Is Vinyl Still Popular?

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Is Vinyl Still Popular? Is vinyl the best?


If you’re considering investing in a vinyl music system, you may have this nagging thought in the back of your head wondering if vinyl will still be around and popular in the years to come. Don’t worry, you’re not alone! We get this question all the time. "Is vinyl still popular?"


While none of us are lucky enough to own a crystal ball, you can usually look at history and past trends to make an educated guess on the future of an industry. One variable that’s hard to predict is a disrupter, which is when something totally new comes along that’s far superior to the existing technology. Think about what Netflix did to Blockbuster. Since vinyl is older technology with many different reasons for its appeal, we don’t really see anything like it coming out to replace it. It’s possible something would appear that could totally replace the way we listen to music, but we don’t know about anything on the horizon like this.

If we simply look at history, vinyl sales hit their peak the year Audio Advice began, in 1978. That year vinyl sales in the US were $2.5 billion. The CD format was released in 1984, which was a big disrupter to the vinyl industry. By 1993, vinyl sales in the US had dropped from a peak of $2.5 billion to $10.6 million. That is one heck of a huge drop-off! CD sales that same year hit $6.5 billion and went on to hit their peak of $13.2 billion in 2000, which interestingly enough is the year before the iPod was introduced, which was another disrupter.

Vinyl sales started coming back in 2005 and climbed to $418 million in 2018. While the stats are not out yet for 2019 at the time of this blog, it was predicted they would pass at least $450 million, surpassing CD sales for the first time in over 33 years. This is almost karma for vinyl in that as you may know, most LP’s spin at 33 ⅓ RPM!


Our advice - if you’re thinking about jumping into the vinyl side of music, JUMP IN! If you want more relaxation in your life, you’ll be taking a big step towards that. If you like to entertain friends, you’ll quickly find a great new after-dinner diversion that keeps fun conversation going on into the wee hours! Through the process, you’ll also have some good times adding to your vinyl collection.



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