🆚 Apple Music vs. Spotify for Creators

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Apple Music is three times more popular than Spotify for Creators.
🌎 Apple Music is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌎 Spotify for Creators is more popular in Brazil, India, and Vietnam.

Apple Music

Spotify for Creators

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.

Spotify for Creators (formerly Anchor) is a free platform that helps creators distribute, grow, and monetize their show.

Headquarters

Cupertino, California, United States

Stockholm, Sweden

Website

music.apple.com

creators.spotify.com

Pricing

Free version ❌Free trial for 1-3 months

Student$5.99/month

Individual$10.99/month

Family$16.99/month

Free version ✔️Podcast hosting

Podcast SubscriptionsPayment processing fee5.5%
Foreign exchange fee0.8%-1.6%

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Apple Music audio streaming service is 2.9 times more popular than Spotify for Creators.

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, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Spotify for Creators is more popular in Brazil, India, and Vietnam.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Japan

France

Netherlands

Brazil

Italy

Canada

Spain

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.

⭐ 4th most popular in India in the Audio Streaming category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Brazil in the Audio Streaming category.
⭐ 5th most popular in the Czech Republic in the Audio Streaming category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Canada in the Audio Streaming category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Vietnam 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 Spotify for Creators is more commonly used on business, education and reference, and Internet services sites.

Entertainment

Blogs/Wiki

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Online Shopping

General News

Finance/Banking

Sports