The Best Music Streaming Services in 2023 (List and Basic Wiki)

This guide (table) is designed to describe top 10 music stream servics, from the best-known (Spotify) to the newer but more popular services in recent years. Here I am not to introduce them one by one, and I'm not to tell you which one is the best. Here I collect basi wikis only for your referrenc and your research.

List of The best music streaming services in 2023.

1. Tidal
2. Soundcloud
3. Apple Music
4. Amazon Music
5. Youtube Music
6. Pandora
7. Qobuz
8. Deezer
9. Tidal
10. SiriusXM

1. Simple introduction (basic wiki)

	Top 10 Music Streaming Services	How Many Songs	Free Plan	Premium Plan and Price
1	Spotify	100+ million tracks, 5 million podcast, 350,000 audiobooks	Yes, 30-day free, with ads	Individual $10.99/month (1 account) Duo $14.99/month (2 accounts) Family $16.99/month (6 accounts) Student $5.99/month (1 account)
2	Soundcloud	over 320 million music tracks	Yes, 7-day free, with ads	$4.99/month (Soundcloud Go) $9.99/month (Soundcloud Go+)
3	Apple Music	100 million+ songs, 30,000 playlists	Yes, 30 days to 3 months	$4.99/month (Voice) $5.99/month (Student) $10.99/month (Individual) $16.99/month (Family)
4	Amazon Music	100 million songs, the largest catalog of ad-free top podcasts	Yes, 1 month	$10.99/month (Unlimited) $14.99/month (Prime)
5	Youtube Music	80 million music and podcasts	1-month free	$10.99/month (Individual) $16.99/month (Family) $5.49/month (Student)
6	Pandora	Around 50 million songs	90 days free	$4.99 / month (Pandora Plus) $9.99 / month (Pandora Premium) $14.99 / month (Premium Family) $4.99 / month (Premium Student)
7	Qobuz	100 million tracks	1-month free	from $10.83 / month (Studio) from $15.00 / month (Sublime) You can directly buy an album or an individual track.
8	Deezer	90 million tracks	1-month free	$10.99 / month (deezer Premium) $17.99 / month (deezer Family)
9	Tidal	over 100 million tracks, exclusive releases, and tons of interviews and music videos,	30 days free	$10.99 / month (HiFi) $19.99 / month (HiFi Plus)
10	SiriusXM	400+ channels(music, sports, news, talk shows, and entertainment programming)	no, $1 for 3 months	$10.99 / month (Streaming Platinum) $7.99 / month (Streaming Music & Entertainment) $4.99 / month (Streaming Music Showcase) *Car Radio + Streaming plans also provided, more expensive

2. Sound quality and audio format

	Top 10 Music Streaming Platform	Audio quality options (Birate)
1	Spotify	AAC 128 kbit/s (Free Plan, offers on-demand, around 24 kbit/s, 96 kbit/s, 160 kbit/s, and 320 kbit/s) AAC 256 kbit/s (Spotify Premium)
2	Soundcloud	64kbps Opus/Ogg Vorbis (Free plan) 64kbps Opus/Ogg Vorbis (Go plan) 256bps AAC (Go+ plan)
3	Apple Music	AAC at 256kbps ALAC at 16-bit/44.1kHz, 24-bit/48kHz, and 24-bit/192kHz
4	Amazon Music	FLAC format at up to 24-bit/192kHz
5	Youtube Music	48kbps AAC & OPUS (Low) 128kbps AAC & OPUS (Normal) 256kbps AAC & OPUS (High)
6	Pandora	Low: 32 kbps AAC+ Standard: 64 kbps AAC+ High: 192 kbps mp3
7	Qobuz	MP3 320 Kbps FLAC 16-Bit / 44.1kHz (HI-FI) FLAC 24-Bit / 192 kHz (HI-RES)
8	Deezer	mp3 64kb/s mp3 128kb/s mp3 320kb/s FLAC 1411kb/s
9	Tidal	AAC 320 kbps FLAC 16-bit, 44.1 kHz FLAC 24-bit, 192 kHz Dolby Atmos and Sony 360 Reality Audio
10	SiriusXM	variable bit rates, switch between the Normal, High, and Maximum *lacks hi-res audio

3. Offline download function available or not

	Top 10 Music Streaming Service	Offline download mode provided or not
1	Spotify	Yes, mobile and desktop,  5 devices limit, must with Premium Downloadable type: Albums, playlists, and podcasts. You can’t download individual songs.
2	Soundcloud	Yes, mobile, must with Soundcloud Go. Downloadable type: likes, playlists and your entire librar.
3	Apple Music	Yes, mobile and desktop, with a subscription. Add a song, album, or playlist to your library first, and then click the Download button next to a song.
4	Amazon Music	Yes, mobile and desktop, with a subscription. Downloadable type: Songs, albums, and Playlists (Amazon Music Unlimited members); Only All-Access Playlists (Amazon Music for Prime members).
5	Youtube Music	Yes, mobile only, with a subscription.. Downloadable type: Playlists, radio stations, songs, albums, podcasts, live performances, music videos.
6	Pandora	Yes, mobile only, must with premium. Downloadable type: Stations, playlists, albums and songs. It's not currently possible to download podcasts for offline listening.
7	Qobuz	Yes, mobile and desktop. Downloadable type: Albums, tracks and playlists.
8	Deezer	Yes, mobile, desktop(downloaded file is a cache file only), must with premium. Downloadable type: Albums, audiobooks(selected country), favorite tracks, playlists, podcasts. It is not possible to download individual songs.
9	Tidal	Yes, mobile, with premium. Downloadable type: Entire albums or playlists, not individual tracks.
10	SiriusXM	Yes, mobile, with a subscription. Downloadable type: Podcasts and some On Demand shows. Episodes featuring music content are NOT available for download.

4. Pros and cons (quick overview)

	Top 10 Music Streaming Service	Pros	Cons
1	Spotify	The best-known service(massive library) in music and podcasts streaming Many curated music discovery services User-friendly interface and personalized playlists	No lossless audio option (yet)
2	Soundcloud	Offers high quality audio Supports both audio and video file uploads	Doesn’t allow for creating albums
3	Apple Music	Best for Apple devices Cool video playlist included Supports lyrics and karaoke	Does not offer a free version with ads Podcasts in a separate app
4	Amazon Music	Family plan No video content Works seamlessly with Amazon devices and Alexa	Lacks live radio No lyrics on-screen
5	Youtube Music	Podcast support Search for songs by lyrics Switch between audio and music videos	Lacks hi-res audio
6	Pandora	90-day free trial is really helpful	Lacks hi-res audio
7	Qobuz	High-quality lossless and studio-quality audio streaming It's possible to purchase and download hi-res albums without subscription Interviews, guest playlists, and background articles	No live stations or podcasts
8	Deezer	The first service enabling users to upload our collections from competitors at no extra charge Personalized music recommendation CD-quality streams Supporst for Sony 360 Reality Audio	Lacks hi-res audio Free trial on desktop app is limited to 30-second snippets
9	Tidal	Excellent  hi-res audio and sound quality Music-focused podcasts	No podcasts Most high-res music uses MQA, which needs a specialized decoder Higher price (hifi plus plan)
10	SiriusXM	Massive contents selected from live and curated channels High-profile exclusive broadcasts Offers personalized recommendations	Lacks hi-res audio No family plan

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