Music creator survey Creation: Rise of the new breed

Mark Mulligan

January 2026

This report is the first of two analysing the results of MIDiA’s 2025 global music creator survey, n = 2,109. This report explores the creation side of the equation and is aimed primarily at creator tools and services companies. The second report focuses on the music creators’ careers and is aimed more at labels, distributor, publishers, CMOs, and platforms.

This report has four key sections:

Music creators: a detailed analysis of music creators, the tools that they use, and skills development
Creator segments: comparative metrics for creators by age, region, sophistication, and role
DAW user profiles: comparative metrics for users of each key digital audio workstation (DAW)
Software user profiles: comparative metrics for users of selected music software and services

In addition to the data presented in this report, the full dataset is available in the accompanying Excel file.

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