Statistics
I have been asked many times why I think Music Information
Retrieval and Computer Audition are important so I have collected
some statistics to support my arguments. This list is under construction
and is compiled for my own research purposes. I am certain I am missing
many interesting statistics so please send me email to gtzan@cs.cmu.edu
with other numbers.
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Projected population of music downloaders in 2002 = 61.3 million
(out of 218.6 Million over 12 US 2002)
( www.ipsos-reid.com )
- Simultaneous Napster users at peak of popularity = 1.57 million
(PC World, 2001)
- 230,309.616 downloads Kazaa (most downloaded software in history)
(previous record holder ICQ). May 27, 2003 (news sites)
( www.kazaa.com/us/news/most_downloaded.htm )