Database statistics
Last updated: 2025-09-20
Release/Medium Formats
| Rank | Format | Releases | % of total releases | Mediums | % of total mediums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 4,978,038  | 100% | 5,497,292 | 100% | |
| 1 | Digital Media | 2,210,006 | 44.40% | 2,255,157 | 41.02% |
| 2 | CD | 1,747,253 | 35.10% | 2,102,576 | 38.25% |
| 3 | 12" Vinyl | 373,264 | 7.50% | 414,057 | 7.53% |
| 4 | Unknown format | 235,878 | 4.74% | 246,296 | 4.48% |
| 5 | 7" Vinyl | 143,915 | 2.89% | 147,013 | 2.67% |
| 6 | Cassette | 73,320 | 1.47% | 77,495 | 1.41% |
| 7 | CD-R | 55,525 | 1.12% | 62,454 | 1.14% |
| 8 | Vinyl | 37,705 | 0.76% | 39,991 | 0.73% |
| 9 | DVD-Video | 26,160 | 0.53% | 28,446 | 0.52% |
| 10 | 10" Shellac | 25,112 | 0.50% | 25,687 | 0.47% |
| 11 | Enhanced CD | 11,538 | 0.23% | 11,801 | 0.21% |
| 12 | 8cm CD | 10,674 | 0.21% | 11,133 | 0.20% |
| 13 | 10" Vinyl | 10,020 | 0.20% | 10,625 | 0.19% |
| 14 | DVD | 7,754 | 0.16% | 8,409 | 0.15% |
| 15 | Blu-ray | 5,698 | 0.11% | 6,435 | 0.12% |
| 16 | Hybrid SACD | 3,805 | 0.08% | 4,813 | 0.09% |
| 17 | SHM-CD | 3,686 | 0.07% | 4,377 | 0.08% |
| 18 | HDCD | 2,863 | 0.06% | 3,828 | 0.07% |
| 19 | Wax Cylinder | 3,255 | 0.07% | 3,349 | 0.06% |
| 20 | Copy Control CD | 2,791 | 0.06% | 3,191 | 0.06% |
| 21 | SACD | 2,483 | 0.05% | 3,005 | 0.05% |
| 22 | Hybrid SACD (CD layer) | 2,243 | 0.05% | 2,586 | 0.05% |
| 23 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) | 1,775 | 0.04% | 2,105 | 0.04% |
| 24 | Data CD | 1,355 | 0.03% | 1,868 | 0.03% |
| 25 | Blu-spec CD | 1,133 | 0.02% | 1,569 | 0.03% |
| 26 | VHS | 1,206 | 0.02% | 1,275 | 0.02% |
| 27 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel) | 975 | 0.02% | 1,093 | 0.02% |
| 28 | Download Card | 1,024 | 0.02% | 1,083 | 0.02% |
| 29 | USB Flash Drive | 690 | 0.01% | 1,081 | 0.02% |
| 30 | 7" Flexi-disc | 964 | 0.02% | 1,028 | 0.02% |
| 31 | HQCD | 822 | 0.02% | 1,005 | 0.02% |
| 32 | Phonograph record | 965 | 0.02% | 991 | 0.02% |
| 33 | DVD-Audio | 905 | 0.02% | 986 | 0.02% |
| 34 | Mixed Mode CD | 843 | 0.02% | 890 | 0.02% |
| 35 | Other | 729 | 0.01% | 746 | 0.01% |
| 36 | Shellac | 651 | 0.01% | 667 | 0.01% |
| 37 | DAT | 235 | 0.00% | 630 | 0.01% |
| 38 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer) | 425 | 0.01% | 536 | 0.01% |
| 39 | 8-Track Cartridge | 527 | 0.01% | 535 | 0.01% |
| 40 | Reel-to-reel | 510 | 0.01% | 533 | 0.01% |
| 41 | 12" Shellac | 340 | 0.01% | 442 | 0.01% |
| 42 | VCD | 404 | 0.01% | 436 | 0.01% |
| 43 | MiniDisc | 321 | 0.01% | 342 | 0.01% |
| 44 | CD+G | 307 | 0.01% | 338 | 0.01% |
| 45 | SHM-SACD | 267 | 0.01% | 281 | 0.01% |
| 46 | SACD (2 channels) | 258 | 0.01% | 280 | 0.01% |
| 47 | Flexi-disc | 259 | 0.01% | 277 | 0.01% |
| 48 | DualDisc (CD side) | 240 | 0.00% | 264 | 0.00% |
| 49 | DualDisc | 187 | 0.00% | 212 | 0.00% |
| 50 | DualDisc (DVD-Video side) | 155 | 0.00% | 170 | 0.00% |
| 51 | Piano Roll | 169 | 0.00% | 169 | 0.00% |
| 52 | CDV | 164 | 0.00% | 168 | 0.00% |
| 53 | LaserDisc | 159 | 0.00% | 167 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Edison Diamond Disc | 161 | 0.00% | 161 | 0.00% |
| 55 | DVD-R Video | 133 | 0.00% | 158 | 0.00% |
| 56 | DTS CD | 125 | 0.00% | 145 | 0.00% |
| 57 | 10" Acetate | 138 | 0.00% | 138 | 0.00% |
| 58 | SHM-SACD (2 channels) | 132 | 0.00% | 134 | 0.00% |
| 59 | 8cm CD+G | 126 | 0.00% | 126 | 0.00% |
| 60 | 12" LaserDisc | 108 | 0.00% | 111 | 0.00% |
| 61 | 7" Shellac | 107 | 0.00% | 110 | 0.00% |
| 62 | 12" Acetate | 89 | 0.00% | 93 | 0.00% |
