Music Streaming in 2025 – what's the value of music today; and what do superfans want?

Ep. 166: Music Ally’s Head of Insight, Stuart Dredge joins Joe Sparrow to discuss two of the most meaningful topics relating to music streaming today: the value of music on DSPs; and the big DSPs' upcoming superfan plans. This podcast connects to Music Ally's latest Insight Report called the State of Streaming in 2025 ( In this podcast we discuss: The value of music on DSPs – not just the ongoing subscription price rises, but the ad-supported tiers, and the increasingly loud grumbles around them. The big DSPs' superfan plans – superfans need to be super-served: so will the streaming platforms give fans and artists what they really, really want?

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Music Streaming in 2025 – what's the value of music today; and what do superfans want? is an episode from Music Ally Focus by Music Ally.

This episode is 00:38:53 long.

This episode was published on Mar 27, 2025.

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