Info Graphic: State of Online Music 2011

For those of you who like stats and come to think of it those of you who dont, we’re quite sure you’ll appreciate some of these Next Big Sound figures. Quite incredible to think that in 2011 there were 64 billion new plays, 16 billion profile views, and 3.5 billion new fan connections. Yep, that’s right: Billion

Metrics were taken from Twitter, Facebook, Soundcloud, Youtube, Vevo, MySpace and Wikipedia – Soundcloud notably had a 231% increase, which surely has influenced their recent $50 million investment. Well deserved in our eyes, we’ve been using Soundcloud for nearly all of our projects – especially the work we’ve done on the Strummerville DIY pages and Top 20 Playlist.

Source: 2011 STATE OF ONLINE MUSIC