IFPI designed and ran the Music Consumer Study, 2019 across 21 of the world’s major music markets, exploring the music habits of consumers worldwide. Fieldwork was carried out by independent research agency AudienceNet. India was a key part of the study and this document explores some of the insights taken from the responses of the 3,000 surveyed Internet users in India aged between 16-64. The policy implications of this study are also discussed.
Key Insights:
- The society in India has a strong engagement with music across ages and platforms; 80% of surveyed internet users
identified themselves as “music fanatics” or “music lovers”, higher than the corresponding global average of 54%. - Compared to their global counterparts, the surveyed respondents in India showcased a greater preference to
visually engage with music- with the time spent on video streaming services accounting for 28% of the average user’s
total listening time in India, i.e., 5.3 hrs/ week, compared to the global average of 19.6% or 3.5 hrs/ week - Radio engagement in India is high, increasing even; on an average, 86% of surveyed respondents used radio (live or on demand) to consume music – engagement with radio formats was equitable across all age-groups, though consumption was particularly higher in the age group of 35-44 with 90% users opting to listen to music on the radio in the past three months.
- Music listeners aged 16-44 are more likely to pay for audio streaming as they prefer an ad-free experience, the autonomy to listen to anything at any time, convenient form of music streaming and access to a one stop shop for all their respective music preferences.
- An emerging form of copyright infringement, social media piracy has emerged in India owing to developments in app space. Certain apps make available on their platforms unlicensed sound recordings owned by record labels in India and seek immunity under “safe harbour provisions” to escape liability
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