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I like the service last.fm offers: free listening and also a great way to discover new tracks!
Thanks for that again.

So, I wondered, if there is some kind of limit for the usage? (imagine using it for +30 years)

read here other limits of Last.fm

Contents


Last.fm‎ (8 C, 16 P, 3 F)
Last.fm 6degrees‎ (1 C, 4 P)
Last.fm Erkan Yilmaz‎ (3 C, 18 P, 1 F)
Last.fm gallery‎ (33 F)
Last.fm Howto‎ (4 P)
Last.fm journal‎ (6 P)
Last.fm scrobbles - backup‎ (11 P)
Last.fm tags‎ (1 C, 1 P)
Music station‎ (53 P)
  Last.fm statistics
  Japanese Showa music
  Beijing opera
  Erhu
  Haegeum performers
  Seven great singing stars
  Observations/3 years of last.fm
  Observations/Analyzing my last.fm recommendations
  Observations/Export and reimport Last.fm data
  Observations/Ice Cube - you are da man
  Observations/last.fm and their prio
  Observations/Last.fm Desktop Application Beta
  Observations/LastVJ seems a nice app
  Lovely day
  Observations/musical obscurity
  NetKnowledge.org/User:Erkan Yilmaz
  Last.fm total scrobbles since 2003.PNG
  Characteristic Chinese bands last.fm.png
  Obscure.png


key facts

  • >51.1 million users [1]
  • recognizes 45 million unique tracks
  • 12 million tracks [to stream].
  • receives 800 scrobbles per second
    • e.g. for 2011:
      • total scrobbles: 11,353,666,092[2]
      • time spent listening: 71,596 years, 345 days, 7 hours [3]
  • available on 600 devices

current trends:

  • Xbox radio most-played radio
  • Android phones outnumber iPhones - in terms of our users - 5:1
  • really popular in Brazil
  • Together with Spotify at the top, but last.fm @ more places because of subscription product

source[4]

user accounts at last.fm

How many users are on last.fm?

date user accounts
(in mio)
2012-10-12 >51.103879
2012-05-25 >48.988021
2012-03-04 >47.368648
2012-02-25 >47.2
2012-02-15 >47.01
2012-02-11 >46.9
2011-12-19 >45
2011-04-26 >39
2010-03-05 >26.6
2008-02-28 19-21[5]
2007-05-30 >15[6]-20[7]
2007-03-14 >4.9
2006-04-18 >2.6
2005-04-23 >1.4
2004-01-03 >0.021
2003 >0.0065[8]
2002-09 1 / 1000000[9]

Keep in mind:

  • one person can have several accounts
  • accounts may not be active
  • users get banned/deleted

Xbox

How many Xbox LIVE users use last.fm ?

date last.fm user accounts
(in mio) 		total Xbox users
(in mio)
2012-01[10] 40
2011-08-18[11] 35
2011-01[12] 30
2010-04 ? 15[13]
2010-01 20[14]
2009-11-30 >1[15]-1.6[16]

total tracks scrobbled - since 2003[17]

total scrobbles at last.fm since 2003
date tracks scrobbled years of music
(in total, est.)
2012-10-12 >70,599,149,765 550,716
2012-09-08 >69,493,252,210 542,090
2012-05-26 >66,556,784,636 519,183
2012-03-04 >63,825,347,578 497,877
2012-02-23 >63,381,626,351 494,415
2012-02-12 >63,140,891,861 492,537
2012-02-03 >62,861,477,028 490,358
2012-01-18 >62,297,154,027 485,956
2011-12-26 >61,640,199,832 480,831
2011-12-05 >60,842,592,974 474,609
2011-11-16 >60,353,766,343 470,796
2011-11-08 60 billion milestone was reached at 6.26am: with Lady Gaga track[18]
2011-10-27 >59,747,088,862 466,064
2011-10-18 >59,451,767,181 463,760
2011-08-21 >57,648,777,267 449,696
2011-08-14 >57,311,497,409 447,065
2011-07-27 >56,917,289,074 443,990
2011-06-10 >55,416,212,203 432,280
2011-04-09 >53,285,862,515 415,662
2011-02-28 >51,665,090,116 403,019
2011-02-15 >51,284,649,536 400,051
2011 50 billion milestone: Bob Dylan: ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ [19]
2010-12-24 >49,367,660,214 385,098
2010-09-27 >46,146,398,417 359,970
2010-08-28 >45,108,607,022 351,875
2010-04-27 >40,690,865,431 317,414
2010-04 >40,000,000,000[20]
2009-12-16 >35,828,835,104 279,487
2009-11[21] >35,000,000,000 275,000
2007 10 billion milestone: James Blunt: 1973 [22]
2007-10 >6,000,000,000[23]
2005 1 billion milestone: Linkin’ Park: Pushing Me Away [24]


