Monday, Jun 10, 2019

Digital Audio Workstation Market Share, 2015

Ask.Audio polled their readers about which digital audio workstation (DAW) they preferred in 2015. They received an impressive 25,000 responses, here’s a summary of the results:

1. 23.14% Ableton Live
2. 16.95% Logic Pro X
3. 15.13% Pro Tools
4. 13.63% FL Studio
5. 9.03% Steinberg Cubase
6. 3.80% Studio One
7. 3.46% Reason
8. 2.49% GarageBand
9. 1.99% Sonar
10. 0.92% Digital Performer
11. 0.77% Bitwig Studio

(Everything else combined got 8.70%.)

One of the great things about the DAW market is how fragmented it is. The market leader, Ableton Live, only has 23.14%. Compare that with the leaders in other markets:

• 96% Adobe After Effects, Motion Graphics
• 70% Sketch, User Interface Design
• 65% Adobe Premiere Pro, Video Editing (NLE)

I’m also really curious if Logic Pro X actually has more users than GarageBand.