with headphones?
A shift in music consumption over the past several decades has subtly changed the way that music is produced: the preponderance of headphone usage. In 2025, over 455 million headphones were sold worldwide, 59 percent more than the level in 2014, with 78 percent of streaming consumers listening to music through headphones or earbuds. This is a shift; music discovery, consumption and performance is now (for better and for worse) largely a solitary experience, and shared listening makes up a smaller percentage of music listening than it did in the past.
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