⚡ Audio Streaming in the United Kingdom

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

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) is a Western European country with a population of over 67 million people.

According to our data, audio streaming services are detected on 2% of websites from the United Kingdom.

Statistics based on 160K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Spotify with a substantial share of 53.3%, followed by SoundCloud with 35.1% and Apple Podcasts with 13.3%.

Spotify 53.3%
SoundCloud 35.1%
Apple Podcasts 13.3%
Apple Music 11.5%
Bandcamp 11.2%
Mixcloud 5.2%
Spotify for Creators 3.1%
Libsyn 2.4%
Amazon Music 2.1%
Deezer 1.4%
TuneIn 1.1%
Beatport 1%
Last.fm 0.7%
Audible 0.6%
Tidal 0.5%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top services that are more popular in the United Kingdom than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

6. Mixcloud ^(-3)
12. Beatport ^(-9)
13. Last.fm ^(-9)
14. Audible ^(-1)
15. Tidal ^(-1)
16. YouTube Music ^(-1)
17. Castbox ^(-3)
24. Napster ^(-1)

✨ Best Audio Streaming Services

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 25 audio streaming services used on sites from the United Kingdom, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market 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	53.3%
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	35.1%
3	Apple Podcasts Cupertino, California, United States A podcast distribution and streaming platform from Apple that allows users to discover, follow, and listen to shows across Apple devices. Free	13.3%
4	Apple Music Cupertino, California, United States A subscription-based audio and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc. $5.99+/month	11.5%
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	11.2%
6	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	5.2%
7	Spotify for Creators Stockholm, Sweden A free platform for creating, hosting, and distributing podcasts and video shows, formerly known as Anchor, that combines publishing, audience management, and monetization tools in one service. Free$$$	3.1%
8	Libsyn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States A podcast hosting platform that provides creators with tools to publish, distribute, and monetize audio and video podcasts across major listening platforms. $7+/month	2.4%
9	Amazon Music Seattle, Washington, United States A music streaming platform and online music store operated by Amazon. Free$10.99+/month	2.1%
10	Deezer Paris, France A French music streaming service that provides access to over 120 million licensed tracks worldwide along with podcasts, radio, and curated playlists. Free$11.99+/month	1.4%
11	TuneIn San Francisco, California, United States An audio streaming service that provides access to live radio, podcasts, news, sports, and music through web and mobile applications. Free$9.99+	1.1%
12	Beatport Denver, Colorado, United States An online music marketplace and streaming platform designed for DJs and electronic music producers. $$$	1%
13	Last.fm London, United Kingdom A music streaming and discovery platform with Internet radio and a community for music discussion. Free$4.99/month	0.7%
14	Audible Seattle, Washington, United States An Amazon-owned online service for audiobooks, podcasts, and original spoken-word content. $7.95+/month	0.6%
15	Tidal Oslo, Norway A music streaming service focused on high-fidelity audio and artist-centric distribution. $5.49+/month	0.5%
16	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	0.5%
17	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	0.4%
18	iHeart San Antonio, Texas, United States An American audio streaming platform that combines live radio, podcasts, and music streaming, available on hundreds of platforms and connected devices. Free$4.99+/month	0.3%
19	Podchaser Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States A podcast database, search engine, and discovery platform. Free$5,000+/year	0.3%
20	iVoox Barcelona, Spain A Spanish platform for content creators to publish, monetize and distribute spoken audio. Free€3.99+/month	0.2%
21	Pandora New York, United States An online music service that offers personalized radio stations tailored to each user. Free$4.99+/month	0.1%
22	Podigee Berlin, Germany A German-based podcast hosting, distribution, analytics, and monetization platform. Free$19+/month	0.09%
23	StreamGuys Bayside, California, United States An American provider of audio and video streaming toolsets and services.	0.06%
24	Napster Seattle, Washington, United States An American online music service available in 33 countries.	0.03%
25	Yandex Music Moscow, Russia A Russian music streaming service. Free449 RUB/month	0.03%

👉 See Also

🌎 Audio Streaming in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 160,968 websites from the United Kingdom.
We currently track the presence of 28 audio streaming services across the web.
Of these, 25 were detected on websites from the United Kingdom.
Statistics were last calculated on May 6, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.