Classical music use on YouTube content material soared 90% globally in 2022 — report

New analysis means that classical music is rapidly gaining reputation with content material creators on YouTube, with its use reportedly rising 90% globally over the previous yr.

That’s in keeping with Sweden-headquartered royalty-free soundtrack supplier Epidemic Sound, which discovered that classical music has been the fastest-growing style utilized by content material creators in 2022.

The style witnessed the quickest annual progress in use throughout Europe, Latin America, the Center East, Africa and the USA, which Epidemic described as a “creator-led motion.”

The corporate says that it analyzed metadata and user-generated content material from YouTube movies that included songs from its catalog of greater than 35,000 music tracks.

Epidemic says that the rising use of classical music for YouTube content material was additionally evident by itself platform, with downloads of classical tracks from Epidemics rising 64% yr over yr. Epidemic added that its classical titles have been performed greater than 200 million instances on music streaming platforms.

“The precise music is significant in setting the scene,” mentioned content material creator Cecilia Blomdahl, whose movies doc her each day life in Svalbard, the Northernmost city on this planet between mainland Norway and the North Pole.

Blomdahl added: “Classical music offers an excellent vary of feelings. It may be each melancholic and joyful relying on the footage, so the style matches rather well with the sensation I need to evoke in my movies.”

Classical artists have additionally gained reputation. Epidemic recognized 5 of the fastest-rising stars of classical music this yr together with Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen, Trevor Kowalski, Hampus Naeselius, Megan Wofford and Franz Gordon.

Epidemic Sound CEO Oscar Höglund says classical music “is actually timeless, however our analysis exhibits this style is especially related proper now”.

He added: “Maybe it’s that sense of consolation and escapism that individuals are on the lookout for, however we do know that the style has this distinctive skill to maneuver individuals on an emotional stage – and storytellers are catching on to that. I count on there can be a good bigger motion in the direction of storytellers utilizing classical music of their content material, which additionally creates a possibility for classical music artists to proceed to modernize the style and attraction to new audiences.”

Information of the rising reputation of classical music amongst YouTube creators follows Common Music Group-owned Deutsche Grammophon’s launch of its personal high-res classical music streaming service referred to as STAGE+ lower than a month in the past.

The label describes it because the “newest milestone in classical music’s digital improvement”.

“There’s an infinite urge for food for nice classical music content material on-line,” Frank Briegmann, Chairman & CEO Common Music Central Europe & Deutsche Grammophon, mentioned on the time.

The style’s potential additionally attracted curiosity from tech large Apple, which purchased Netherlands-headquartered classical music streaming service Primephonic final yr.

Elsewhere, in keeping with Epidemic’s inaugural Sound of the Web Report, printed Wednesday (December 14), the corporate says that its personal music was utilized in greater than 14 million movies and heard 1.5 billion instances per day on YouTube in 2022.

Epidemic additionally says that its 100 hottest tracks of 2022 amassed greater than 20 billion video views this yr in over 2.5 million creator-made movies. On TikTok, Epidemic Sound says its tracks have been heard 11.5 billion instances per 30 days.

 Music Enterprise Worldwide