If you liked our ten year recap, you'll love this. Each pie shows the revenue contribution from various formats, 1980-2010, based on RIAA revenue figures. If you want to see it again, just wait a few seconds for the animation to start over.
This is US-based data, and each pie represents 100% of total recording revenue.
And, here are the individual year source images, starting with 1980 on the top left and 2010 on the bottom right. Just pick a year and go, and download whatever you need.
Comments Closed
Joey Tuesday, August 16, 2011
What sources did you use for this?
John Tuesday, September 06, 2011
read the text!
@martinvovk Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Martin Vovk
...and 30 ugly pie charts.
@just1idiot Tuesday, August 16, 2011
MarkO
Fun!
@IXiiVRecords Tuesday, August 16, 2011
9 to 5 Records
So interesting!
@PatrickTrojman: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
THIS is interesting
@MySMNchannel Tuesday, August 16, 2011
My Social Marketing
Very cool.
@digimuziek Tuesday, August 16, 2011
digimuziek.nl
30 jaar verandering in de muziekindustrie in 30 seconden
@MusicN3rd Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Lauren Mack
Very cool animation!
kacy Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Very interesting but it's too fast to register anything, would like to be able to pause it at will...
paul Wednesday, August 17, 2011
@kacy
It's a really good point, so I made some modifications. Underneath the animation, I've posted the individual images from each year. So you can examine each one - just click to enlarge.
Also, for the future I'll examine some play/pause functionality. I think it exists, but it has to be a non-Flash animation so that iOS users can see it. It may also be cool to flip from one year to the next easily, which is another thing we have in the oven for later.
/paul
OzRich Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Paul - can you also change the overall size of the pie in line with the total revenue for the year. Now that would add a new perspective!
Krysztoff Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Here, I made it slower for you. I think it's better if you have some time to look.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/186321/30years.gif
whyPhone? Friday, August 19, 2011
Why pander to an audience of technical illiterates who bought a mediocre smartphone because it was shiny? Sod 'em. Do it properly with Flash.
James Wednesday, August 24, 2011
I bought iOS devices specifically because they do not handle flash. Just as I block flash on my computers. Flash goes against the ethos of the web.
Cal Monday, August 29, 2011
How do you figure?
garfi Sunday, September 18, 2011
good post..
Visitor Tuesday, November 08, 2011
I must say that the ten year recap article you guys posted earlier was really brilliant and insightful. Good to see a similar one with a pie graph attached here. Although this is a US based data, I must say that most of them very much correspond in the same way in other nations as well. The rapid increase in the CD’s was absolutely stunned and pushed back to half by the download facilities. Now that cloud computing is a reality, CD’s are going to go down at least by another 10%.
@rrcrds Wednesday, August 17, 2011
R Records
What a change! :)
@b1ward Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Byron Ward
Cool graph.
@OpenSourceMuzic Wednesday, August 17, 2011
OPEN SOURCE MUZIC
...Quite amazing!
moke Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Great graphic, though it might have been useful to correlate (approximately) the overall size of the pie with the overall $ size of the market, then you could see not only changing formats but fluctuating worth.
kthomson Wednesday, August 17, 2011
I agree that it would be more impactful and accurate if the scale of each pie relative to the other years changed over time. So, I'd assume, 1999 is your biggest pie, and all those before and after are smaller in based on the total size of the marketplace.
In fact, this data might be better illustrated through a stacked column graph, which allows the values on a year-to-year basis to be shown on one graph.
@misterboh Wednesday, August 17, 2011
David Beaudouin
Because the medium is the music.
paul Wednesday, August 17, 2011
@moke, @kthomson
There are some really cool possibilities here with scaling to fit actual revenues. Agreed that one limitation is that the circles represent 100% of whatever revenues are in that year, and aren't sized to fit broader revenues so it's just a relative view.
Actually you guys might want to check this out, published earlier this year.
Also, do you want actual numbers to play around with? Happy to share -
/paul
@nathanrandall Wednesday, August 17, 2011
nathan randall
Not that Apple changed anything...
The Full Picture Thursday, August 18, 2011
Is there a way to add a section perhaps in black of the illegal downloads since 2000. That way the graph would probably keep going up over time.
rowthiram Tuesday, August 23, 2011
no one complain about kazaa, edonkey, sharaza and limewire ?
The Full Picture Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Yes add a streaming section as well. The chart would go much higher.
Clyde Smith Thursday, August 18, 2011
Hey, this is great stuff. Thanks for putting in the work!
