My intent with the post was not to encourage a "I hate old music" or "I love new music" scenario.
Although I had my popcorn and easy chair on standby smile

"The 200 most popular new tracks now regularly account for less than 5 percent of total streams.
That rate was twice as high just three years ago. "

His early on statement as quoted above was what most caught my attention. Sure millions upon millions of older tunes are going to be listened to by an aging population. I get that. But IMHO the most significant statement is that the percent of total streams for new tracks has reduced by 50% in three years -- irrespective of it being but 5% of the total. Perhaps a statistical aberration but if that trend were to continue then it would be a game changer. You can halve an already low data point a few times and it doesn't take long to reach virtually nothing. That would appear not to portend well for new releases of any genre.

Boatloads of salt grains and FWIW's. Guess I'm hounded by my graduate days in research design - which oughta make me dig into the research and stats behind his charts ...nah!

Bud

Last edited by Janice & Bud; 01/26/22 06:49 AM.
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