The vinyl record industry has enjoyed a resurrection largely driven by Gen Z.
Hasn’t vinyl been back for over a decade? I know marketer defined generations aren’t super meaningful, but I hate how blatantly the narratives they’re trying aren’t internally consistent
Is this adjusted for inflation? Unit count might be easier to understand the scale. Not to deny the trend, I am just skeptical that 2022 was anywhere near half the sales volume of 1979 for vinyl.
Yeah, I definitely collected records starting in my mid-teens throughout my 20s (I’m in my 30s now). I’d say it went from having to go to weird record shows populated mostly by old old dudes, to record stores popping up everywhere, to having records in Target sometime in the mid 2010s.
Purely anecdotally, I’m Gen Z and I went to high school with a guy who was big into vinyls, and have never otherwise met someone with that interest. So it tracks in my limited experience
It was still a thing is certain music genres. Metal genres especially, like Black Metal. I can’t remember which band it was but a few years ago they released their whole decades long discography on cassette tape. Just a big box of tapes of black metal so you could get your trve kvlt on.
i think the industry boomed around lockdown, heard a couple people talk about them in HS in 2021 and so far in uni i’ve been to 3 dorms with record players (mostly those shitty suitcase ones). sometimes i see a bunch of vinyls hanging on someone’s wall so i think some rich kids just get them for decoration 💀
personally i find them expensive as hell so i go for more CDs depending on the genre/sound
Hasn’t vinyl been back for over a decade? I know marketer defined generations aren’t super meaningful, but I hate how blatantly the narratives they’re trying aren’t internally consistent
https://camoinassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Sales-Revenue-Chart-1024x701.jpg
damn that’s a cool chart, I love how clearly it shows the 20-year gap that turns “old and niche” into “retro and cool”.
Is this adjusted for inflation? Unit count might be easier to understand the scale. Not to deny the trend, I am just skeptical that 2022 was anywhere near half the sales volume of 1979 for vinyl.
I found another one that goes by unit sales, it shows pretty much what you expect.
That is closer to what I was expecting, and its still a big increase.
Looks to me like millenials are leading the charge and the media is giving gen z all the credit.
Yeah, there is no way that’s the case.
I don’t remember. I followed a link in the article so it should be in there. I am paywalled now 😭
holy shit I love this graph
the first vinyl revival I remember started in the mid 90s and it seems like it has basically been growing since
The 90s one was tiny compared to the current one.
Yeah, I definitely collected records starting in my mid-teens throughout my 20s (I’m in my 30s now). I’d say it went from having to go to weird record shows populated mostly by old old dudes, to record stores popping up everywhere, to having records in Target sometime in the mid 2010s.
Purely anecdotally, I’m Gen Z and I went to high school with a guy who was big into vinyls, and have never otherwise met someone with that interest. So it tracks in my limited experience
I remember it being big in hipster culture, and just double checking but every year from 2008 to 2013 was the biggest sales year for vinyl on record.
It was still a thing is certain music genres. Metal genres especially, like Black Metal. I can’t remember which band it was but a few years ago they released their whole decades long discography on cassette tape. Just a big box of tapes of black metal so you could get your trve kvlt on.
i think the industry boomed around lockdown, heard a couple people talk about them in HS in 2021 and so far in uni i’ve been to 3 dorms with record players (mostly those shitty suitcase ones). sometimes i see a bunch of vinyls hanging on someone’s wall so i think some rich kids just get them for decoration 💀
personally i find them expensive as hell so i go for more CDs depending on the genre/sound