Sales on the Discogs Marketplace rose 20% to top 10 million units in 2017. Vinyl sales grew 18% to 8 million, the user-built music database and online a catalog announced today. Key sales trends for the year include:
The most collected genre trends include:
Find more stats in the Discogs 2017 Year End Report.
- Cassettes were the format showing the most substantial growth at 29.54%
- CDs were not far behind, up 28.39%
The most collected genre trends include:
- Classical up 42.36%
- Latin up 38.33%
New CEO
Discogs COO Chad Dahlstrom has been named the company's new CEO. Founder and president Kevin Lewandowski will now focus on broadening the company's focus beyond music to include film, comics, posters and books.Find more stats in the Discogs 2017 Year End Report.