In its Global Piracy Report for 2018, UK-based Muso tracked 300 billion visits to piracy sites, up 1.6% year-over-year. Streaming music piracy in the UK alone increased 21%. But ‘stream-ripping’ accounted for a mere 4% of the total. It’s also declining alongside broader drops in track downloading.
Source: Stream-Ripping Drops 13% In One Year; Accounts for Just 4% of Total Pirate Site Traffic