It’s arrived. Predictable and disappointing nonetheless.

[Neil Folkard]

It's #1 in downloads... No one downloads. They bought the #1 spot. Who cares?

Point taken, and for a song like this and a lot of the audience it attracts, you're definitely right. But a whole lot of people still download music off of bandcamp every single day. It may be minimal compared to streaming as a percentage, but the numbers are still large.

 

[monsterthompson]

It may be minimal compared to streaming as a percentage, but the numbers are still large.

It’s a $1 download and 3,000 units sold. It’s not pocket change, but $3,000 isn’t wildly expensive to pay for the exposure they generated if the person/people behind it simply wanted to buy the number one spot. By comparison they are up to 5.3 million Spotify streams.

 

[porkynuggets]

Point taken, and for a song like this and a lot of the audience it attracts, you're definitely right. But a whole lot of people still download music off of bandcamp every single day. It may be minimal compared to streaming as a percentage, but the numbers are still large.

Yes I apologize for hyperbolous language