It's time to take a look at streaming services in Japan again.
Here are the last stats from May 2019:
https://ictr.co.jp/report/20190508.html
The total amount of people using music streaming services in Japan is 19,8 million at the end of 2018.
14.4% (10,1 million) are using a paid service, 12.5% (9,7 million) a free service (73% are not using any at all, either because they find it too expensive or youtube is still enyoiable for free).
The top services are as followed:
01. Prime Music
02. Apple Music
03. LINE Music
04. Spotify
As Prime Music is part of amazon's prime service, the top is actully Apple, LINE and Spotify.
The 3 services with the highest customer satisfaction are KKBox, Apple Music and Uta Pass.
Most people using streaming services are between their teens and their 30's. The older the less people use them.
The physical market lost 9% from the previous year, the streaming market overall rose 13%.