Number of digital music album downloads in the United States 2004-2023

Published by Patrick Leu, Jun 7, 2024

The number of digital music album downloads in the United States amounted to 20.5 million in 2023, marking a drop of more than 50 percent from 2018. Over 100 million digital music albums were downloaded in the U.S. year by year between 2011 and 2015, but the number then began to decrease annually and has failed to recover since.

Number of digital music album downloads in the United States from 2004 to 2023 (in millions)

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March 2024

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United States

Survey time period

2004 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Figures for the period prior to 2022 were taken from RIAA's earlier publications.

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