15 points | by 7777777phil a day ago
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> The timing is unfortunate. Tired of content vanishing from streaming services or disappearing into algorithmic feeds, consumers are returning to physical media like CDs.
Vinyl is having a resurgence. CDs are not.
Vinyl sale revenue is now 4.5x higher than CD sales, and CD sales are still dropping: https://www.riaa.com/reports/2025-mid-year-music-industry-re...
Interestingly enough I just read that something like 1/3 of vinyl buyers don't have a record player.
EDIT: Apparently it’s even 50% (https://consequence.net/2023/04/half-vinyl-buyers-record-pla...)
> The timing is unfortunate. Tired of content vanishing from streaming services or disappearing into algorithmic feeds, consumers are returning to physical media like CDs.
Vinyl is having a resurgence. CDs are not.
Vinyl sale revenue is now 4.5x higher than CD sales, and CD sales are still dropping: https://www.riaa.com/reports/2025-mid-year-music-industry-re...
Interestingly enough I just read that something like 1/3 of vinyl buyers don't have a record player.
EDIT: Apparently it’s even 50% (https://consequence.net/2023/04/half-vinyl-buyers-record-pla...)