Article is 1 1/2 years old, so FWIW -
2019 (1st half) Revenues (Summary)
$4.3B from streaming
$0.552B from from digital/customized radio services (Sirius XM etc.)
$0.485B from all physical products *
$0.462B from digital downloads
- physical product revenues include
$0.248B from CDs
$0.224B from vinyl albums (4% of total revenues)
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I wish they would begin breaking out the pie chart for the 80% streaming.
Anecdotally, I have a couple dozen SACD and DVD-A that I’ve not listened to in nearly 2 decades. I just don’t care for much of the music not so much the medium. A few years ago I ripped them with an Oppo. I still don’t find myself playing them.
$25 USD for both Tidal and Qobuz top-tiers…I don’t see the reason for physical media save for nostalgia and rights to ownership.
The title of the article in the first post I believe is incorrect. This doesn’t so much describe the future of listening as it does the future of music industry revenue, attention and focus.
Few really listen - alas I’m quite sure I’m preaching to the choir. I’m 53 years old.
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If you look at the data, this vinyl argument is silly. When you start with a small base, it is easy to get a larger % increase. Vinyl is not the future, and will always be a niche product – nothing wrong with this, but the argument is specious.
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While vinyl sales are interesting the amount of old vinyl that is still being sold, traded and played is interesting. I’ve got vinyl from the 80’s I got new then and I have some from my dad well before that. I’m weird tho as I have 8 turntables of which 3 are operable and 4 are collected for restoration. 
Thats not weird, its a hobby/interest
I have about 100 SACD, DVD-A, DVD-V albums I ripped or had ripped. Another 1000 or so CDs I ripped. Still listen to them. Often, I listen to the streaming version of an album I already have in my collection. Sometimes Qobuz’ version sounds better than my old redbook cut. I don’t buy much music these days unless I really want it, and Qobuz doesn’t have it.
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Darko weighs in -
I suspect CDs and SACDs are being resold and traded on the used market at a rate as high or higher than vinyl.
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