indie release
↓ 8% on bundling shift
the kids didn’t ask permission—