According to one
report, streaming subscriptions as of Q1 2000 were:
Spotify: 128 million
Apple Music: 72 million
Amazon Music: 56 million
Tencent Music: 44 million
Google Play / YouTube Music: 24 million
Deezer: 8 million
Pandora: 4 million
Others: 64 million
Among “others,” Tidal claims 3 million subscribers, or about 0.7% of all streaming subscribers.
So 99.3% of music streaming subscribers do not have access or listen to MQA. In fact, 97% don’t even seem to care about CD quality lossless streaming.
So basically MQA is a rounding error in the marketplace. It will not be the differentiator that drives Tidal to overcome Spotify.