Annual review of the streaming market shows discord between Australian listeners and local music
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Australian musicians are headlining stages all over the world – and Australians are streaming more music than ever before. Yet an annual review from Apra Amcos shows a lack of harmony between Australia’s online music listeners and its homegrown tunes.
In its yearly review released ahead of Australian music month, Apra Amcos, the organisation that represents Australian songwriters, reported the local market saw approximately 640m more music streams in 2026 than in 2025. In that same period, the proportion of Australian songs that were streamed suffered its largest annual fall in four years – from 9.5% in 2025 to 8.5% in 2026. The reality offline is no better, with the report finding there are now 182 live music venues in Australia per million citizens – down from 206 venues per million citizens in 2018.
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