Best Music Streaming Service In India

With Spotify and YouTube Music entering into the fray, the Music streaming market in India is currently experiencing a boom. Other international streaming giants such as Apple Music, Amazon Music and Google Play Music (merged with YouTube Music)have been here for quite a while now. Every player in the market is competing with the other to get the major chunk of subscribers and thus expand its market share. The integration of JioMusic and Saavn has also helped the cause to some extent.

According to a report by Statista, revenue in the music streaming industry in India amounts to $213 million with 89.6 million users. This revenue is expected to grow annually at a rate of 1.6 per cent between 2019-2023 which will take the amount to $227 million.

With so many options available in the market, it often becomes difficult for the consumer to choose the best option available for him/her. In this article we’ll be comparing the offerings of different streaming platforms on various parameters.

1.Content

With around 50 million tracks, both Apple Music and JioSaavn are the largest in terms of available content closely followed by Spotify and Amazon Music. But with YouTube Music getting launched at just the right time, this may be the time for others to ramp up their collection as YouTube has huge content availability. Other local players such as Gaana (around 30 milion) and Wynk Music (around 17 million) lag behind their competitions by a good margin which is enough to upset a melomaniac.

Amazon Music however lacks several regional songs. So if you like to dance on those Punjabi beats, you would rather want to skip this streaming platform. On the other hand, Spotify lacks several international albums in India due to its skirmish with Warner Music Group. Similarly local players ( Wynk and Gaana ) are high on regional content but lack several international tracks. This brings us to the conclusion that JioSaavn and YouTube Music are the richest in terms of content.

2.Value for Money

Most of the above mentioned service providers have an option of accessing their content for free. However, there’s a catch. You have limited access such as you may not be able to download the songs for listening them offline.

However if you want access to all the features you may have to shell out anywhere between 59 to 99 INR per month. The plans for different service providers have been compared in the table

Streaming Platforms Monthly Plan Yearly Plan

Apple Music 99 -

Amazon Prime Music Prime included Prime included

Gaana 99 299

JioSaavn 99 299

Spotify 99 1189

Wynk Music 49 349

Youtube Music 99 -

So these are the music streaming service providers. Choose yours wisely!

Happy Listening!