These YouTube Music statistics highlight the latest available figures on subscriber growth, catalog size, platform reach, music-industry payouts, and premium listening features.
YouTube Music statistics
One important note: YouTube does not publicly break out a standalone YouTube Music subscriber total in its major milestone announcements. The headline number it reports is combined YouTube Music and Premium subscribers, including trials.
YouTube Music Statistics (Top Highlights)
YouTube reported 125 million YouTube Music and Premium subscribers globally, including trials, in March 2025.
That combined subscriber base had previously reached more than 100 million in January 2024.
YouTube had already passed 80 million Music and Premium subscribers as of September 2022.
In 2021, YouTube said it had more than 50 million Music and Premium subscribers, including trialers.
The jump from 50 million in 2021 to 125 million in 2025 means the combined base grew by 75 million across those milestone updates.
YouTube Music says the app offers over 100 million songs, along with covers, remixes, live performances, and hard-to-find music.
YouTube said over 2 billion logged-in viewers watch music videos each month.
More than 300 music videos on YouTube are now in the billion-views club.
YouTube said it paid over $8 billion to the music industry in the 12 months between July 2024 and June 2025.
The company had previously said it paid over $6 billion to the music industry in the 12 months between July 2021 and June 2022.
Before that, YouTube said it had paid over $4 billion to the music industry over the previous 12 months, announced in June 2021.
YouTube said 30% of the $6 billion figure announced in 2022 came from user-generated content.
YouTube Music and Premium were available in over 100 countries and regions by early 2024.
In January 2025, YouTube introduced high-quality 256 kbps audio on music videos for Premium members.
YouTube Music Premium offline features can be used on up to 10 devices at a time.
Downloaded music and podcasts require reconnecting to the internet at least once every 30 days to stay available offline.
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YouTube payout to the music industry
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Bar
Value
To Jun 2021
$4B
Jul 2021 to Jun 2022
$6B
Jul 2024 to Jun 2025
$8B
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What these YouTube Music statistics show
The main takeaway is scale. YouTube Music and Premium grew from more than 50 million subscribers in 2021 to 125 million in 2025, while the app itself now promotes a catalog of over 100 million songs and sits inside a much larger music ecosystem that reaches more than 2 billion logged-in music video viewers every month.
The monetization side is just as important. YouTube’s reported payout to the music industry climbed from over $4 billion in 2021 to over $8 billion by the latest 12-month period it disclosed, showing why labels, artists, and distributors increasingly treat YouTube Music and the wider YouTube music ecosystem as a major commercial channel, not just a promotional one.
Sources
YouTube Blog, Susan Wojcicki’s 2022 CEO Letter, January 2022
YouTube Blog, We hit 80 million, November 2022
YouTube Blog, Crossing 100 million YouTube Music and Premium subscribers, February 2024
YouTube Blog, 20 years and 125 million subscribers later, March 2025
YouTube Blog, $4 billion paid to the music industry in last 12 months, June 2021
YouTube Blog, $6 billion paid to the music industry in 12 months, September 2022
YouTube Blog, $8 billion: YouTube’s twin engine continues to fuel the future of music, October 2025
YouTube Blog, YouTube Music: The guide to getting started, July 2024
YouTube Blog, Unlock more with YouTube Premium: New features, more control, January 2025
YouTube Help, Premium memberships and device limits
YouTube Music Help, Download music and podcasts to listen offline
YouTube Blog, 20 ways we’re celebrating two decades of YouTube, April 2025
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