**Vinyl Statistics Data: Free CSV With Sources and Licence**

> Every figure on our vinyl statistics pages as a CSV, with the metric type, the industry body and the date checked. Creative Commons Attribution — take it and cite it.

Source: https://vinylai.app/vinyl-statistics/data/

Checked 2026-09-13

# The data

Every figure we publish, in one file, with the thing it measures, the body that published it and the date it was read. Take it and use it.

[Download vinyl-statistics.csv (21 rows)](https://vinylai.app/vinyl-statistics/data/vinyl-statistics.csv)

## Licence

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Use it commercially, republish it, build on it — the only condition is attribution, and the attribution that matters most is to the industry body that published the underlying figure, which is in every row.

## How to cite this

`VinylAI, "Vinyl in numbers: sales figures by country", checked 2026-09-13, https://vinylai.app/vinyl-statistics/`

If you are quoting a single number, cite the body in the `source_org` column for the number itself and this page for the compilation. Keep the `metric_type` column with it: that is what stops "German vinyl grew faster than American vinyl" being written about two figures that were never measuring the same thing.

[The methodology page](https://vinylai.app/vinyl-statistics/methodology/)

## What is in the file

| Column | What it holds |
| --- | --- |
| `country` | The market the figure is about. |
| `label` | What the figure is. |
| `value` | As published, in the original currency and unit. Never converted. |
| `year` | The year of the *data*, not of publication. |
| `metric_type` | Wholesale shipment revenue, Retail trade turnover, Label revenue, Production, units, Production, value, Units sold, Share. The column that decides whether two rows can be compared. |
| `source_org, source_publication, source_url` | Where it came from. |
| `date_checked` | When a person opened that source and read that figure. |
| `note` | Anything that changes how the figure should be read. |

## Sources in this file

- [RIAA](https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/) — U.S. Sales Database (United States). Year-end and mid-year.
- [BVMI](https://www.musikindustrie.de/musikindustrie-in-zahlen) — Musikindustrie in Zahlen / Jahreswirtschaftsbericht (Germany). Annual figures in late February; a half-year report in summer.
- [SNEP](https://snepmusique.com/communiques-dossiers-de-presse/bilan-2025-snep/) — Bilan annuel du marché de la musique enregistrée (France). Annual, early in the year; plus a half-year bilan.
- [FIMI](https://www.fimi.it/mercato-musicale/dati-di-mercato/) — Il mercato discografico italiano (Italy). Annual, early in the year; plus a half-year report.
- [IFPI](https://www.ifpi.org/global-music-report-2026-global-recorded-music-revenues-grow-6-4-as-record-companies-drive-innovation/) — Global Music Report (Global). Annual, March.
- [RIAJ](https://www.riaj.or.jp/e/data/) — RIAJ Year Book and monthly production statistics (Japan). Year Book in June; production statistics monthly.

## Updates

Annual reports land between late February and June depending on the country, so the file changes most in the first half of the year. Rows are added as sources are verified rather than filled in from secondary reporting — the hub lists what is still outstanding. If you have cited this and want to know when a figure moves, the date in `date_checked` is the one to watch.

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