Stats Show Australia Leading EDM Globally

A new report has found that Australia is a global leader in EDM, with Aussies listening to more dance music than any other country.

A new IMS Business Report has discovered that Australia is the third-largest market for electronic music worldwide. The report says the market is experiencing “explosive” growth.

Taking stats from SoundCloud and Pollstar, the report found that electronic music makes up a third of all streams on SoundCloud in Australia, which is 50% higher than the global average of 22%.

Meanwhile, Pollstar discovered that Aussie promoters Untitled Group, Handsome Tours, and Frontier Touring rank in the Top 50 global list of companies selling the most tickets worldwide. Plus, Aussie artists dominate at international festivals, including Tomorrowland, Creamfields, ULTRA Miami, and Dekmantel.

Fans in Australia also engage with electronic music on a deeper level than just streaming: We’re known to like and share songs, add them to our playlists, and listen on repeat, and this happens more frequently than with fans of other music genres.

Electronic music uploaded by artists has also grown, amassing 35% of all uploads in 2024 compared to 28% in 2023. The uploads include genres such as techno and dubstep, both of which are dominating on SoundCloud. Other EDM styles that are growing in popularity include house, trance, and hardstyle.

In 2024, electronic music has been known as Australia’s most prominent genre. Royalties generated by Australian EDM artists in 2023 leapt up by 10% on the previous year, with 80% of the royalties coming from listeners outside Australia—Brazil, Mexico, and Germany are key new markets.

Last year, EDM artists from Australia were discovered by first-time listeners more than 2.7 billion times on Spotify.

According to the report, Australia has become “increasingly recognised” as an electronic music destination, drawing acclaimed international artists to our shores year after year. With the demand for EDM in Australia the way it is, one in four Aussie festivals (23%) is dedicated to electronic music.

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You can read the full report here.