Apple Music passes 50 million subscribers, including free trials

Still runner up: While 10 million subscribers is nothing to sniff at, Apple Music is still playing second fiddle to Spotify, which allegedly boasts more than double that number of subscribers.

LOS ANGELES: Apple Music’s streaming service now has more than 50 million users via paid subscriptions and free trials, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced today during an interview on Bloomberg TV. 

While the number seemingly marks a huge jump for the service – which announced 36 million subscribers in February, 38 million in March and 40 million in April – Cook’s decision to include free trials, which were at 8 million at the time of the 40 million announcement and not included in that figure, keeps it on the more modest but still very impressive 2-million-paid-subscriber-per-month track it has posted throughout this year.