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Amazon Prime Music Still The Biggest US Subscription Service

As Amazon launches its standalone Music Unlimited streaming service, research firm Parks Associates has been reminding the industry of the popularity of the company’s existing Prime Music offering, based on its latest survey of Americans.

“Amazon Prime Music continues to be the clear market leader with a subscriber increase from 10% of broadband households in 2015 to 15% in 2016,” explained the company.

From the article "Amazon Prime Music Still The Biggest US Subscription Service" by Stuart Dredge.

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