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.

Current 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	First launched	Login required
8tracks.com	Yes	?	?	?	?		?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	2008	?
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	Partial^{[n 2]}	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]}	25 September 2007	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]}	November 2012	Limited^{[n 3]}
Apple Music	Yes (radio mode)	Yes	Yes^{[n 4]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[14]	Yes^{[n 5]}	100+^[15]^[16]	88^[17]	88^[17]	Partial^{[r 3]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows (with iTunes) and Mac (with Music)	12 other^{[p 3]}	30 June 2015	Yes
Bandcamp	Yes	—	Partial^[19] (Download Only)	Partial (Download Only)	Yes				TBD	TBD			Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows		16 September 2008	No
Boomplay	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes				58+			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Android TV	2015	Limited
Deezer	Yes (radio mode)	Yes	Yes	No^[20]	Yes^[21]	Partial	Yes	Yes	120^[22]	16^[23]	9.6^[24]	Partial ^{[r 4]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9 other^{[p 4]}	2007	Yes
Gaana	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes				45	201^[26]	Never disclosed^[26]	Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		April 2010	Limited^{[n 6]}
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^[27]	120^[27]		US, Australia, New Zealand	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mac	Bose, Sonos, PlayStation, Xbox, Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast	1 August 2008	No
Jango	Yes	No	No	No	No				30^[28]			Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		November 2007	No
Joox	Yes (radio mode)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	30+	80		Partial^{[r 5]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[30]		2015	No
KKBox	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes				70^[31]			Partial^{[r 6]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Roon, Chromecast, Android TV, Android Auto, Apple TV, Xbox	October 2004	Yes
Line Music	No	Yes	No	No	Yes				1.5^[32]			Japan, Thailand, Taiwan	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		22 May 2015	Yes
LiveOne	Yes (radio mode)	Yes	No	No	Yes			Yes	30^[33]	3.7^[34]	>2^[33]	US, Canada	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Sonos, Tesla, Roku	15 March 2007	No
Melon	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes					4-5		South Korea	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		November 2004	Yes
Moov	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes				1.5^[35]			Hong Kong, China, Vietnam	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Chromecast, Apple Watch	24 April 2006	Yes
Music Choice	Yes	No	No	No						55^[36]			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes^{[n 7]}
MyTuner Radio	Yes	No	No	No									Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7 other^{[p 5]}	April 2012	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	3 December 2001	Yes
NetEase Cloud Music	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes				36^[41]	55^[41]		Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac, Linux	BlackBerry	2013
Pandora	Yes (radio mode)	Yes	No	No	Yes^[42]	Yes^[43]	Yes^[44]		30^[45]	58^[46]	6.3^[46]	US	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac^{[n 8]}	14 other^{[p 6]}	September 2005	No
Patari	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes				0.02			Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		February 2015	No
Qobuz	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[48]			100+	0.2^[49]	0.2^[49]	Partial^{[r 7]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Roon, Linn, Sonos, BubbleUPnP	2007	Yes
QQ Music^{[n 9]}	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	Yes				17	660^[50]	42.7^[51]	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Bose	2016
ROXi	No	Yes	No	No	No				40^[52]			UK, US	No	No	No	No	ROXi	2016	Yes
JioSaavn	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes				55+	250^[26]		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^[53]		Canada, US	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Bose, Sonos, Roku	29 July 2008
SoundCloud	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	Limited				200+^[54]	175^[55]	1.7^[56]	Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Sonos, Xbox One^[57]	October 2008	No
Spotify	Yes	Yes	No^{[n 10]}	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100+^[58]	602^[59]	236^[60]	Partial^{[r 8]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac, Linux	25 other^{[p 7]}	October 2008	Yes
Stingray Music	Yes (radio mode)	No	Partial (Premium)	No					25+^[67]			Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Sonos	2014	Partial^{[n 11]}
Tidal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[68]	Yes	Yes		110+^[69]	4.2^[70]	3^[71]	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac	Roon, Sonos, Chromecast, Android TV, Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku	28 October 2014	Limited^{[n 12]}
TuneIn	Yes (radio mode)	Partial	No	No	Partial (Premium)					75^[72]		Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (Windows Store)	8 other^{[p 8]}	January 2002	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+^[76]	100^[77]	100^[77]	Partial^{[r 9]}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (PWA)^[79]	6 other^{[p 9]}	November 2015	No
IDAGIO	Yes (radio mode)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes^[80]			2^[81]			Global	Yes	Yes	Yes	Windows, Mac		2015	Yes

Discontinued services

Service	Reason	Discontinued
Radical.fm	Shut down^[82]	29 June 2018
Xbox Music Pass	Succeeded by Groove Music Pass^[83]	6 July 2015
iTunes Radio	Integrated into Apple Music^[64]	30 June 2015
Beats Music	Succeeded by Apple Music^[84]	30 June 2015
Blinkbox Music	Under administration^[85]	11 June 2015
Groove Music Pass	Shut down^[86]	31 December 2017
Grooveshark	Shut down^[87]	30 April 2015
Google Play Music	Merged with YouTube Music^[88]	31 December 2020
Guvera	Shut down^[89]	12 May 2017
Rara	Shut down	29 March 2015
Last.fm	Discontinued radio streaming service; now a database for tracking listening histories^[90]	28 April 2014
Batanga Radio	Shut down^[91]	25 December 2017
MixRadio	Shut down^[92]	21 March 2016
Music Unlimited	Replaced by PlayStation Music powered Spotify.^[93]	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^[94]	23 March 2015
Simfy	Shut down. Temporarily, the website referred users to Deezer.^[95]	1 March 2015
MOG	Succeeded by Beats Music and subsequently Apple Music^[84]^[96]	21 January 2015
Songza	Merged into Google Play Music^[97] and subsequently into YouTube Music	21 October 2014
Ubuntu One Music	Discontinued^[98]	2 April 2014
Zune Pass	Succeeded by Xbox Music Pass and subsequently by Groove Music Pass^[99]	15 October 2012
Mflow	Succeeded by Bloom.fm	1 January 2012
Thumbplay	Acquired by iHeartRadio^[100]	1 March 2011
Rdio	Shut down / Assets purchased by Pandora	22 December 2015^[101]
Rhapsody	Succeeded by Napster^[102]	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 (website)	Merged into Netscape Radio	2002
Slacker Radio	Succeeded by LiveXLive^[103]	25 April 2019
LiveXLive	Succeeded by LiveOne^[104]	6 October 2021

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