Database statistics
Last updated: 2025-05-19
Release/Medium Formats
| Rank | Format | Releases | % of total releases | Mediums | % of total mediums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 4,757,224  | 100% | 5,261,538 | 100% | |
| 1 | Digital Media | 2,045,637 | 43.00% | 2,087,787 | 39.68% |
| 2 | CD | 1,711,679 | 35.98% | 2,059,421 | 39.14% |
| 3 | 12" Vinyl | 362,507 | 7.62% | 402,024 | 7.64% |
| 4 | Unknown format | 236,058 | 4.96% | 246,394 | 4.68% |
| 5 | 7" Vinyl | 140,651 | 2.96% | 143,629 | 2.73% |
| 6 | Cassette | 70,793 | 1.49% | 74,578 | 1.42% |
| 7 | CD-R | 53,257 | 1.12% | 59,833 | 1.14% |
| 8 | Vinyl | 37,777 | 0.79% | 40,000 | 0.76% |
| 9 | DVD-Video | 25,319 | 0.53% | 27,566 | 0.52% |
| 10 | 10" Shellac | 24,799 | 0.52% | 25,323 | 0.48% |
| 11 | Enhanced CD | 11,165 | 0.23% | 11,420 | 0.22% |
| 12 | 8cm CD | 10,449 | 0.22% | 10,878 | 0.21% |
| 13 | 10" Vinyl | 9,811 | 0.21% | 10,370 | 0.20% |
| 14 | DVD | 7,579 | 0.16% | 8,206 | 0.16% |
| 15 | Blu-ray | 5,400 | 0.11% | 6,120 | 0.12% |
| 16 | Hybrid SACD | 3,736 | 0.08% | 4,704 | 0.09% |
| 17 | SHM-CD | 3,599 | 0.08% | 4,268 | 0.08% |
| 18 | HDCD | 2,787 | 0.06% | 3,737 | 0.07% |
| 19 | Wax Cylinder | 3,254 | 0.07% | 3,348 | 0.06% |
| 20 | Copy Control CD | 2,710 | 0.06% | 3,088 | 0.06% |
| 21 | SACD | 2,456 | 0.05% | 2,969 | 0.06% |
| 22 | Hybrid SACD (CD layer) | 2,163 | 0.05% | 2,457 | 0.05% |
| 23 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) | 1,722 | 0.04% | 2,015 | 0.04% |
| 24 | Data CD | 1,322 | 0.03% | 1,822 | 0.03% |
| 25 | Blu-spec CD | 1,095 | 0.02% | 1,488 | 0.03% |
| 26 | VHS | 1,173 | 0.02% | 1,238 | 0.02% |
| 27 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel) | 954 | 0.02% | 1,069 | 0.02% |
| 28 | USB Flash Drive | 670 | 0.01% | 1,039 | 0.02% |
| 29 | 7" Flexi-disc | 948 | 0.02% | 1,012 | 0.02% |
| 30 | DVD-Audio | 900 | 0.02% | 981 | 0.02% |
| 31 | HQCD | 786 | 0.02% | 953 | 0.02% |
| 32 | Download Card | 886 | 0.02% | 940 | 0.02% |
| 33 | Phonograph record | 886 | 0.02% | 909 | 0.02% |
| 34 | Mixed Mode CD | 791 | 0.02% | 835 | 0.02% |
| 35 | Shellac | 644 | 0.01% | 660 | 0.01% |
| 36 | Other | 643 | 0.01% | 657 | 0.01% |
| 37 | DAT | 218 | 0.00% | 580 | 0.01% |
| 38 | 8-Track Cartridge | 521 | 0.01% | 529 | 0.01% |
| 39 | Reel-to-reel | 496 | 0.01% | 518 | 0.01% |
| 40 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer) | 399 | 0.01% | 505 | 0.01% |
| 41 | VCD | 389 | 0.01% | 420 | 0.01% |
| 42 | 12" Shellac | 322 | 0.01% | 412 | 0.01% |
| 43 | MiniDisc | 317 | 0.01% | 338 | 0.01% |
| 44 | CD+G | 300 | 0.01% | 327 | 0.01% |
| 45 | SHM-SACD | 266 | 0.01% | 280 | 0.01% |
| 46 | SACD (2 channels) | 250 | 0.01% | 272 | 0.01% |
| 47 | DualDisc (CD side) | 234 | 0.00% | 258 | 0.00% |
| 48 | Flexi-disc | 239 | 0.01% | 257 | 0.00% |
| 49 | DualDisc | 188 | 0.00% | 213 | 0.00% |
| 50 | Piano Roll | 169 | 0.00% | 169 | 0.00% |
| 51 | CDV | 163 | 0.00% | 167 | 0.00% |
| 52 | DualDisc (DVD-Video side) | 152 | 0.00% | 167 | 0.00% |
| 53 | LaserDisc | 158 | 0.00% | 166 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Edison Diamond Disc | 159 | 0.00% | 159 | 0.00% |
| 55 | DTS CD | 123 | 0.00% | 143 | 0.00% |
| 56 | DVD-R Video | 116 | 0.00% | 141 | 0.00% |
| 57 | SHM-SACD (2 channels) | 120 | 0.00% | 122 | 0.00% |
| 58 | 10" Acetate | 121 | 0.00% | 121 | 0.00% |
| 59 | 8cm CD+G | 115 | 0.00% | 115 | 0.00% |
| 60 | 12" LaserDisc | 108 | 0.00% | 111 | 0.00% |
| 61 | 7" Shellac | 105 | 0.00% | 108 | 0.00% |
| 62 | SACD (multichannel) | 85 | 0.00% | 91 | 0.00% |
| 63 | 12" Acetate | 82 | 0.00% | 86 | 0.00% |