FNE Wednesday, August 24, 2011
It'd be great if you could share the actual number. Espectially in Excel form.
FNE
FNE Wednesday, August 24, 2011
By the way, I'd be glad if you could send me the numbers that is the origin of the chart at thefxxknoevil@yahoo.com.
FNE
PS. I'm a researcher of Thailand and quite interested in these figure espectially comparing it across countries.
xlifes Saturday, August 27, 2011
Hi Paul, would you provide the data? I wanted to do a take on this focusing on the actual revenue values.
Thanks!
xlifes Monday, August 29, 2011
Hi Paul, do you have the actual numbers used to build this graphic? Can you share them with us?
Thanks
GS Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Is there a link to the actual data set and the source for it? Thanks.
@Angela_Everett Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Ange
Great basic presentation - hate the pie chart though.
Ellis Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Fascinating, thank you. I realize the hard data doesn't exist, but I'd love to see one based on method of acquisition, not units purchased, to see the ominous creep of illegal downloads.
paul Wednesday, August 17, 2011
@Ellis
It's a difficult challenge I think, and really any answer is subjective to a certain extent. Perhaps you could break everything down into similar units and try to stack them up. The problem is that a figure from someone like iTunes is concrete and based on counts, whereas a BitTorrent estimate (for example) is just that. So there would be some guestimation involved.
Not sure if that addresses where you were going with this?
/paul
@rossie_curnow Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Ross Curnow
Nice little insight into record sales over the last few years.
@Mediazoic Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Mediazoic
Cool.
@ale_nagado Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Alexandre Nagado
30 anos de mudanças na indústria musical...
@GuilleZambrano Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Guillermo Zambrano
30 años de music grabada.
@seaninsound Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Sean Adams
Mmmmmmm pie!
bob Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Good ol' music video. If you want job stability in the industry, stick with that.
@Canuckflack Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Colin McKay
Pity the poor cassingle.
@boichot Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Simon Boichot
Oh le beau GIF!
Shenandoah Slim Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Can you do a version where the entire pies changes size according to the total amount the percentages "add up to" -- adjusted for inflation -- then you would add to this great example of information visually presented a sense of how the market is also changeing on overall relative size as it's divving up also changes. Thanks -- super great learning moment and all that
@Supernovacom Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Supernova.com
Wow... AMAZING .gif of the evolution of the Music Industry!!
Michael Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Could you maybe do a version where Digital Performance Royalty is shortened so we can see the Percentage? It is cut-off form the border of the graphic.
paul Wednesday, August 17, 2011
@Michael
Right, those percentages got chopped. I think I can get those back in with some work, but in the meantime, I pulled this for you. Also RIAA data, just of performance royalty revenues. Hope this helps, left axis in millions, US-only.
/paul
Michael Thursday, August 18, 2011
Thanks for the extra graph Paul!
@Juanalivia Wednesday, August 17, 2011
â–²Nâ–² LIâ–¼Iâ–²
"The end of an era"
simpleman Wednesday, August 17, 2011
@Navigatepartner Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Peggy Dold
Amazing!
@JessicaBass Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Jessica Bass
THIS IS AWESOME!
@LawnDartChamp Wednesday, August 17, 2011
David
For music industry geeks.
@MrBuzzFactor Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Bob Baker
Great visual!
@MollyBergen Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Molly Bergen
A visual demonstration of why no one knows what's going on anymore.
@RhonVanErman Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Rhon Van Erman
Cool visual, the tide is turning!
@MiltownSound Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Miltown Sound
Digital Music News thanks... I love reading this type of stuff.
Daniel Thursday, August 18, 2011
Even if you could include illegal downloads with reasonable accuracy, how would you quantify them? The graphs are of revenue contribution, and illegal downloads by definition provide no revenue. Adding the theoretical market price of each illegal download to the graph would be misleading, because a free download equals lost revenue only if the consumer would otherwise have paid for it.
@BrutalHobo Thursday, August 18, 2011
John Consterdine
So CD sales in 2010 were roughly the same as those in 1990. Pretty crazy really.
@johnpaulfox Thursday, August 18, 2011
John Paul Fox
Really cool visual...
@amsika Thursday, August 18, 2011
Antoine Msika
Naissance, croissance et déchéance du CD...
@nevermakefriend Thursday, August 18, 2011
Malky B
If you like music industry and like pies then this is for you.
@eddiecointreau Thursday, August 18, 2011
eddie cointreau
take note, vinylists.
