Database statistics
Last updated: 2025-11-13
Release/Medium Formats
| Rank | Format | Releases | % of total releases | Mediums | % of total mediums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 5,089,714  | 100% | 5,615,413 | 100% | |
| 1 | Digital Media | 2,295,149 | 45.09% | 2,341,569 | 41.70% |
| 2 | CD | 1,764,064 | 34.66% | 2,122,477 | 37.80% |
| 3 | 12" Vinyl | 378,406 | 7.43% | 419,861 | 7.48% |
| 4 | Unknown format | 235,509 | 4.63% | 245,947 | 4.38% |
| 5 | 7" Vinyl | 145,646 | 2.86% | 148,782 | 2.65% |
| 6 | Cassette | 74,480 | 1.46% | 78,802 | 1.40% |
| 7 | CD-R | 56,557 | 1.11% | 63,856 | 1.14% |
| 8 | Vinyl | 37,648 | 0.74% | 39,946 | 0.71% |
| 9 | DVD-Video | 26,489 | 0.52% | 28,803 | 0.51% |
| 10 | 10" Shellac | 25,216 | 0.50% | 25,791 | 0.46% |
| 11 | Enhanced CD | 11,673 | 0.23% | 11,936 | 0.21% |
| 12 | 8cm CD | 10,761 | 0.21% | 11,222 | 0.20% |
| 13 | 10" Vinyl | 10,127 | 0.20% | 10,738 | 0.19% |
| 14 | DVD | 7,855 | 0.15% | 8,520 | 0.15% |
| 15 | Blu-ray | 5,904 | 0.12% | 6,671 | 0.12% |
| 16 | Hybrid SACD | 3,830 | 0.08% | 4,844 | 0.09% |
| 17 | SHM-CD | 3,719 | 0.07% | 4,425 | 0.08% |
| 18 | HDCD | 2,897 | 0.06% | 3,870 | 0.07% |
| 19 | Wax Cylinder | 3,255 | 0.06% | 3,349 | 0.06% |
| 20 | Copy Control CD | 2,821 | 0.06% | 3,225 | 0.06% |
| 21 | SACD | 2,549 | 0.05% | 3,078 | 0.05% |
| 22 | Hybrid SACD (CD layer) | 2,259 | 0.04% | 2,604 | 0.05% |
| 23 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) | 1,788 | 0.04% | 2,120 | 0.04% |
| 24 | Data CD | 1,372 | 0.03% | 1,890 | 0.03% |
| 25 | Blu-spec CD | 1,154 | 0.02% | 1,597 | 0.03% |
| 26 | VHS | 1,216 | 0.02% | 1,285 | 0.02% |
| 27 | USB Flash Drive | 701 | 0.01% | 1,146 | 0.02% |
| 28 | Download Card | 1,067 | 0.02% | 1,128 | 0.02% |
| 29 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel) | 990 | 0.02% | 1,111 | 0.02% |
| 30 | Phonograph record | 1,016 | 0.02% | 1,042 | 0.02% |
| 31 | 7" Flexi-disc | 971 | 0.02% | 1,035 | 0.02% |
| 32 | HQCD | 829 | 0.02% | 1,015 | 0.02% |
| 33 | DVD-Audio | 908 | 0.02% | 989 | 0.02% |
| 34 | Mixed Mode CD | 853 | 0.02% | 900 | 0.02% |
| 35 | Other | 794 | 0.02% | 812 | 0.01% |
| 36 | Shellac | 652 | 0.01% | 668 | 0.01% |
| 37 | DAT | 242 | 0.00% | 651 | 0.01% |
| 38 | 8-Track Cartridge | 532 | 0.01% | 540 | 0.01% |
| 39 | Reel-to-reel | 516 | 0.01% | 539 | 0.01% |
| 40 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer) | 428 | 0.01% | 539 | 0.01% |
| 41 | VCD | 416 | 0.01% | 450 | 0.01% |
| 42 | 12" Shellac | 342 | 0.01% | 444 | 0.01% |
| 43 | MiniDisc | 323 | 0.01% | 344 | 0.01% |
| 44 | CD+G | 311 | 0.01% | 342 | 0.01% |
| 45 | SACD (2 channels) | 264 | 0.01% | 288 | 0.01% |
| 46 | Flexi-disc | 269 | 0.01% | 287 | 0.01% |
| 47 | SHM-SACD | 268 | 0.01% | 286 | 0.01% |
| 48 | DualDisc (CD side) | 241 | 0.00% | 265 | 0.00% |
| 49 | DualDisc | 187 | 0.00% | 213 | 0.00% |
| 50 | DVD-R Video | 151 | 0.00% | 193 | 0.00% |
| 51 | CDV | 168 | 0.00% | 172 | 0.00% |
| 52 | DualDisc (DVD-Video side) | 156 | 0.00% | 171 | 0.00% |
| 53 | LaserDisc | 162 | 0.00% | 170 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Piano Roll | 169 | 0.00% | 169 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Edison Diamond Disc | 161 | 0.00% | 161 | 0.00% |
| 56 | DTS CD | 126 | 0.00% | 146 | 0.00% |
| 57 | 10" Acetate | 138 | 0.00% | 138 | 0.00% |
| 58 | SHM-SACD (2 channels) | 134 | 0.00% | 136 | 0.00% |
| 59 | 8cm CD+G | 129 | 0.00% | 129 | 0.00% |
| 60 | 12" LaserDisc | 108 | 0.00% | 111 | 0.00% |
| 61 | 7" Shellac | 108 | 0.00% | 111 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Data DVD | 80 | 0.00% | 97 | 0.00% |