| 63 | SACD (multichannel) | 86 | 0.00% | 92 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Data DVD | 74 | 0.00% | 91 | 0.00% |
| 65 | 3.5" Floppy Disk | 75 | 0.00% | 85 | 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 | 44 | 0.00% | 61 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Microcassette | 55 | 0.00% | 55 | 0.00% |
| 71 | 3" Vinyl | 32 | 0.00% | 39 | 0.00% |
| 72 | VinylDisc | 38 | 0.00% | 39 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Playbutton | 38 | 0.00% | 38 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Betamax | 37 | 0.00% | 37 | 0.00% |
| 75 | ROM cartridge | 36 | 0.00% | 36 | 0.00% |
| 76 | 7" Acetate | 33 | 0.00% | 36 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Betacam SP | 36 | 0.00% | 36 | 0.00% |
| 78 | DCC | 31 | 0.00% | 31 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Acetate | 31 | 0.00% | 31 | 0.00% |
| 80 | SD Card | 26 | 0.00% | 27 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Minimax CD | 25 | 0.00% | 26 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Blu-ray-R | 23 | 0.00% | 25 | 0.00% |
| 83 | 8cm CD-R | 18 | 0.00% | 18 | 0.00% |
| 84 | DualDisc (DVD side) | 16 | 0.00% | 17 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Floppy Disk | 16 | 0.00% | 16 | 0.00% |
| 86 | microSD | 15 | 0.00% | 15 | 0.00% |
| 87 | DVDplus (DVD-Video side) | 14 | 0.00% | 15 | 0.00% |
| 88 | DVDplus (CD side) | 13 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.00% |
| 89 | UMD | 11 | 0.00% | 13 | 0.00% |
| 90 | VinylDisc (CD side) | 11 | 0.00% | 11 | 0.00% |
| 91 | VHD | 11 | 0.00% | 11 | 0.00% |
| 92 | PlayTape | 9 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.00% |
| 93 | DataPlay | 10 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.00% |
| 94 | HD-DVD | 10 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.00% |
| 95 | VinylDisc (Vinyl side) | 9 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.00% |
| 96 | DVDplus | 6 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.00% |
| 97 | slotMusic | 8 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.00% |
| 98 | SVCD | 5 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.00% |
| 99 | Pathé disc | 5 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.00% |
| 100 | CD-i | 4 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.00% |
| 101 | DVDplus (DVD-Audio side) | 4 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.00% |
| 102 | CED | 4 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.00% |
| 103 | 8" LaserDisc | 3 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.00% |
| 104 | 5.25" Floppy Disk | 2 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.00% |
| 105 | MiniDVD | 2 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.00% |
| 106 | SHM-SACD (multichannel) | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 107 | MiniDVD-Video | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 108 | Minimax DVD-Audio | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 109 | MiniDVD-Audio | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 110 | Zip Disk | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 111 | HiPac | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 112 | VinylDisc (DVD side) | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 113 | Minimax DVD-Video | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 114 | Tefifon | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Minimax DVD | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |