Database statistics
Last updated: 2026-05-11
Release/Medium Formats
| Rank | Format | Releases | % of total releases | Mediums | % of total mediums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 5,495,832  | 100% | 6,043,423 | 100% | |
| 1 | Digital Media | 2,606,386 | 47.42% | 2,657,836 | 43.98% |
| 2 | CD | 1,821,242 | 33.14% | 2,191,022 | 36.25% |
| 3 | 12" Vinyl | 396,010 | 7.21% | 439,414 | 7.27% |
| 4 | Unknown format | 236,490 | 4.30% | 246,865 | 4.08% |
| 5 | 7" Vinyl | 152,978 | 2.78% | 156,359 | 2.59% |
| 6 | Cassette | 78,391 | 1.43% | 82,827 | 1.37% |
| 7 | CD-R | 59,950 | 1.09% | 67,651 | 1.12% |
| 8 | Vinyl | 37,643 | 0.68% | 40,159 | 0.66% |
| 9 | DVD-Video | 27,579 | 0.50% | 29,956 | 0.50% |
| 10 | 10" Shellac | 26,028 | 0.47% | 26,658 | 0.44% |
| 11 | Enhanced CD | 12,113 | 0.22% | 12,377 | 0.20% |
| 12 | 8cm CD | 11,093 | 0.20% | 11,555 | 0.19% |
| 13 | 10" Vinyl | 10,519 | 0.19% | 11,133 | 0.18% |
| 14 | DVD | 8,151 | 0.15% | 8,866 | 0.15% |
| 15 | Blu-ray | 6,368 | 0.12% | 7,195 | 0.12% |
| 16 | Hybrid SACD | 3,864 | 0.07% | 4,958 | 0.08% |
| 17 | SHM-CD | 3,850 | 0.07% | 4,635 | 0.08% |
| 18 | HDCD | 2,990 | 0.05% | 3,992 | 0.07% |
| 19 | Copy Control CD | 3,114 | 0.06% | 3,540 | 0.06% |
| 20 | Wax Cylinder | 3,284 | 0.06% | 3,378 | 0.06% |
| 21 | SACD | 2,659 | 0.05% | 3,249 | 0.05% |
| 22 | Hybrid SACD (CD layer) | 2,372 | 0.04% | 2,736 | 0.05% |
| 23 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) | 1,886 | 0.03% | 2,233 | 0.04% |
| 24 | Data CD | 1,469 | 0.03% | 2,004 | 0.03% |
| 25 | Blu-spec CD | 1,229 | 0.02% | 1,737 | 0.03% |
| 26 | VHS | 1,312 | 0.02% | 1,381 | 0.02% |
| 27 | HQCD | 890 | 0.02% | 1,290 | 0.02% |
| 28 | Download Card | 1,178 | 0.02% | 1,246 | 0.02% |
| 29 | USB Flash Drive | 753 | 0.01% | 1,213 | 0.02% |
| 30 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel) | 1,043 | 0.02% | 1,172 | 0.02% |
| 31 | Phonograph record | 1,125 | 0.02% | 1,149 | 0.02% |
| 32 | 7" Flexi-disc | 1,009 | 0.02% | 1,078 | 0.02% |
| 33 | Other | 993 | 0.02% | 1,015 | 0.02% |
| 34 | DVD-Audio | 932 | 0.02% | 1,013 | 0.02% |
| 35 | Mixed Mode CD | 886 | 0.02% | 933 | 0.02% |
| 36 | Shellac | 715 | 0.01% | 731 | 0.01% |
| 37 | DAT | 244 | 0.00% | 653 | 0.01% |
| 38 | Reel-to-reel | 540 | 0.01% | 565 | 0.01% |
| 39 | 8-Track Cartridge | 540 | 0.01% | 548 | 0.01% |
| 40 | Hybrid SACD (SACD layer) | 434 | 0.01% | 540 | 0.01% |
| 41 | VCD | 449 | 0.01% | 486 | 0.01% |
| 42 | 12" Shellac | 359 | 0.01% | 476 | 0.01% |
| 43 | MiniDisc | 341 | 0.01% | 362 | 0.01% |
| 44 | CD+G | 328 | 0.01% | 359 | 0.01% |
| 45 | Flexi-disc | 292 | 0.01% | 310 | 0.01% |
| 46 | SACD (2 channels) | 282 | 0.01% | 308 | 0.01% |
| 47 | DualDisc (CD side) | 261 | 0.00% | 292 | 0.00% |
| 48 | SHM-SACD | 267 | 0.00% | 285 | 0.00% |
| 49 | DualDisc | 182 | 0.00% | 210 | 0.00% |
| 50 | DVD-R Video | 165 | 0.00% | 208 | 0.00% |
| 51 | DualDisc (DVD-Video side) | 175 | 0.00% | 191 | 0.00% |
| 52 | CDV | 170 | 0.00% | 174 | 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 | 128 | 0.00% | 147 | 0.00% |
| 57 | SHM-SACD (2 channels) | 142 | 0.00% | 145 | 0.00% |
| 58 | 10" Acetate | 139 | 0.00% | 139 | 0.00% |
