Illegal streaming activity fell in March — but people are flocking back to torrent sites, new data suggests
The first notable thing about music piracy behavior during COVID-19 lockdown is that illegal streaming activity fell considerably, globally speaking, in the final week of March versus the same period of February. It was down 11.84% in Europe, down 19.72% in Japan, and down 5.84% in the UK. The US saw a slighter fall, but a fall nonetheless, of 1.01%.
Something else remarkable has been happening in the piracy world during lockdown, though. According to Muso’s data, music-related visits toplatforms — home of potentially malware-addled P2P downloads — have seen a boon in frequency during COVID quarantine. In the US alone, music-related visits to torrent sites grew by 15.62% in the period between the last week of February and the last week of March : In the February week, there were 1.
“It’s interesting for context to think that Germany was quite late to switch away from physical music and to embrace streaming,” adds Chatterley. “It also makes you wonder if people are craving ownership more than usual right now, and whether that’s been caused or amplified by COVID-19, which may be having an effect on people’s financial status. The lockdown could also potentially be affecting subscription fatigue.
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