158 million tracks had 1,000 plays or fewer on music streaming services last year

According to Luminate’s 2023 Year-End Music Report, fully 158.6 million tracks each received 1,000 or fewer plays on audio streaming services in 2023. That number amounts to a whopping86.2% of the 184 million music tracks that Luminate measured on audio streaming services at the close of last year via ISRCs. Even more tellingly, a total of 45.6 million tracks received zero plays in 2023.

Source: 158 million tracks had 1,000 plays or fewer on music streaming services last year. 45 million had no plays at all.