The musical income recorded in the United States reached a record in the first half of 2025, but growth was flat from year to year, according to the RIAA report on the middle of the year published on Tuesday.
According to the RIAA, large income increased to $ 5.589 billion in the first half, against $ 5.537 billion, which represents an increase below 1% compared to 2024. These figures continue the trend in the growth of American market income as streaming has become more and more saturated since the start of boom in the 2010s.
In particular, the RIAA has updated its report system this year to be based solely on fat data rather than retail data, declaring that it has moved to align with global reports such as the IFPI’s annual world music report. The large figures are less than those of retail. For example, in the mid -year report of last year, large income was listed at around 5.5 billion dollars while the retail was $ 8.7 billion.
While overall growth was stable, income from remunerated streaming was stronger, increasing about 5.7% to more than $ 3.2 billion. The number of subscriptions increased by around 6.4%, from 99 million to 105.3 million to exceed the 100 million mark.
“The number of paid subscriptions has taken a historic stage, exceeding 100 million accounts, while income from all formats reached $ 5.6 billion in the first half of 2025 – important markers who highlight the sustainable value of music and demand for human art supported by disk labels and collaborative partnerships”, said by Mitch Glazer, Riaa Ceo in Mitch A declaration.
While paid subscriptions has increased, free streaming income has dropped by almost 3% to $ 875 million. Globally streaming revenues increased by approximately 2.3% to more than $ 4.6 billion, which represents approximately 84% of all recorded income.
Digital downloads have been decreasing, as they have done in recent years, falling to around $ 138 million, down 1.4%. Physical income has also dropped, down almost 6% to approximately $ 576.4 million. In particular, the vinyl, which has experienced a major resurgence in a format of physical sales differently, fell 1% in the two units sold and the overall income. Vinyl returned was around $ 457 million, compared to around 22.1 million units. CD units and revenues have dropped approximately 22% to 11.7 million units and around $ 108 million. Vinyl units have exceeded CDs for the fifth consecutive year, according to the RIAA.
Despite the slowed growth, the vice -president of the RIAA research, Matt Bass, said that this year’s midsear report figures “show a stable and lasting base while music continues to be one of the strongest exports in America with American artists representing one in three world flows – more than the next six combined countries.”
“The alignment of our reports to international standards allows us to tell this story more clearly than ever,” said Bass.
