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In a recent Edison's annual audio report "The Infinite Dial", Pandora is miles ahead of their competition for the most popular music streaming service in the United States.
I'm really shocked at these numbers because (and maybe it's because of my small circle of friends), but I do not know anyone that uses Pandora on a regular basis. I personally do not use Pandora, and just really puzzled at these incredible numbers.
Here is an informal, quick survey of W♥M writers and what they use:
Ryan adds:
I'm really shocked at these numbers because (and maybe it's because of my small circle of friends), but I do not know anyone that uses Pandora on a regular basis. I personally do not use Pandora, and just really puzzled at these incredible numbers.
Here is an informal, quick survey of W♥M writers and what they use:
Ryan adds:
I knew Pandora was popular in the USA, I just didn't realise they were that popular. Pandora has been around for a lot longer than Spotify and an age longer than iTunes Radio. Very popular with people aged 12-24 and popular with people aged 25-54. I think it'll be a different story if the global usage was taken into account.
Angela writes:
Pandora is the worst of them all. It doesn't given you the options that the other ones do. For me, it's simply a competition between Spotify and Google Play, and I'm choosing Google right now.
Justina confessed:
I use Pandora, Spotify, and sometimes iTunes. I've heard good things about Google Play though.
John uses:
Spotify mostly for me. Pandora is decent too, but I probably just go to Spotify more.
Emily hit it home:
For about 2-3 years, Pandora was the go-to music spot, especially when Dan and I hung out with friends. Then I discovered GrooveShark, which allows you to select specific music instead of a random playlist. Basically if I didn't have my ipod or stereo around and I wanted to listen to something very specific, I used GrooveShark. Pandora is a great service, but I got tired of their selections; they can be very limited and you won't always hear what you really want to hear. GrooveShark delivers this, however, not without its own set of challenges - namely, spyware, bogging down the page with its ads, etc.
I don't use either one very much anymore, to be honest. I'll check out streams on band websites or sites like bandcamp or RCRD LBL even NPR and often I use YouTube. But nothing really beyond that. The fact that Pandora is still wildly popular confuses me too.
I don't use either one very much anymore, to be honest. I'll check out streams on band websites or sites like bandcamp or RCRD LBL even NPR and often I use YouTube. But nothing really beyond that. The fact that Pandora is still wildly popular confuses me too.
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infographic courtesy of statista.com
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