@blueboxuk Thursday, August 18, 2011
Blue Box Web Design
Very cool and a little sad.
@Connoissarah Thursday, August 18, 2011
Sarah F
How interesting.
@pbwolf Thursday, August 18, 2011
Peanut Butter Wolf
Maybe it's because I'm in the "industry", but this fascinates (and saddens) me.
@indeno Thursday, August 18, 2011
Brad Akerman
Great data on where we get our music from. I don't miss the cassette.
@KIATSG Thursday, August 18, 2011
Jonathan / Kiat
interesting
@crossfaderchris Thursday, August 18, 2011
Chris Biallas
whoa!
@cwhaley Thursday, August 18, 2011
Charles P. Whaley
Cool animation.
@BarneysMcr Thursday, August 18, 2011
Barneys Manchester
This would look veerrry different with illegal downloads included.
@MADDragonMusic Thursday, August 18, 2011
MAD Dragon Records
...easy to understand pie charts!
@IvanAlvarez Thursday, August 18, 2011
Ivan
The forest from the trees in the music business.
@tedtrembinski Thursday, August 18, 2011
Ted Trembinski
cool.
@ZGustafson Thursday, August 18, 2011
Zachary Gustafson
Interesting.
@Sal_At_Large Thursday, August 18, 2011
Sal Nocitra
Very cool graph!
@PromoTree Thursday, August 18, 2011
Promotree
The best way possible to express what is going on in the music business in 30 seconds.
@misterthibodeau Thursday, August 18, 2011
Steven Thibodeau
Music lovers rejoice.
@broadside Thursday, August 18, 2011
broadsideproductions
Can I get that on 8-track? (via Ike Turner)
@Srta_Rosalita Thursday, August 18, 2011
Becky Smith-Mandin
MOAR TIMELAPSE!
@stuartathompson Thursday, August 18, 2011
Stuart A. Thompson
So awesome.
@Sal_At_Large Friday, August 19, 2011
Sal Nocitra
Very cool graph!
Mike Friday, August 19, 2011
Very interesting but incredibly mis=representing the role of digital music since this is based on revenue and huge amounts of music downloads have no revenue impact.
@dancinginmyhead Friday, August 19, 2011
Ed Skawinski
Not a perfect chart, but a flaming pie!
@HighWireMusic Friday, August 19, 2011
High Wire Music
Call it change or progress - it's inevitable.
@schmogel Friday, August 19, 2011
schmogel
I'm surprised CDs still make up ~50%.
@cdnmusicweek Friday, August 19, 2011
Canadian Music Week
30 second history lesson!
@GeekyRockChick Friday, August 19, 2011
Vicki
Interesting...
@mtricomi Friday, August 19, 2011
Matt Tricomi
great infographic!
@skmary Friday, August 19, 2011
Sukma Raya
The chart is kinda cool.
@DrexelLeBowMBA Friday, August 19, 2011
MBA @ Drexel Univ.
Very cool graphic.
@woodlandalyssa Saturday, August 20, 2011
Alyssa Galella
Funny to see the "CDs" section grow and shrink.
@jimneusom Saturday, August 20, 2011
Jim Neusom
Take special note of the decline of CDs and the rise of downloads.
@cestmoiDina Saturday, August 20, 2011
Dina Davis
Wow... interesting. Great stats.
@1BDG Saturday, August 20, 2011
Bruno1
ALUCINANTE!
@RickysFlower Saturday, August 20, 2011
Carol
I'll 2nd that!...
@Panglossnotes Sunday, August 21, 2011
Geoff H
Change, you can believe in.
@RachelLapp Sunday, August 21, 2011
Rachel Lapp
But vinyl records & analog sound are still the best, right? :)
@barbara_DE Sunday, August 21, 2011
Barbara
WOW! Interesting! Thx :)
@pctuningcz Sunday, August 21, 2011
PCT
NepÅ™ehlédnÄ›te...
@ModernEcho1 Sunday, August 21, 2011
Modern Echo
So interesting....
@Alena_RMF Sunday, August 21, 2011
Alena
WOW!!!!
@LVwithLove Monday, August 22, 2011
LVwithLove
Well this is amazing.
@DICEMOTION Monday, August 22, 2011
Dice Motion
WOW Music industry in a nutshell.
@DahlCastStaff Monday, August 22, 2011
DahlCast Staff
"It allows me to listen to the only decent music ever committed to vinyl." -Pete
@johnrodriguez Monday, August 22, 2011
j-ro
...The 30 year transformation/splintering/decline of the musicindustry!
