According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple Music now has 36 million of paying subscribers around the world. The report citing “people in the record business,” explains that Apple is adding subscribers in the United States at a faster rate than Spotify.
Apple confirmed the updated total to WSJ, as the publication wrote that in the US, Apple's subscriber-account base has been growing about 5% monthly, compared to the Spotify's 2% growth, they believe that if those growth rates continue, Apple will eventually eclipse the service in popularity in the country this summer
Apple's subscriber-account base in the U.S. has been growing about 5% monthly, versus Spotify's 2% clip, according to the people familiar with the numbers. Assuming those growth rates continue, Apple will overtake Spotify in accounts this summer.
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