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iTunes overtakes RealPlayer

Even though Apple's stock prices are in the slumps, iTunes usage is certainly not! Website Optimization posted that iTunes has surpassed RealPlayer usage in terms of online streaming -- for the first time in history. They cite that iTunes was the only online streaming player that had a positive growth over year 2007. Here's how the online players break down as of December 2007:
  • iTunes - 35,664
  • QuickTime - 12,787
  • RealPlayer - 27,565
  • Windows Media Player - 75,865
iTunes is now the second most popular streaming player behind Windows Media Player. Web Optimization also stated that iTunes has an annual growth of about 26.8%. There's no doubt that we will hear about this more when Steve takes the stage at a future music-related event.

Even though Apple's stock prices are in the slumps, iTunes usage is certainly not! Website Optimization posted that iTunes has surpassed...
 

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Galley

Have you ever met anyone that actually uses WMP? Neither have I.

February 01 2008 at 9:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tom Stewart

Guys, when you post numbers, post what they mean. It appears that the numbers here represent "thousands of unique users" The site doesn't really say much more than that.

February 01 2008 at 8:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
J

Real player might suck balls, but for those of us who have an aversion to all things Redmond there's usually little alternative than to support it - especially where the content provider insists on using DRM.

What else is there that does DRM that is reasonably widely supported?

February 01 2008 at 5:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Adrian vG

How do you stream anything in iTunes except internet radio? #2 Kuy seems to have hit the nail.

February 01 2008 at 2:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
PSM

I can't believe anyone even uses RealPlayer anymore. I thought content providers figured out years ago that everyone hates it, but every now and then I stumble across a site that only uses Real. I don't even bother watching whatever it is at that point.

February 01 2008 at 12:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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GJD

I can't believe Real Player still has any market share either, but companies like the BBC are still promoting it up. When my parents want to listen to a radio programme they missed, they go to the BBC website and it tells them to download Real Player. I tell them not to, but there appears to be no other way of accessing the content.

February 01 2008 at 4:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mimi

I second the thought that there is nothing pleasant about real player. Never liked it. I think I put it on the same plane as IE and the macromedia spyware mentionned.

January 31 2008 at 10:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
required

The Flash Player has deviously nasty default privacy settings that once edited revert themselves without your knowledge and must be policed. I don't know how many times I've had to tell it that I do not want third-party content to store data on my computer, gain access to my camera and microphone, or unknowingly access information on my computer. So rather than refer to it as a media player, I would say it's main purpose is spyware.

If anyone is unaware of the things mentioned above please see:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html

January 31 2008 at 10:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kuy

How do they determine what a streaming media player is, though? If you look at actual media streaming, I'm confident you'll find that Flash Player is many times more popular than even iTunes.

-Kuy

January 31 2008 at 9:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Kuy

This states it nicely: http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/

-Kuy

January 31 2008 at 10:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Johnathon Zirkle

I hate that garbage thing they try to pass off as a media player...down with Real!!!

January 31 2008 at 9:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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