iTunes 3 billion songs purchased on a graph

mdoeff — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:39:35 +0000

It took a little less than a year to go from 1 billion to 2 billion songs sold on iTunes. It took a little over six months to go from 2 billion to 3 billion songs sold. Will we see 4 billion songs sold by the end of the year?

Date	Songs Purchased (millions)	Source
05/15/2003	1	Apple
06/23/2003	5	Apple
09/8/2003	10	Apple
12/15/2003	25	Apple
03/15/2004	50	Apple
07/12/2004	100	CNN
12/16/2004	200	Apple
07/18/2005	500	Apple
02/24/2006	1000	Apple
01/09/2007	2000	Apple
07/31/2007	3000	Apple

Analysis elsewhere:

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iTunes 2 billion songs purchased on a graph

mdoeff — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:34:43 +0000

Last February, I posted a graph showing the growth of the iTunes music store. Back then the big news was that Apple had sold their one billionth song. Lost in the shuffle of Steve Jobs’ huge announcements at MacWorld yesterday was the news that Apple recently sold their 2 billionth song on iTunes. That’s another billion songs in less than a year. So much for the recent speculation that iTunes sales are slowing. Here’s the updated graph…

Date	Songs Purchased (millions)	Source
05/15/2003	1	Apple
06/23/2003	5	Apple
09/8/2003	10	Apple
12/15/2003	25	Apple
03/15/2004	50	Apple
07/12/2004	100	CNN
12/16/2004	200	Apple
07/18/2005	500	Apple
02/24/2006	1000	Apple
01/09/2007	2000	Apple

graph created using NCES Create a Graph

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iTunes 3 billion songs purchased on a graph

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