Comparison of music streaming services

The following is a list of on-demand music streaming services. These services offer streaming of full-length content via the Internet as a part of their service,^[1] without the listener necessarily having to purchase a file for download.^[2] This type of service is somewhat similar to Internet radio. Many of these sites have advertising that supports free-to-listen options as well as paid subscription-based premium options.

Some services offer non-free options in the style of a digital music store. For a list of online music stores that provide a means of purchasing and downloading music as files of some sort, see comparison of digital music stores. Many sites from both of these categories offer services similar to an online music database.

Currently active services

Service	Free access available	Selective streaming	Lossless available	Hi-res available	Track downloads	Official music credits	Lyrics	Podcasts	# of tracks (millions)	# of active users (millions)	# of paying users (millions)	Global availability	Web	Android	iOS	Desktop	Other platforms	Launch date	Login required
AccuRadio	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	1.5[3][needs update]	Free service	Yes[4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Roku, Sonos	2000	No[n 1]
Amazon Music	Yes	Yes	Yes[5]	Yes	Yes[6]	Yes[7]	Yes	Yes	100+[8]	52.5[9]	52.5[10]	Partial[r 1]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac	10 other[p 1]	2007-09-25	Yes
Anghami	Yes (radio mode)	Yes[11]	No	No	Yes		Yes[12]		30[13]	70[13]		Partial[r 2]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11 other[p 2]	2012-11	Limited[n 2]
Apple Music	Yes (radio mode)	Yes	Yes[n 3]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[14]	Yes[n 4]	100+[15][16]	103[17][18]	103[17][18]	Partial[r 3]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac	12 other[p 3]	2015-06-30	Yes
Bandcamp	Yes	—	Partial[20] (Download Only)	Partial (Download Only)	Yes				TBD	TBD			Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows		2008-09-16	No
Boomplay	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes				58+			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Android TV	2015	Limited
Deezer	Yes (radio mode)	Yes	Yes	No[21]	Yes[22]	Partial	Yes	Yes	120[23]	16[24]	9.6[25]	Partial [r 4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9 other[p 4]	2007	Yes
Gaana	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes				45	201[27]	Never disclosed[27]	Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		2010-04	Limited[n 5]
hoopla	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes				5	2.5		US, Canada	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	ChromeOS, Roku, AirPlay, Chromecast,	2010	Yes
iHeartRadio	Yes (radio mode)	Partial (Plus & All Access)	No	No	Partial (All Access)	No	No	Yes	30[28]	120[28]		US, Australia, New Zealand	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mac	Bose, Sonos, PlayStation, Xbox, Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast	2008-08-01	No
Jango	Yes	No	No	No	No				30[29]			Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		2007-11	No
Joox	Yes (radio mode)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	30+	80		Partial[r 5]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[31]		2015	No
KKBox	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes				70[32]			Partial[r 6]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Roon, Chromecast, Android TV, Android Auto, Apple TV, Xbox	2004-10	Yes
Line Music	No	Yes	No	No	Yes				1.5[33]			Japan, Thailand, Taiwan	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		2015-05-22	Yes
LiveOne	Yes (radio mode)	Yes	No	No	Yes			Yes	30[34]	3.7[35]	>2[34]	US, Canada	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Sonos, Tesla, Roku	2007-03-15	No
Melon	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes					4-5		South Korea	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		2004-11	Yes
Moov	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes				1.5[36]			Hong Kong, China, Vietnam	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Chromecast, Apple Watch	2006-04-24	Yes
Music Choice On Demand	Yes	No	No	No									Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		2004	Yes[n 6]
MyTuner Radio	Yes	No	No	No									Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7 other[p 5]	2012-04	No
Napster	No	Yes[37]	No	No	Yes				60+[38]	1.2[39]		US, Canada, most of Europe[40]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac	Sonos, WebOS, iOS	2001-12-03	Yes
NetEase Cloud Music	Yes	Yes	Yes[41]	Yes[41]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	136[42]	206.7[42]	41.75[42]	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac, Linux	BlackBerry	2013	Limited
Pandora	Yes (radio mode)	Yes	No	No	Yes[43]	Yes[44]	Yes[45]		30[46]	58[47]	6.3[47]	US	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac[n 7]	14 other[p 6]	2005-09	No
Patari	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes				0.02			Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		2015-02	No
Qobuz	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[49]			100+	0.2[50]	0.2[50]	Partial[r 7]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Roon, Linn, Sonos, BubbleUPnP	2007	Yes
QQ Music[n 8]	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes[41]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	200+[51]	660[52]	113.5[53]	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Bose	2005	Limited
ROXi	No	Yes	No	No	No				40[54]			UK, US	No	No	No	No	ROXi	2016	Yes
JioSaavn	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes				55+	250[27]		Global	Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Amazon Echo, Google Nest, Sonos One, Shazam	2007	Limited[n 1]
Sirius XM	Yes (radio mode)	Yes	No	No				Yes		34.9[55]		Canada, US	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Bose, Sonos, Roku	2008-07-29
SoundCloud	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	Limited				200+[56]	175[57]	1.7[58]	Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Sonos, Xbox One[59]	2008-10	No
Spotify	Yes	Yes	No[n 9]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100+[60]	678[61]	268[62]	Partial[r 8]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac, Linux	25 other[p 7]	2008-10	Yes
Stingray Music	Yes (radio mode)	No	Partial (Premium)	No					25+[69]			Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Sonos	2014	Partial[n 10]
Tidal	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[70]	Yes	Yes		110+[71]	4.2[72]	3[73]	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac	Roon, Sonos, Chromecast, Android TV, Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku	2014-10-28	Limited[n 11]
TuneIn	Yes (radio mode)	Partial	No	No	Partial (Premium)					75[74]		Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (Windows Store)	8 other[p 8]	2002-01	No
VIBE	Partial	Yes	No	No								South Korea	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		2018	Yes
Wolfgang's	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes				0.2			Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Sonos	2006	Yes
YouTube Music	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100+[78]	100[79]	100[79]	Partial[r 9]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (PWA)[81]	7 other[p 9]	2015-11	No
IDAGIO	Yes (radio mode)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes[82]			2[83]			Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac		2015	Yes