date scrobbles per account
since 2003, average
2012 October 12 1381.5
2012 March 4 1347.4
2012 Feb 1346.3
2011 Dec 1369.8
2011 Apr 1366.3
2010 Mar 1503.8


snapshots

Here are some info about scrobbles on last.fm:

time last week last day last hour last 12 hours last minute last second
2009-12-16 294,537,600
2010-04-27 331,430,400
2010-12-25 263,692,800
2011-07-27 17:00 261,273,600 37,324,800 1,555,200 18,662,400 25,920 432
2011-10-27 14:40 342,921,600 48,988,800 2,041,200 24,494,400 34,020 567
2011-11-16 00:17 247,363,200 35,337,600 1,472,400 17,668,800 24,540 409
2011-12-05 11:48 174,787,200 24,969,600 1,040,400 12,484,800 17,340 289
2011-12-26 22:35 249,782,400 35,683,200 1,486,800 17,841,600 24,780 413
2012-02-12 01:16 203,212,800 29,030,400 1,209,600 14,515,200 20,160 336
2012-05-26 18:00 249,782,400 35,683,200 1,486,800 17,841,600 24,780 413
2012-09-08 18:36 261,878,400 37,411,200 1,558,800 18,705,600 25,980 433
2012-10-12 14:01 182,044,800 26,006,400 1,083,600 13,003,200 18,060 301

for the average user: Wondering if there is some kind of limit?

more uptodate here

artist library

The bot Taggingmachine has: 99,986 artists added
Creativeuphoria has: 82,682 artists added
efoja_87 has: 72,499 artists added
Tinbed has: 52,831 artists added
siesahorasi has: 47,623 artists added
cantsinmonty has: 49,641 artists added
Mudduck has: 48,966 artists added
Alainn has: 45,974 artists added
meehawl has: 34,213 artists added
epi_gee has: 33,874 artists added
Macke1 has: 30,224 artists added
herm2s has: 26,861 artists added

max. plays = ?

1000170 plays (registered on 15 Jul 2008, SpitballArmy)
1000055 plays (registered on 4 Nov 2005, BrightShadow)
1000005 plays (registered on 22 Jan 2008, brener00)
1000000 plays (registered on 21 Jul 2005, yomcat)
1000000 plays (registered on 21 Sep 2005, drexler22)
1000000 plays (registered on 4 Jan 2008, siesahorasi)
1000000 plays (registered on 14 Jan 2004, jamespark)
933147 plays (registered on 10 Jul 2005, unicorn1402)
918232 plays (registered on 25 Jan 2008, DontCryPlz)
878854 plays (registered on 25 Jun 2006, stryder1980)
793716 plays (registered on 12 Dec 2005, metalhead0900)
791583 plays (registered on 14 Jun 2005, lukinx)
787169 plays (registered on 25 Jun 2006, victorli)
786613 plays (registered on 7 Aug 2004, aangen)
700430 plays (registered on 1 May 2011, HoIogram) <- account gone
648831 plays (registered on 15 Jun 2005, rafaeltds)
602993 plays (registered on 27 Apr 2004, hazzzard)
612749 plays (registered on 22 Jan 2005, meehawl)
597172 plays (registered on 18 Jan 2005, Mudduck)
535371 plays (registered on 20 Mar 2005, aibom)
529992 plays (registered on 1 Dec 2005, felixkanmixit)
444949 plays (registered on 24 May 2005, launderground)
433041 plays (registered on 29 Apr 2003, nincure)
430218 plays (registered on 10 Nov 2007, Snoppdraken)
419957 plays (registered on 14 Apr 2006, bisa)
403722 plays (registered on 13 Jan 2007, thrashdeth)
347874 plays (registered on 26 Jan 2006, s_e_a)
279215 plays (registered on 23 Apr 2005, DouglasAWh)

comment by a user: sick (thread) ;-)

Thanks for the help: Tecfan

special artist names - plays per listener over time

Perhaps an indication about quality ? Quality of/for whom ? Last.fm, the users scrobbling, ... ?
Perhaps usage of fingerprinting could lessen this ?



artist: [unknown]

The ratio: plays / listener is not constant for: [unkown]

  • different kind of last.fm listener ? e.g. they use other software (which communicates first with MusicBrainz - they have it as official tag there)
  • or the sample size shows its behaviour "more correct" than the other ones ?
  • there are several actual artists with the name of "Unknown", see here
  • ...
date plays listeners plays per
listener 		comment
2012-10-12 79,148,991 2,379,114 33.3 #173 in last week’s chart
2012-05-26 72,060,219 2,290,922 31.5
2012-03-04 67,812,566 2,232,820 30.4
2012-01-18 65,611,440 2,197,344 29.9
2011-12-05 63,735,910 2,164,419 29.4
2011-11-15 62,834,297 2,148,995 29.2
2011-10-18 61,614,094 2,128,809 28.9
2011-08-16 58,824,414 2,079,974 28.3
2011-06-10 56,228,948 2,032,893 27.7
2011-04-09 52,921,678 1,973,563 26.8
2011-02-28 50,589,498 1,936,062 26.1
2011-02-15 49,798,800 1,921,610 25.9
2010-12-25 46,840,127 1,853,916 25.3
2010-08-01 39,986,862 1,684,147 23.7

