iHeartMedia Inc (OTCMKTS:IHRT)‘s iHeartRadio has over 90 million registered users as of August 2016, and it is definitely one of the best music streaming service right now. However, the service is free of charge and iHeartMedia is making money through advertising (by comparison the total number of users on Spotify is around 100 million). iHeartMedia Inc (OTCMKTS:IHRT) is different from other services listed here, because aside from offering playlists similar to Pandora, its main feature is the availability of a wide range of live radio stations from across the US, which is why iHeartMedia Inc (OTCMKTS:IHRT) isn’t really competing with giants like Spotify, Apple, or Pandora. The company also owns around 860 radio stations in the US, the content from which can also be accessed online. Edison Research estimated that 67% of the US population was familiar with iHeartMedia’s iHeartRadio last year, but only 12% listened to it in the previous month.
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