🆚 Apple Music vs. Bandcamp

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Apple Music is slightly more popular than Bandcamp.
🌎 Apple Music is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
🌍 Bandcamp is more popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden.

Apple Music

Bandcamp

Type

Audio streaming service

About

Apple Music is a subscription-based audio and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc.

It offers over 100 million songs, supports lossless and spatial audio quality, and is available in over 160 countries and regions.

Bandcamp is an online music platform and community where fans discover new music and directly support artists.

It offers MP3-128 streaming by default, higher-quality MP3-V0 in the app and on Wi-Fi for purchased tracks, digital and physical album sales with flexible pricing, and high-quality downloads such as FLAC for purchased music.

Headquarters

Cupertino, California, United States

West Hollywood, California, United States

Website

music.apple.com

bandcamp.com #999

Pricing

Free version ❌Free trial for 1-3 months

Student$5.99/month

Individual$10.99/month

Family$16.99/month

Free version ✔️Bandcamp for Fans

Bandcamp for ArtistsFree version ✔️
Pro$10/month
Platform fee15%
Payment processing fee2.9% + $0.3

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Apple Music audio streaming service is 1.3 times more popular than Bandcamp.

Total websites

Market share

Audio Streaming

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Apple Music is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan, while Bandcamp is more popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Japan

France

Netherlands

Italy

Canada

Spain

Australia

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in Japan in the Audio Streaming category.
🥉 Third most popular in France in the Audio Streaming category.
🥉 Third most popular in the Netherlands in the Audio Streaming category.
🥉 Third most popular in Italy in the Audio Streaming category.
🥉 Third most popular in Russia in the Audio Streaming category.

🥉 Third most popular in Switzerland in the Audio Streaming category.
🥉 Third most popular in Vietnam in the Audio Streaming category.
🥉 Third most popular in Belgium in the Audio Streaming category.
🥉 Third most popular in Portugal in the Audio Streaming category.
⭐ 4th most popular in the Netherlands in the Audio Streaming category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Apple Music is more popular among sites focused on entertainment, blogs and wiki, and marketing and merchandising, while Bandcamp is more commonly used on online shopping, games, and forum, bulletin boards sites.

Entertainment

Blogs/Wiki

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Games

Business

Internet Services

Personal Pages

Forum/Bulletin Boards

Streaming Media