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68 Percent Smartphone Owners In The US Stream Music Daily: Study

Parks Associates has released new data that reaffirms the mobility of music fans in today’s world. Within this group, Parks also found, on average, users are listening to streaming music approximately 45 minutes per day.

The study also found the change in rankings while comparing the popularity of music subscription services between fixed-line broadband and mobile broadband.

“Amazon Prime Music is the most popular paid music subscription service among US broadband households, thanks to its inclusion in Amazon Prime — a service that is way down the smartphone list,” Harry Wang, director, health & mobile product research of Parks Associates, said.

From the article "68 Percent Smartphone Owners In The US Stream Music Daily: Study" by tech.firstpost.com

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