Database statistics
Last updated: 2026-01-10
Release/Medium Formats
| Rank | Format | Releases | % of total releases | Mediums | % of total mediums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 5,219,127  | 100% | 5,752,127 | 100% | |
| 1 | Digital Media | 2,395,079 | 45.89% | 2,443,245 | 42.48% |
| 2 | CD | 1,782,385 | 34.15% | 2,144,735 | 37.29% |
| 3 | 12" Vinyl | 383,750 | 7.35% | 425,789 | 7.40% |
| 4 | Unknown format | 235,447 | 4.51% | 245,806 | 4.27% |
| 5 | 7" Vinyl | 147,898 | 2.83% | 151,136 | 2.63% |
| 6 | Cassette | 75,723 | 1.45% | 80,060 | 1.39% |
| 7 | CD-R | 57,558 | 1.10% | 65,038 | 1.13% |
| 8 | Vinyl | 37,582 | 0.72% | 39,908 | 0.69% |
| 9 | DVD-Video | 26,853 | 0.51% | 29,179 | 0.51% |
| 10 | 10" Shellac | 25,414 | 0.49% | 26,020 | 0.45% |
| 11 | Enhanced CD | 11,835 | 0.23% | 12,095 | 0.21% |
| 12 | 8cm CD | 10,819 | 0.21% | 11,280 | 0.20% |
| 13 | 10" Vinyl | 10,251 | 0.20% | 10,863 | 0.19% |
| 14 | DVD | 7,921 | 0.15% | 8,599 | 0.15% |
| 15 | Blu-ray | 6,032 | 0.12% | 6,820 | 0.12% |
| 16 | Hybrid SACD | 3,857 | 0.07% | 4,876 | 0.08% |
| 17 | SHM-CD | 3,754 | 0.07% | 4,466 | 0.08% |
| 18 | HDCD | 2,938 | 0.06% | 3,914 | 0.07% |
| 19 | Copy Control CD | 3,060 | 0.06% | 3,480 | 0.06% |
| 20 | Wax Cylinder | 3,282 | 0.06% | 3,376 | 0.06% |
| 21 | SACD | 2,598 | 0.05% | 3,159 | 0.05% |
| 22 | Hybrid SACD (CD layer) | 2,276 | 0.04% | 2,622 | 0.05% |
| 23 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) | 1,801 | 0.03% | 2,131 | 0.04% |
| 24 | Data CD | 1,396 | 0.03% | 1,914 | 0.03% |
| 25 | Blu-spec CD | 1,175 | 0.02% | 1,627 | 0.03% |
| 26 | VHS | 1,244 | 0.02% | 1,313 | 0.02% |
| 27 | Download Card | 1,101 | 0.02% | 1,169 | 0.02% |
| 28 | USB Flash Drive | 715 | 0.01% | 1,161 | 0.02% |
| 29 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel) | 1,001 | 0.02% | 1,122 | 0.02% |
| 30 | Phonograph record | 1,054 | 0.02% | 1,081 | 0.02% |
| 31 | HQCD | 851 | 0.02% | 1,056 | 0.02% |
| 32 | 7" Flexi-disc | 982 | 0.02% | 1,046 | 0.02% |
| 33 | DVD-Audio | 916 | 0.02% | 997 | 0.02% |
| 34 | Mixed Mode CD | 863 | 0.02% | 910 | 0.02% |
| 35 | Other | 856 | 0.02% | 878 | 0.02% |
| 36 | Shellac | 669 | 0.01% | 685 | 0.01% |
| 37 | DAT | 242 | 0.00% | 651 | 0.01% |
| 38 | Reel-to-reel | 529 | 0.01% | 553 | 0.01% |
| 39 | 8-Track Cartridge | 535 | 0.01% | 543 | 0.01% |
| 40 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer) | 431 | 0.01% | 542 | 0.01% |
| 41 | VCD | 428 | 0.01% | 465 | 0.01% |
| 42 | 12" Shellac | 347 | 0.01% | 452 | 0.01% |
| 43 | MiniDisc | 327 | 0.01% | 348 | 0.01% |
| 44 | CD+G | 315 | 0.01% | 346 | 0.01% |
| 45 | SACD (2 channels) | 271 | 0.01% | 296 | 0.01% |
| 46 | Flexi-disc | 270 | 0.01% | 288 | 0.01% |
| 47 | SHM-SACD | 270 | 0.01% | 288 | 0.01% |
| 48 | DualDisc (CD side) | 253 | 0.00% | 277 | 0.00% |
| 49 | DualDisc | 181 | 0.00% | 208 | 0.00% |
| 50 | DVD-R Video | 153 | 0.00% | 196 | 0.00% |
| 51 | DualDisc (DVD-Video side) | 173 | 0.00% | 188 | 0.00% |
| 52 | CDV | 169 | 0.00% | 173 | 0.00% |
| 53 | LaserDisc | 164 | 0.00% | 172 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Piano Roll | 169 | 0.00% | 169 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Edison Diamond Disc | 161 | 0.00% | 161 | 0.00% |
| 56 | DTS CD | 127 | 0.00% | 147 | 0.00% |
| 57 | 10" Acetate | 139 | 0.00% | 139 | 0.00% |
| 58 | SHM-SACD (2 channels) | 134 | 0.00% | 136 | 0.00% |
| 59 | 8cm CD+G | 131 | 0.00% | 131 | 0.00% |
| 60 | 7" Shellac | 114 | 0.00% | 117 | 0.00% |
| 61 | 12" LaserDisc | 110 | 0.00% | 113 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Data DVD | 82 | 0.00% | 99 | 0.00% |
| 63 | 12" Acetate | 94 | 0.00% | 99 | 0.00% |