| 64 | 3.5" Floppy Disk | 74 | 0.00% | 84 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Data DVD | 67 | 0.00% | 78 | 0.00% |
| 66 | KiT Album | 75 | 0.00% | 76 | 0.00% |
| 67 | DualDisc (DVD-Audio side) | 62 | 0.00% | 69 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Cartridge | 63 | 0.00% | 64 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Microcassette | 54 | 0.00% | 54 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Betamax | 37 | 0.00% | 37 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Data DVD-R | 37 | 0.00% | 37 | 0.00% |
| 72 | 3" Vinyl | 30 | 0.00% | 37 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Playbutton | 36 | 0.00% | 36 | 0.00% |
| 74 | ROM cartridge | 36 | 0.00% | 36 | 0.00% |
| 75 | VinylDisc | 35 | 0.00% | 36 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Betacam SP | 35 | 0.00% | 35 | 0.00% |
| 77 | 7" Acetate | 28 | 0.00% | 31 | 0.00% |
| 78 | DCC | 30 | 0.00% | 30 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Blu-ray-R | 21 | 0.00% | 23 | 0.00% |
| 80 | SD Card | 23 | 0.00% | 23 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Minimax CD | 20 | 0.00% | 21 | 0.00% |
| 82 | DualDisc (DVD side) | 16 | 0.00% | 17 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Floppy Disk | 15 | 0.00% | 15 | 0.00% |
| 84 | DVDplus (DVD-Video side) | 13 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Acetate | 14 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.00% |
| 86 | DVDplus (CD side) | 12 | 0.00% | 13 | 0.00% |
| 87 | UMD | 11 | 0.00% | 13 | 0.00% |
| 88 | microSD | 13 | 0.00% | 13 | 0.00% |
| 89 | HD-DVD | 11 | 0.00% | 11 | 0.00% |
| 90 | VHD | 11 | 0.00% | 11 | 0.00% |
| 91 | DataPlay | 10 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.00% |
| 92 | VinylDisc (CD side) | 10 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.00% |
| 93 | PlayTape | 8 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.00% |
| 94 | VinylDisc (Vinyl side) | 8 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.00% |
| 95 | DVDplus | 6 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.00% |
| 96 | slotMusic | 8 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.00% |
| 97 | 8cm CD-R | 7 | 0.00% | 7 | 0.00% |
| 98 | Pathé disc | 5 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.00% |
| 99 | SVCD | 5 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.00% |
| 100 | DVDplus (DVD-Audio side) | 4 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.00% |
| 101 | CED | 4 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.00% |
| 102 | 8" LaserDisc | 3 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.00% |
| 103 | MiniDVD | 2 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.00% |
| 104 | 5.25" Floppy Disk | 2 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.00% |
| 105 | CD-i | 2 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.00% |
| 106 | Tefifon | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 107 | SHM-SACD (multichannel) | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 108 | MiniDVD-Audio | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 109 | HiPac | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 110 | Minimax DVD-Audio | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 111 | VinylDisc (DVD side) | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 112 | MiniDVD-Video | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 113 | Minimax DVD-Video | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 114 | Zip Disk | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Minimax DVD | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |