Measure Your Performance

Success is unique for every artist. By understanding your Artist Analytics, you can pinpoint the areas that deserve your attention and drive your growth.

Listening Now: This metric displays the number of fans actively streaming your music. It counts only online plays and excludes offline listening.

Plays: A play is counted when a user listens to a track for more than 30 seconds on Apple Music. This includes plays from Apple Music radio stations, which can be user-generated or curated by Apple.

Average Daily Listeners: This represents the average number of unique listeners per day within a selected time frame.

Purchases: This is recorded when a customer buys your song or album from the iTunes Store.

Shazams: Every time your song is identified by the Shazam app or partner apps using Shazam technology, it is counted as a Shazam.

Radio Spins: This measures how often your song is played on over 40,000 terrestrial and digital radio stations worldwide, excluding Apple Music Radio.

Milestones: This section highlights key achievements and all-time bests for your music, including top plays, top Shazams, and editorial playlist additions.

Video Views: A view is counted when a user watches your music video on Apple Music for more than 30 seconds.

Apple Music for Artists provides detailed performance analytics for:

• Songs: Total plays of a song across all albums and compilations.
• Albums: Plays of any album, EP, or single release.
• Playlists: Inclusion in Apple Music editorial playlists.
• Videos: Views of any music video available on Apple Music.

Discover Who’s Listening Now

Get real-time insights into how many fans are currently streaming your music. The Listening Now widget shows the number of listeners who have initiated playback at any given moment.

Selecting the widget gives you a detailed view of trends over the past 48 hours. Maximum Listeners indicates the peak number of listeners at any time during this period, while Average Listeners reflects the average number during this timeframe. You can also see your six most-played songs under Top Songs Now.

Note: For privacy reasons, a minimum listener threshold must be met to display Listening Now analytics. Gaps in data may occur if this threshold is not reached.

Track Your Radio Spins

The Radio Spins feature, integrated throughout the Apple Music for Artists platform, allows you to monitor airplay across more than 40,000 radio stations in over 200 countries and regions. Visit the Trends page for detailed insights into which stations play your music the most and which songs from your catalog are most popular. Use the Places page to discover where your music is being broadcast worldwide.

Connect with Listeners Globally

The Places tab in Artist Analytics shows where your listeners are located by city, state, country, or region. Use filters to track the popularity of new releases and identify potential tour locations.

Discover Global Impact and Trends

The Trends tab helps you analyze your music’s performance by comparing listener actions. Apply filters to learn about listener demographics, including gender, age, location, and their favorite songs.

Maximize Shazam Insights

When users Shazam your song, you gain valuable insights into its reach. Learn what happens when someone uses Shazam to identify your track and how this information can benefit you.

Data Availability

Data is displayed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and updates daily. New data may take up to 48 hours to appear in your dashboard.

Different distributors may release your music at various points in your career. We aggregate this data into a single track group, displaying one cover art to represent it.

Note: For financial or royalty queries, please contact your distributor.

Download Your Data

In the Music section, click “See All” to download data from your entire catalog. Ensure you set the date range before downloading your CSV file