| 64 | SACD (multichannel) | 86 | 0.00% | 92 | 0.00% |
| 65 | DualDisc (DVD-Audio side) | 85 | 0.00% | 92 | 0.00% |
| 66 | 3.5" Floppy Disk | 77 | 0.00% | 87 | 0.00% |
| 67 | KiT Album | 80 | 0.00% | 81 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Cartridge | 73 | 0.00% | 74 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Data DVD-R | 49 | 0.00% | 66 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Microcassette | 57 | 0.00% | 57 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Minimax CD | 51 | 0.00% | 52 | 0.00% |
| 72 | VinylDisc | 43 | 0.00% | 44 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Betacam SP | 40 | 0.00% | 40 | 0.00% |
| 74 | 3" Vinyl | 32 | 0.00% | 39 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Playbutton | 39 | 0.00% | 39 | 0.00% |
| 76 | ROM cartridge | 39 | 0.00% | 39 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Betamax | 38 | 0.00% | 38 | 0.00% |
| 78 | 7" Acetate | 34 | 0.00% | 37 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Acetate | 33 | 0.00% | 33 | 0.00% |
| 80 | DCC | 32 | 0.00% | 32 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Pathé disc | 30 | 0.00% | 30 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Blu-ray-R | 26 | 0.00% | 28 | 0.00% |
| 83 | SD Card | 27 | 0.00% | 27 | 0.00% |
| 84 | 8cm CD-R | 26 | 0.00% | 26 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Floppy Disk | 17 | 0.00% | 17 | 0.00% |
| 86 | DualDisc (DVD side) | 15 | 0.00% | 16 | 0.00% |
| 87 | microSD | 16 | 0.00% | 16 | 0.00% |
| 88 | DVDplus (DVD-Video side) | 14 | 0.00% | 15 | 0.00% |
| 89 | UMD | 12 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.00% |
| 90 | DVDplus (CD side) | 13 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.00% |
| 91 | VinylDisc (CD side) | 12 | 0.00% | 12 | 0.00% |
| 92 | DataPlay | 12 | 0.00% | 12 | 0.00% |
| 93 | VinylDisc (Vinyl side) | 11 | 0.00% | 12 | 0.00% |
| 94 | VHD | 11 | 0.00% | 11 | 0.00% |
| 95 | CD-i | 10 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.00% |
| 96 | PlayTape | 9 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.00% |
| 97 | HD-DVD | 10 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.00% |
| 98 | DVDplus | 6 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.00% |
| 99 | slotMusic | 8 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.00% |
| 100 | SVCD | 6 | 0.00% | 6 | 0.00% |
| 101 | CED | 4 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.00% |
| 102 | DVDplus (DVD-Audio side) | 4 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.00% |
| 103 | Ultra HD Blu-ray | 2 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.00% |
| 104 | 8" LaserDisc | 3 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.00% |
| 105 | 5.25" Floppy Disk | 3 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.00% |
| 106 | Zip Disk | 3 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.00% |
| 107 | MiniDVD | 2 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.00% |
| 108 | MiniDVD-Audio | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 109 | MiniDVD-Video | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 110 | Minimax DVD-Audio | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 111 | Tefifon | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 112 | SHM-SACD (multichannel) | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 113 | VinylDisc (DVD side) | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 114 | HiPac | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Minimax DVD-Video | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Minimax DVD | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |