Australian artists making waves globally but local listening at ‘historic low’

While 71% of respondents said they felt proud when they heard Australian music, only one-third actively sought it out – on streaming platforms such as Spotify. Photograph: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Australian music is thriving on the world stage but new research shows it is fading fast from local playlists and charts.

Only 8% of the top 10,000 artists streamed in Australia in 2024 were Australian, an analysis in a Creative Australia report finds. According to one of the report’s key researchers, Christen Cornell, it takes local music consumption to an “historic low”.