@tristanx Monday, August 22, 2011
Tristan Cuschieri
Very cool.
@GSDM Monday, August 22, 2011
GSD&M
Mind = Blown
@timneedles Monday, August 22, 2011
timneedles
Soon I'll be listening to the Beastie Boys through my iFingerPhone...
@kimschultzzz Monday, August 22, 2011
kim schultz
WOW!
@imjonas Monday, August 22, 2011
Jonas Eriksson
!
@ironick Monday, August 22, 2011
Nick Gall
Mesmerizing infographic...
@twliterary Monday, August 22, 2011
Ted Weinstein Lit.
Fantastic graphic. We'll need same for publishing soon.
@jhodsdon Monday, August 22, 2011
Jeff Hodsdon
Peace out CDs.
@sashaboersma Monday, August 22, 2011
Sasha Boersma
Super cool to see how the market share has evolved.
@invisible_music Monday, August 22, 2011
IC Music Department
Amazing.
@MissMenuNYC Monday, August 22, 2011
Shayna Walter
Crazy how much has changed.
@creatino Monday, August 22, 2011
creatino
Brilliant animation.
@ironick Monday, August 22, 2011
Nick Gall
Mesmerizing infographic of the wax and wane of music formats...
FlashG Monday, August 22, 2011
Some thoughts:
1. Consider tracking revenue in inflation adjusted $.
2. Source is not tracking alses of SACD and Vinyl, which have been growing in audiophile circles, plus new medium... HD downloads.
3. Would love to see a split on royalties going to the big publishers versus the musicians.
4. Would love to correlate data with numbers of musicians and song writers actually making a living in the industry.
The industry is consolidating to fewer publishers, but I am seeing more good indie than ever in my life.
blagoworks Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Wonderful graph! It just needs an interface and better animation. Plz don't design for the weakest link (aka the "just because it's shiny" iphone); do it right: with flash. If coding AS3 is too hard for you, give me a holler.
@Fenrir Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Aldert Hazenberg
OH in 2015; cd's? My dad has one.
@BBHLabs: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Fantastic animated gif...
@josephweir1 Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Joe Weir
Cool animated gif...
@TenSecondCynic Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Jon Boeckenstedt
Sometimes even bad data visualization can be instructive.
@blagoworks Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Hanneke Hoogstrate
Interesting infographic...
@thisGRAEME Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Graeme Thewliss
tasty pie-chart gif...
@dsingleton Tuesday, August 23, 2011
David Singleton
...pretty amazing.
@mo_lishomwa Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Mo Lishomwa
This is great...
@chadwickgantes Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Chadwick Gantes
so many pie charts, so little time...
@kennyjamez Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Kenny Laubbacher
Incredible.
@EITSCollective Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Eye in the Sky
the times they are a-changin....
@albinoriotman Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Jon Burkhart
Love it.
@BBHLabs Tuesday, August 23, 2011
BBH Labs
Fantastic animated gif...
@csavage Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Chris Savage
I'd love to see this for other mediums.
@genechansf Tuesday, August 23, 2011
gene
Would you guess CD purchases still made up ~50% in 2010?
@symphonicdist Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Symphonic Dist.
CDs were at a whopping 90% marketshare at one point...
Hollywood Stock Review Tuesday, August 23, 2011
It would be nice to see the same using music usage.
Peter Tuesday, August 23, 2011
I would have liked this graphic more if you'd added the total amount too (we're to assume the total pie size is reflective somehow?). Also, keep the pie in the same place for each shot. Please?
pollyjw Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Matt Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Link doesn't work for me. Does anybody else have source data? I want to play!!
xlifes Monday, August 29, 2011
Here's one link that works. It only has the data for 2009 and 2010 though.
http://76.74.24.142/548C3F4C-6B6D-F702-384C-D25E2AB93610.pdf
billsrox Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Too bad most of the great music never gets heard, by the masses.
And I still want to buy C.D.'S. I wil never download music, off the internet. So screw the charts, and keep your hands off the remaining local music stores, a good one is like church.
Minae Wednesday, August 24, 2011
0% of vinyl product in 2010 ?!
F**k ! is not true !
and please ,What is the source of figures used for this graph?
It attracts my curiosity!
@owen_ed Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Ed Owen
Great to see vinyl hanging on with a 1.3% share.
@erwinverb Wednesday, August 24, 2011
erwin verbruggen
The CD came, the CD went...
@kgrzeskiewicz Wednesday, August 24, 2011
KarolinaGrzeskiewicz
Czy tak będzie też z eksiążkami
@ydring Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Johan Ydring
I like it.
@hirsebirse Wednesday, August 24, 2011
HirseBirse
Rise and fall of the CD...
@stephenmasters Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Stephen Masters
Simple but compellingly effective animated data visualisation.
@TuneUp Wednesday, August 24, 2011
TuneUp
Times they are a-changin' - especially when it comes to how we listen to music!
@earfarm Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Matt Tyson
Well, that's pretty cool.
@alisongow Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Alison Gow
This is exceptionally ace.
@NicolasJondet Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Nicolas Jondet
Great infographics.
@JimCareyIMC Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Jim Carey
Stacks of wax? Not so much.
Goodbye to CDs.
@CMCNational Wednesday, August 24, 2011
CanadianMusicCentre
Wow! To think our record label is turning 30 too!
@Sal_At_Large Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Sal Nocitra
Very cool graph!
@blueprouk Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Blue Pro Audio/Media
Cool.
@Cossette_West Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Cossette West
The rise and fall of, no, not Ziggy Stardust, but CDs. ^sw
@stefangoldby Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Stefan Goldby
AMAZING INFOGRAPHIC!
moimoi Wednesday, August 24, 2011
good point of view.
jackk911 Thursday, August 25, 2011
Impressive start for mobile.
@FMarchandVS Thursday, August 25, 2011
Francois Marchand
WOW
@agencyrepublic Thursday, August 25, 2011
Agency Republic
lovely animated gif...
@aheadfulofbees Thursday, August 25, 2011
A Headful of Bees
Interesting data...
@CBCQuirks Thursday, August 25, 2011
Quirks & Quarks
Brilliant.
@spiguet Thursday, August 25, 2011
Serge
La fabuleuse histoire du CD!
Paul Irish Friday, August 26, 2011
hey Paul, great work on this..
I'd love to take the data and turn it into a bit more of a rich visualization, with some smooth animations and such..
Could you share the source data? Thx! If you want to email it: holler@{my name}.com
Thx mucho
@kylebaptista Friday, August 26, 2011
Kyle Baptista
Never thought I'd tweet an animated GIF...
@GSDM Sunday, August 28, 2011
GSD&M
great find...
@RockYourBox Sunday, August 28, 2011
DJ Dan Murphy
Whoah! Surprising final graph...
@RockYourBox Sunday, August 28, 2011
DJ Dan Murphy
Whoah! Surprising final graph...
@jackjomcom Sunday, August 28, 2011
jackjom.com
Superb animation...
@nahumg Sunday, August 28, 2011
Nahum Gershon
very cool
what is the nxt thing?
@aedanzofia Sunday, August 28, 2011
Aedan Arko
this is pretty neat to see...
@kmsnk Monday, August 29, 2011
kmsnk
CRAZY to see how quickly CDs died off.
@stefangoldby Monday, August 29, 2011
Stefan Goldby
AMAZING INFOGRAPHIC!
@KROCK1055 Tuesday, August 30, 2011
K-ROCK 1055
Wow… Do you know what an 8 track is?
@KIGASJAPAN Tuesday, August 30, 2011
KIGAS(a.k.a Michiru)
CD rule the 90s!
@NORDONLINE Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Jessika Nord
Hard to stay calm in a constantly changing world.
@FMarchandVS Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Francois Marchand
WOW
DMaxJames Wednesday, August 31, 2011
As I've always said, the CD was an abberation... it was around for way too long versus other mediums. The real question is what's the next format after the digital file format? Nice graphics.
@mbroadhurst Wednesday, August 31, 2011
mbroadhurst
neat.
@johannschwella Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Johann Schwella
Very cool animated gif.
@rockpddude Thursday, September 01, 2011
Mike Stern
This is cool.
@marybethmaziarz Thursday, September 01, 2011
Mary Beth Maziarz
Couldn't stop watching this.
@JosephFosco Thursday, September 01, 2011
Joseph Fosco
Fantastic!
@ThomasKarolak Thursday, September 01, 2011
Thomas Karolak
Nice!
Len Friday, September 02, 2011
I'm sure this is really interesting, but the detail is lost not being able to pause it. How the hell can you read the categories at that speed?
@iA Friday, September 02, 2011
Oliver Reichenstein
As crude as an infographic can be, but really tells a story.
@charlottemc Friday, September 02, 2011
Charlotte McEleny
This is great.
@fdruel Friday, September 02, 2011
Francois Druel
Vie et mort du CD et surtout de la cassette audio!
@Red_68 Saturday, September 03, 2011
David Manns
The rise and fall of music formats. Brilliant little animated pie chart.
@ochmonek Saturday, September 03, 2011
Ochmonek
People really liked cassettes there for a while there, didn't they?
@clivegrinyer Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Clive Grinyer
infographic of the day.
@QuiddityEnt Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Quiddity
This never gets old!
Igor Wednesday, September 07, 2011
I'm surprised that in 1980, vinyl singles only accounted for 6.8 per cent of sales. I was buying a ton of 7" records as late as 1985. As a teenager, 7" singles were all that I could afford ($2 a pop versus $10-12 for the LP or cassette).
@Quiverdisc Wednesday, September 07, 2011
John Hughes
fascinating stuff
Tom Ate Monday, September 12, 2011
One of the worst data visualisations I've ever seen.
Wouldn't have been to hard to combine all information into one chart. Thus you'd actually see the changes over time.
Visually it's also...
Denis Thursday, September 15, 2011
An other representation on http://www.iconnexe.fr : 
It's possible to see an animation too (applet Java)
@youthelectronix Monday, September 19, 2011
Jeremy Smith
Watch the red grow and shrink.
@iLuvLibraries Monday, September 19, 2011
OurDigitalFuture
LPS to MP3s oh my
Technology Has No Morals Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Your U.S. based chart shows that in 2010 the consumer purchased 60% albums (49% CD and 11% download).
Steve Collins Sunday, October 02, 2011
I found this GIF useful but wanted more time to view the images, so I've created this as a resource: http://www.musictwopointzero.net.au/cd/index.html
paul Sunday, October 02, 2011
Whoa, love that! Is there a tool you used, or just coded from scratch?
/paul
Steve Sunday, October 02, 2011
Yeah, I coded it from scratch quickly but I think wim has done a much better job :)
wim Sunday, October 02, 2011
So, how do you like my version of this graph?
http://www.wimdows.nl/datavis/lib/D3/music-revs.html
Steve Sunday, October 02, 2011
This is excellent :)
wim Sunday, October 02, 2011
Feel free to publish it on your site.
(If you don´t mind that it doesn´t work in older versions of IE, that is. Works in all other browsers.)
paul Sunday, October 02, 2011
Whoa, that's tremendous. Yes, definitely would love to share this... hopefully easy to embed?
/paul
wim Monday, October 03, 2011
Hi Paul,
Thanks for the enthousiastic response! I really appreciate it.
It shouldn't be to hard to embed. You just have to put the D3 (Javascript) libraries somewhere on your server, and make sure the file with the graph in it knows where to find them. Easiest way would be to put it all in one directory (from a ready made zip I could send you).
I have a new version in which the whole graph is contained in one div, which you can position anywhere on a page.
In it's present form the graph is not scalable, I'm afraid. So you would have to make do with the current size.
There are a couple of small things that still bother me though.
For one, since I don´t have access to the original data, I had to read part of the data from the graphs over at business insider. So these are not official data. Now, the numbers will be pretty accurate. But to be thorough, it would be best to put the real data in the datafile.
The other thing is that I often see the graph load in the wrong color scheme: it should start out in browns and blacks and end up in blues and greens. But more often than not it starts out blue/green and stays that way. The colors are only corrected after an F5. I haven't figured that one out yet.
Do you encounter the same glitch? If so, I will do my best to figure it out.
Regards,
wim
wim Monday, October 03, 2011
Paul, I have a zipped version that unpacks in handy folders and has all the relative links in working order. I guess your webmaster should or designer should be able to copy and paste the content of the main file into of of your files and place the graph in a div.
I could send it your way. Should I just mail it to something like info@digitalmusicnews.com?
Oh, and what I just realized, is that I took a guestimate at the 2010 data. All that stuff really needs to be checked. If you could send me the real data I could replace all the iffy data with the actual stuff. Or, if you know how json files work, you could do it yourself.
Just let me know...
Regards,
wim
paul Wednesday, October 05, 2011
@wim,
hey - yeah, send it over to me at paulr@
I can give you the missing data!
/paul
@circlesoffire Monday, October 03, 2011
Emily Millay Haddad
Love me an infograph in motion!
@bbbpress Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Beat by Beat Press
what will the next 30 years look like?
@epicgraphic Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Mark Johnstone
Oh dear - I feel queezy
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