How many artists are releasing music right now? Analytics firm Chartmetric has a new figure: 11.3 million. That’s how many its platform is now tracking, and it represents a 1.7m increase from a year ago according to its annual report. “On average, 4.6k artists were added to our platform every day,” noted the company. “Alongside artists, a total 25.7 million tracks were ingested into the Chartmetric system in 2024.”
Source: Chartmetric tracks 11m Spotify artists. Fewer than 1.6m have over 10 listeners