Comparison of on-demand streaming music services

The following is a list of on-demand music streaming services. The services offer streaming of full-length content via the Internet as a part of their service,^[1] without the listener necessarily purchasing a file for download.^[2] This type of service is comparable to internet radio. Many of these sites have advertising and offer non-free options in the style of an online 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 online music stores. Many of both types of sites offer services similar to an online music database.

Current services

Service	Free access available	Selective streaming	Lossless (hi-fi)	Track downloads	# of tracks (millions)	# of users (millions)	Global availability	Web	Android	iOS	Windows Phone	Desktop	Other platforms	First launched
8tracks	Partial	Yes	No	No	6.5[3]		US, Canada	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
akazoo	Partial	Yes	No	Yes	3.5	4.1	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Amazon Prime Music & Amazon Music Unlimited	No	Yes	No	Yes[4]	40 (Unlimited), 2 (Prime Music)[5]	<10[6]	US, UK, Germany, Japan	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Windows, Mac	Blackberry
Anghami	Partial	Yes[7]	No	Yes[7]	4[8]		Partial[r 1]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Blackberry	November 2012
Apple Music	Partial	Yes	No	Yes	37[9]	18[10]	Partial[r 2]	No	Yes	Yes	No	Windows and Mac with iTunes	Sonos, AirPlay, Apple TV, Apple Watch
Arena.com	Yes	No	No	Yes			US	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aupeo!	Partial	No	No	No	0.9[11]		Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
AWA	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	30[12]		Japan	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Android Auto, CarPlay, ChromeCast
Batanga Radio	Yes	No	No	No	0.3		US, Latin America	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Windows,Mac	Sonos
Bandcamp	Yes	N/A	No	Yes	TBD	TBD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Windows
CLiGGO MUSIC	Yes	Yes	No	No	40		Global	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Firefox OS
Deezer	Partial	Yes	Partial	Yes[13]	40[14]	6[15]	Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Sonos, Chromecast, Symbian, Blackberry
Earbits	Yes	No	No	No	0.02[16]		Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Google Play Music	Partial	Yes	No	Yes[17]	35[18]		Partial[r 3]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Sonos, Chromecast, Google Chrome App, Android Wear
Groove Music	No	Yes	Partial	Yes	40[19][n 1]		Partial[r 4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows	Xbox 360, Xbox One, Sonos
Guvera	Yes	Yes[21]	No	Yes[21]	26[22]	17[23]	Partial[r 5]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Sonos, Blackberry
hoopla	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	5	2.5	US and Canada	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Chrome OS, AirPlay, Chromecast,
iHeartRadio	Yes	No	No	No	15[21]	48[21]	US, Australia, New Zealand	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mac
Jango	Yes	No	No	No			Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Joox	Partial	Yes	Partial	Yes			Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand[24]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Line Music	No	Yes	No	Yes	1.5[25]		Japan, Thailand	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Musicovery	Partial	No		No			Global	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Napster	No	Yes[26]	No	Yes[26]	32[27]	2.5[28]	UK, Germany	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows	Sonos
NetEase cloud music[n 2]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	36[29]	55[29]	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac	Blackberry
Pandora	Yes	No	No	Yes	1.5[30][31]	77[6]	US, Australia, New Zealand	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac[n 3]	Blackberry
Patari.pk	Yes	Yes		Yes			Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Qobuz	No	Yes	Yes	Sublime plan	30		France, UK, Netherlands, Germany	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Sonos
Radical.fm	Yes	No	No	No	25[32]		US	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Rhapsody	No	Yes	No	Yes	32[33]	2.5[28]	US	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows	Sonos, Xbox, Wii U, Samsung TV, Ford, BMW, MetroPCS, Blackberry
Saavn	Partial	Yes	No	Yes	3[26]	11[26]	Global	Global	Yes	Yes	No	No
Slacker	Partial	No	No	Yes	13[34]	26[34]	US, Canada	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Sonos
SoundCloud	Yes	Yes	Partial	Limited	100[35]	175[36]	Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spotify	Partial	Yes	No	Yes	40[37]	100[38]	Partial[r 6]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac, Linux	Palm, Sonos, Symbian, Boxee,[39] Telia Digital-TV, Virgin TiVo, webOS, Linux,[40] PlayStation,[41] Blackberry, Chromecast, Amazon Echo
Tidal	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	40[42]	4.2[43]	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Windows, Mac
Yandex.Music	No	Yes		Yes	20[44]	9[44]	Partial[r 7]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Yandex.Radio	Yes	Yes		No	20[44]	1.7[44]	Russia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
YouTube Red	Partial	Yes	No	Yes[45]			US, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico[46]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Service	Free access available	Selective streaming	Lossless (hi-fi)	Track downloads	# of tracks (millions)	# of users (millions)	Regional availability	Web	Android	iOS	Windows Phone	Desktop	Other platforms	First launched

Discontinued services

Service	Fate	Discontinued
Xbox Music	Succeeded by Groove[19]	6 July 2015
iTunes Radio	Integrated into Apple Music[41]	30 June 2015
Beats Music	Succeeded by Apple Music[47]	30 June 2015
Blinkbox Music	Under administration[48]	11 June 2015
Grooveshark	Shut down[49]	30 April 2015
Rara	Shut down	29 March 2015
Last.fm	Discontinued radio streaming service[50]	28 April 2014
MixRadio	Shut down[51]	21 March 2016
Music Unlimited	Replaced by PlayStation Music powered Spotify.[52]	29 March 2015
WiMP	Integrated into Tidal[7]	23 March 2015
Simfy	Shut down. Temporarily, the website referred users to Deezer.[53]	1 March 2015
MOG	Succeeded by Beats Music and subsequently Apple Music[47][54]	21 January 2015
Songza	Merged into Google Play Music[55]	21 October 2014
Ubuntu One Music	Discontinued[56]	2 April 2014
Dhingana	Acquired by Rdio[57][58]	14 March 2014
Zune Marketplace	Succeeded by Xbox Music[59]	15 October 2012
Mflow	Succeeded by Bloom.fm	January 2012
Thumbplay	Acquired by iHeartRadio[60]	1 March 2011
Rdio	Shut down / Assets purchased by Pandora	22 December 2015[61]
Beatport	Shut down	10 May 2016

See also

• Comparison of online music stores
• Comparison of online music lockers
• List of online music databases
• List of music software

Notes

1. Only 18 in the US^[20]
2. Chinese with no official translation
3. Desktop clients only available with Pandora One subscription

Regional availability

1. Full access in Middle East and North Africa, Arabic Music only elsewhere
2. Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts & Nevis, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
3. Australia, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
4. Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
5. Australia, USA, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Ukraine, UAE, Venezuela, Vietnam
6. Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA
7. Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan

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