| 63 | 12" Acetate | 93 | 0.00% | 97 | 0.00% |
| 64 | SACD (multichannel) | 87 | 0.00% | 93 | 0.00% |
| 65 | 3.5" Floppy Disk | 76 | 0.00% | 86 | 0.00% |
| 66 | KiT Album | 76 | 0.00% | 77 | 0.00% |
| 67 | DualDisc (DVD-Audio side) | 63 | 0.00% | 70 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Cartridge | 68 | 0.00% | 69 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Data DVD-R | 46 | 0.00% | 63 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Microcassette | 57 | 0.00% | 57 | 0.00% |
| 71 | VinylDisc | 43 | 0.00% | 44 | 0.00% |
| 72 | 3" Vinyl | 32 | 0.00% | 39 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Playbutton | 38 | 0.00% | 38 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Betamax | 37 | 0.00% | 37 | 0.00% |
| 75 | 7" Acetate | 34 | 0.00% | 37 | 0.00% |
| 76 | ROM cartridge | 36 | 0.00% | 36 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Betacam SP | 36 | 0.00% | 36 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Minimax CD | 34 | 0.00% | 35 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Acetate | 33 | 0.00% | 33 | 0.00% |
| 80 | DCC | 31 | 0.00% | 31 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Blu-ray-R | 25 | 0.00% | 27 | 0.00% |
| 82 | SD Card | 25 | 0.00% | 25 | 0.00% |
| 83 | 8cm CD-R | 24 | 0.00% | 24 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Floppy Disk | 17 | 0.00% | 17 | 0.00% |
| 85 | DualDisc (DVD side) | 16 | 0.00% | 17 | 0.00% |
| 86 | DVDplus (DVD-Video side) | 14 | 0.00% | 15 | 0.00% |
| 87 | microSD | 15 | 0.00% | 15 | 0.00% |
| 88 | DVDplus (CD side) | 13 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.00% |
| 89 | UMD | 11 | 0.00% | 13 | 0.00% |
| 90 | VHD | 11 | 0.00% | 11 | 0.00% |
| 91 | DataPlay | 11 | 0.00% | 11 | 0.00% |
| 92 | VinylDisc (CD side) | 11 | 0.00% | 11 | 0.00% |
| 93 | VinylDisc (Vinyl side) | 10 | 0.00% | 11 | 0.00% |
| 94 | HD-DVD | 10 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.00% |
| 95 | PlayTape | 9 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.00% |
| 96 | slotMusic | 8 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.00% |
| 97 | DVDplus | 6 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.00% |
| 98 | SVCD | 6 | 0.00% | 6 | 0.00% |
| 99 | Pathé disc | 5 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.00% |
| 100 | DVDplus (DVD-Audio side) | 4 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.00% |
| 101 | CD-i | 4 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.00% |
| 102 | CED | 4 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.00% |
| 103 | 5.25" Floppy Disk | 3 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.00% |
| 104 | 8" LaserDisc | 3 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.00% |
| 105 | MiniDVD | 2 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.00% |
| 106 | Zip Disk | 2 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.00% |
| 107 | Tefifon | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 108 | MiniDVD-Video | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 109 | SHM-SACD (multichannel) | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 110 | MiniDVD-Audio | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 111 | VinylDisc (DVD side) | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 112 | Minimax DVD-Video | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 113 | HiPac | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 114 | Minimax DVD-Audio | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Ultra HD Blu-ray | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Minimax DVD | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |