⚡ Audio Streaming

Audio streaming platforms provide access to music and podcasts, allowing users to listen on demand through web browsers, mobile apps, and smart devices.

These services may offer features such as live streaming, curated playlists, offline playback, personalized recommendations, and tools for artists and creators to monetize their content.

According to our data, audio streaming services are detected on 1.6% of all websites.
70.9% of these sites use only one audio streaming service, 18.6% use two, and 10.5% use three or more at the same time.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading audio streaming services in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Spotify with a substantial share of 56.8%, followed by SoundCloud with 29.3% and Apple Podcasts with 16.6%.

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of services that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

✨ Best Audio Streaming Services

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 28 audio streaming services we track, ranked by their market share.

RankNameMarket share
1
Spotify
Stockholm, Sweden

A digital music-streaming service that gives users access to a large online library of music tracks and podcasts.

Free$5.99+/month
2
SoundCloud
Berlin, Germany

An online music streaming and distribution platform that allows musicians upload, share, and monetize audio tracks, while listeners discover and engage with content.

Free$4.99+/month
3
Apple Podcasts
Cupertino, California, United States

A content distribution and streaming service from Apple.

Free
4
Apple Music
Cupertino, California, United States

A subscription-based audio and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc.

$5.99+/month
5
Bandcamp
West Hollywood, California, United States

An online music platform and community where fans discover new music and directly support artists.

Free$10+/month
6
Spotify for Creators
Stockholm, Sweden

A free platform that helps creators distribute, grow, and monetize their show.

Free$$$
7
Amazon Music
Seattle, Washington, United States

A music streaming platform and online music store operated by Amazon.

Free$10.99+/month
8
Libsyn
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

A podcast hosting platform that has been providing creators with hosting, distribution, and monetization services since 2004.

$7+/month
9
Mixcloud
London, United Kingdom

A user-generated audio streaming platform that allows users to legally livestream and upload DJ mixes, radio shows and original tracks.

Free$7.99+/month
10
Deezer
Paris, France

A French music streaming service that provides access to over 120 million licensed tracks worldwide along with podcasts, radio, and curated playlists.

Free$11.99+/month
11
TuneIn
San Francisco, California, United States

A global audio streaming service providing news, radio, sports, music, and podcasts.

Free$9.99/month
12
iHeart
San Antonio, Texas, United States

An American audio streaming platform with apps available on over 200 platforms, including web, iOS, Android, Alexa, cars and more.

Free$4.99+/month
13
Podigee
Berlin, Germany

A German-based podcast hosting, distribution, analytics, and monetization platform.

Free$19+/month
14
iVoox
Barcelona, Spain

A Spanish platform for content creators to publish, monetize and distribute spoken audio.

Free€3.99+/month
15
Audible
Seattle, Washington, United States

An Amazon-owned online service for audiobooks, podcasts, and original spoken-word content.

$7.95+/month
16
Tidal
Oslo, Norway

A music streaming service focused on high-fidelity audio and artist-centric distribution.

$5.49+/month
17
YouTube Music
Mountain View, California, United States

A music streaming service from Google that provides on-demand listening, playlists, and personalized recommendations.

Free$5.49+/month
18
Podchaser
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

A podcast database, search engine, and discovery platform.

Free$5,000+/year
19
Castbox
San Francisco, California, United States

A global spoken audio platform with automated transcribing, an indexing tool for podcasts, and an advanced recommendation engine.

Free$7.99/year
20
Pandora
New York, United States

An online music service that offers personalized radio stations tailored to each user.

Free$4.99+/month
21
Beatport
Denver, Colorado, United States

An online music marketplace and streaming platform designed for DJs and electronic music producers.

$$$
22
Last.fm
London, United Kingdom

A music streaming and discovery platform with Internet radio and a community for music discussion.

Free$4.99/month
23
StreamGuys
Bayside, California, United States

An American provider of audio and video streaming toolsets and services.

24
Yandex Music
Moscow, Russia

A Russian music streaming service.

Free449 RUB/month
25
Napster
Seattle, Washington, United States

An American online music service available in 33 countries.

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