The recorded music market in Italy – reads a Fimi note – continues to grow and closes the first half of 2026 with a positive trend of 7.3%, equal to a total turnover of about 225 million euros.
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In a scenario where digital today represents 80% of the market, streaming inevitably leads, which with more than 52 billion plays in the first six months of the year alone covers a total of 179 million euros, marking an increase of 7% compared to 2025. It is particularly the subscription segment that is expanding, with a growth of 9.45%, while ad-supported audio records a slight decline of 1.31%. Ad-supported video streaming holds up well instead, marking +2.73%.
However, it is the physical sector that grows the most, with an incidence of 12% mainly driven by the explosion of vinyl (+18.50%), a medium that has now become a mass phenomenon while the CD remains stable, growing by 1.29% reaching a turnover of about 11 million euros.
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