Apple Music claims 10m paying subscribers, as Spotify aims for 100m total users

The Financial Times has reported that Apple Music now has 10 million paying subscribers, just six months after launch, making it it the second-largest streaming music service in the world.

Apple had been widely predicted to hit around 7.5m paying subscribers back in September, when many people's free trials would have come to an end.

Max Langridge

Max is a staff writer for What Hi-Fi?'s sister site, TechRadar, in Australia. But being the wonderful English guy he is, he helps out with content across a number of Future sites, including What Hi-Fi?. It wouldn't be his first exposure to the world of all things hi-fi and home cinema, as his first role in technology journalism was with What Hi-Fi? in the UK. Clearly he pined to return after making the move to Australia and the team have welcomed him back with arms wide open.