Discontinued services

Service	Reason	Discontinued
Radical.fm	Shut down[84]	29 June 2018
Xbox Music Pass	Succeeded by Groove Music Pass[85]	6 July 2015
iTunes Radio	Integrated into Apple Music[66]	30 June 2015
Beats Music	Succeeded by Apple Music[86]	30 June 2015
Blinkbox Music	Under administration[87]	11 June 2015
Groove Music Pass	Shut down[88]	31 December 2017
Grooveshark	Shut down[89]	30 April 2015
Google Play Music	Merged with YouTube Music[90]	31 December 2020
Guvera	Shut down[91]	12 May 2017
Rara	Shut down	29 March 2015
Last.fm	Discontinued radio streaming service; now a database for tracking listening histories[92]	28 April 2014
Batanga Radio	Shut down[93]	25 December 2017
MixRadio	Shut down[94]	21 March 2016
Music Unlimited	Replaced by PlayStation Music powered by Spotify.[95]	29 March 2015
Musicovery	Shut down the interactive radio service and now a music playlist supplier.	2 January 2017
Electric Jukebox	Succeeded by ROXi	1 August 2017
WiMP	Integrated into Tidal[96]	23 March 2015
Simfy	Shut down. Temporarily, the website referred users to Deezer.[97]	1 March 2015
MOG	Succeeded by Beats Music and subsequently Apple Music[86][98]	21 January 2015
Songza	Merged into Google Play Music[99] and subsequently into YouTube Music	21 October 2014
Ubuntu One Music	Discontinued[100]	2 April 2014
Zune Pass	Succeeded by Xbox Music Pass and subsequently by Groove Music Pass[101]	15 October 2012
Mflow	Succeeded by Bloom.fm	1 January 2012
Thumbplay	Acquired by iHeartRadio[102]	1 March 2011
Rdio	Shut down / Assets purchased by Pandora	22 December 2015[103]
Rhapsody	Succeeded by Napster[104]	14 June 2016
thesixtyone	Shut down	1 May 2017
Yahoo! Music Unlimited	Shut down (users offered option to transfer account to Rhapsody)	30 September 2008
Spinner	Merged into Netscape Radio	2002
Slacker Radio	Succeeded by LiveXLive[105]	25 April 2019
LiveXLive	Succeeded by LiveOne[106]	6 October 2021

See also

• Comparison of digital music stores
• Comparison of online music lockers
• List of music software
• List of Internet radio stations
• List of online music databases
• Rate Your Music – Online collaborative metadata database of music and film established in 2000

Notes

1. Can listen, but liking songs, creating blends, and having own 5-Star Radio requires login
2. Can listen, but playing songs requires login
3. Lossless audio on Windows is currently only supported on Windows 11 using the Apple Music Previews App.
4. Through the separate Apple Podcasts app on iPhone, iPad and Mac
5. Can listen, but liking songs requires login
6. Cable subscribers only
7. Desktop clients only available with Pandora One subscription
8. User totals include users of Tencent Music's other music streaming services, Kugou Music and Kuwo Music.
9. Entire music catalog is dubbed to high-fidelity however only Spotify employees can access the feature.
10. Free in Canada and US, TV subscription required in other countries)
11. Preview only

Regional availability

1. Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, US, UK
2. Full access in Middle East and North Africa, Arabic music only elsewhere
3. 167 countries^[19]
4. 185+ countries ^[26]
5. Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand^[30]
6. Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan.
7. France, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, US
8. 184 countries^[63]
9. 119 countries^[80]

Platforms

1. Amazon Echo, Fire TV, Bose, Sonos, BlackBerry, Xbox, Apple TV, CarPlay, Android Auto, Roku
2. BlackBerry, CarPlay, Android Auto, Chromecast, PlayStation, Apple Watch, Wear OS, Apple TV, Android TV, WebOS, Samsung TV
3. Android, AirPlay, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Apple HomePod, CarPlay, Mac, Amazon Echo, Sonos, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One
4. Bose, Sonos, Chromecast, webOS, Symbian, BlackBerry, Fitbit, Android TV, Xbox
5. Samsung TV, LG TV, Android TV, Alexa, Sonos, CarPlay, Android Auto
6. BlackBerry, Bose, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation, Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, Sonos, Amazon Echo, Google Home, TiVo, Xbox One, Fitbit^[48]
7. Bose, Palm, Sonos, Symbian, Android TV, Android Auto, CarPlay, Boxee,^[64] Telia Digital-TV, Virgin TiVo, Linux,^[65] PlayStation,^[66] Xbox, BlackBerry, Chromecast, Amazon Echo, Google Home, Tesla,^[67] WebOS, Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku, ComcastX1,^[68] Apple Watch, Wear OS
8. Bose, Sonos, Fire TV, Roku, Xbox One,^[75] PSVita,^[76] PS3,^[76] HoloLens,^[75] Squeezebox,^[77] Tesla^[67]
9. Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Sonos, Chromecast, Google TV, Android TV, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, Tesla