DIY Musician

Understanding Apple Music for Artists Analytics

By Ryan DiLello

Fri Dec 19th, 2025 19:34:26

Once your music is live on Apple Music, your artist dashboard provides essential performance insights. Using these tools, you can set objective goals, measure your progress, learn more about your fanbase, and make informed marketing decisions.

The Apple Music for Artists platform measures analytics for the following types of content:

Songs (including the total plays of a song and every album and compilation it was released on) Albums (any album, EP, or individually released single) Playlists (including Apple Music editorial playlists) Videos (including music videos uploaded to Apple Music)

Apple Music allows artists to measure their music’s performance in the following ways: 

Plays: Streams of your song...

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