artist: Unknown

date plays listeners plays per
listener 		comment
2012-10-12 469,764 36,582 12.8
2012-05-26 468,174 36,361 12.9
2012-03-04 467,343 36,270 12.9
2012-01-18 465,993 36,119 12.9
2011-12-05 465,593 36,022 12.9
2011-11-15 465,058 35,966 12.9
2011-10-18 464,759 35,908 12.9
2011-08-16 464,182 35,782 13.0
2011-06-10 463,836 35,689 13.0
2011-04-09 462,233 35,458 13.0
2011-02-28 462,065 35,313 13.1
2011-02-15 461,771 35,250 13.1 decreased
2010-12-25 461,870 35,016 13.2
2010-08-01 459,355 33,897 13.6


artist: Various Artists

date plays listeners plays per
listener 		comment
2012-10-12 16,879,767 752,114 22.4
2012-05-26 16,619,655 740,722 22.4
2012-03-04 16,430,408 731,263 22.5
2012-01-18 16,321,809 726,264 22.5
2011-12-05 16,214,535 721,068 22.5
2011-11-15 16,176,554 719,149 22.5
2011-08-22 15,993,804 710,826 22.5


artist: [anonymous]

date plays listeners plays per
listener 		comment
2012-10-12 8,021 549 14.6

artist: [data]

date plays listeners plays per
listener 		comment
2012-10-12 10 8 1.3

artist: [dialogue]

date plays listeners plays per
listener 		comment
2012-10-12 27,475 3,961 6.9
2010-03-29 2,129 386 5.5

artist: [no artist]

date plays listeners plays per
listener 		comment
2012-10-12 2,725 499 5.5

artist: [traditional]

date plays listeners plays per
listener 		comment
2012-10-12 2,252 377 6.0

see also

  • Tecfan had some problems with his last.fm journal when exceeding 100000 characters: [1]
  • many figures (user magicmercury's journal at last.fm)
  • Last.fm History (flickr)
  • perhaps there is an update: here

mentions

Notes

  1. ↑ checked myself
  2. ↑ Last.fm: Best of 2011
  3. ↑ Last.fm: Best of 2011
  4. ↑ Dan Grabham: Last.fm: 'Free on-demand not successful for us', interview with Matthew Hawn, head of product for Last.fm., 2011-04-26, techradar.com
  5. ↑ Jemima Kiss: Last.fm widgets boost user numbers, The Guardian, 2008-02-28
  6. ↑ Peter Suciu: CBS Acquires Europe's Last.fm for $280 million in techcrunch, 2007-05-20
  7. ↑ Jemima Kiss: Last.fm fetches $280m in The Guardian, 2007-05-30
  8. ↑ David Singleton: "my original user ID is 6596" + also: this
  9. ↑ info: Richard Jones (last.fm founder) signed up (again) in 2002, Richard Jones
  10. ↑ Sam Saunders: Xbox Live hits 40 million users
  11. ↑ Ben Gilbert: Xbox Live now topping 35 million users
  12. ↑ Ben Gilbert: Xbox Live now topping 35 million users
  13. ↑ David Singleton: Last.fm vs Xbox, DIBI, Newcastle
  14. ↑ Christopher Grant: Xbox by the numbers: 20m Xbox Live users, 10m nongaming, 39m Xbox 360 consoles worldwide, 2010-01-06
  15. ↑ Luke Guttridge: Last.fm tops one million users, 2009-11-30
  16. ↑ Johnny Cullen: Last.fm sees 1.6 million new users after Xbox Live inclusion, 2010-01-07
  17. ↑ sidenote: hm, Wikipedia tells last.fm was launched 2002 -> Perhaps it was audioscrobbler back then? Wikipedia tells audioscrobbler + last.fm fusioned at 9th August 2005, so 3 years later.
  18. ↑ Tom Pakinkis: Last.fm hits 60 billion scrobble landmark, Music Week
  19. ↑ Tom Pakinkis: Last.fm hits 60 billion scrobble landmark, Music Week
  20. ↑ Matthew Ogle: Yes, it does! (blog.last.fm, Monday, 12 April 2010)
  21. ↑ crave: Last.fm interview: Behind the music, by Rory Reid on 25 November 2009, 10:32am
  22. ↑ Tom Pakinkis: Last.fm hits 60 billion scrobble landmark, Music Week
  23. ↑ Matthew Ogle & Anil Bawa Cavia: Lessons from Building The World’s Largest Social Music Platform, FoWA 2007
  24. ↑ Tom Pakinkis: Last.fm hits 60 billion scrobble landmark, Music Week
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