| 59 | 8cm CD+G | 135 | 0.00% | 135 | 0.00% |
| 60 | 12" LaserDisc | 118 | 0.00% | 121 | 0.00% |
| 61 | 7" Shellac | 115 | 0.00% | 118 | 0.00% |
| 62 | 12" Acetate | 100 | 0.00% | 105 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Data DVD | 84 | 0.00% | 103 | 0.00% |
| 64 | SACD (multichannel) | 93 | 0.00% | 100 | 0.00% |
| 65 | DualDisc (DVD-Audio side) | 82 | 0.00% | 89 | 0.00% |
| 66 | 3.5" Floppy Disk | 78 | 0.00% | 88 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Cartridge | 82 | 0.00% | 83 | 0.00% |
| 68 | KiT Album | 82 | 0.00% | 83 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Data DVD-R | 56 | 0.00% | 73 | 0.00% |
| 70 | VinylDisc | 65 | 0.00% | 66 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Minimax CD | 60 | 0.00% | 61 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Microcassette | 60 | 0.00% | 60 | 0.00% |
| 73 | 8cm CD-R | 48 | 0.00% | 48 | 0.00% |
| 74 | 3" Vinyl | 36 | 0.00% | 43 | 0.00% |
| 75 | 7" Acetate | 39 | 0.00% | 42 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Playbutton | 41 | 0.00% | 41 | 0.00% |
| 77 | ROM cartridge | 40 | 0.00% | 40 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Betacam SP | 40 | 0.00% | 40 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Betamax | 38 | 0.00% | 38 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Acetate | 33 | 0.00% | 33 | 0.00% |
| 81 | DCC | 32 | 0.00% | 32 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Pathé disc | 30 | 0.00% | 30 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Blu-ray-R | 28 | 0.00% | 30 | 0.00% |
| 84 | SD Card | 27 | 0.00% | 27 | 0.00% |
| 85 | DualDisc (DVD side) | 17 | 0.00% | 24 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Floppy Disk | 23 | 0.00% | 23 | 0.00% |
| 87 | microSD | 17 | 0.00% | 17 | 0.00% |
| 88 | DVDplus (DVD-Video side) | 14 | 0.00% | 15 | 0.00% |
| 89 | DVDplus (CD side) | 13 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.00% |
| 90 | UMD | 12 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.00% |
| 91 | VinylDisc (CD side) | 13 | 0.00% | 13 | 0.00% |
| 92 | VinylDisc (Vinyl side) | 12 | 0.00% | 13 | 0.00% |
| 93 | DataPlay | 12 | 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 | DVDplus (DVD-Audio side) | 5 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.00% |
| 101 | SVCD | 5 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.00% |
| 102 | CED | 4 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.00% |
| 103 | 8" LaserDisc | 3 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.00% |
| 104 | 5.25" Floppy Disk | 3 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.00% |
| 105 | Unknown format | 2 | 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 | HiPac | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 110 | Tefifon | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 111 | MiniDVD-Video | 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 | Minimax DVD-Video | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Minimax DVD-Audio | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Minimax DVD | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |