Music streaming
Which brand 5 AI models pick, with intervals.
Fast panel · Panel, equal weight
- anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 @ claude-haiku-5.5 via OpenRouter (20%)
- openai/gpt-6-luna @ gpt-6-luna via OpenRouter (20%)
- google/gemini-4-argon @ gemini-4-argon via OpenRouter (20%)
- mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 @ mistral-large-4-0 via OpenRouter (20%)
- deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash @ deepseek-v4.1-flash via OpenRouter (20%)
Too closeNo single favourite: Apple Music and Spotify share the top tier for these 5 API models.
Tier 1
- Spotify74%95% interval 61–85%plausible rank 1–2
- Apple Music52%95% interval 39–64%plausible rank 1–6
Tier 2
- YouTube Music30%95% interval 19–41%plausible rank 2–9
- Deezer30%95% interval 20–41%plausible rank 2–9
- Amazon Music28%95% interval 16–40%plausible rank 2–9
- TIDAL27%95% interval 18–37%plausible rank 2–9
- Qobuz18%95% interval 8–30%plausible rank 3–10
- Pandora10%95% interval 3–20%plausible rank 3–11
- SoundCloud7%95% interval 1–18%plausible rank 3–11
Tier 3
- LiveOne2%95% interval 0–9%plausible rank 7–11
- iHeartRadio0%95% interval 0–9%plausible rank 8–11
Drag across the chart to probe a share.
Too closeNo single favourite: Apple Music and Spotify share the top tier for these 5 API models.
| Brand | Choice share | 95% interval | Plausible rank | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spotify | 74% | 61–85% | 1–2 | Tier 1 |
| Apple Music | 52% | 39–64% | 1–6 | Tier 1 |
| YouTube Music | 30% | 19–41% | 2–9 | Tier 2 |
| Deezer | 30% | 20–41% | 2–9 | Tier 2 |
| Amazon Music | 28% | 16–40% | 2–9 | Tier 2 |
| TIDAL | 27% | 18–37% | 2–9 | Tier 2 |
| Qobuz | 18% | 8–30% | 3–10 | Tier 2 |
| Pandora | 10% | 3–20% | 3–11 | Tier 2 |
| SoundCloud | 7% | 1–18% | 3–11 | Tier 2 |
| LiveOne | 2% | 0–9% | 7–11 | Tier 3 |
| iHeartRadio | 0% | 0–9% | 8–11 | Tier 3 |
How to read this
- Choice share: how often models pick a brand when it appears in a shortlist of 4. Chance is 25%, the dashed line.
- The band is the 95% interval; the bright tick is the estimate. Overlapping bands are not a strict order.
- Tiers are published: a tier groups brands not distinguishable from that tier's leader. Same tier does not mean equal.
- Rank shows the plausible rank range, not a strict place.
- Drag across the chart to probe a share and see which intervals contain it.
- Brand names only: the models saw each option as a brand name, with no product facts, and answered from their own knowledge.
- Fast panel: the fast or small current models of each vendor, not the full flagship panel.
- Each page shows the latest edition. Dates are in the downloadable JSON.
Panel and conditions
Each edition puts the brands of the category to a panel of AI models, called through their APIs, in randomized shortlists of 4 (chance is 25%). Each option was a brand name only, with no product facts, prices or any commercial data, so a brand's share measures which brand the models recommend from their own knowledge for the shopper needs of the scenarios. Shares come with 95% intervals; tiers and rank intervals are simultaneous at the same level.
- anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 @ claude-haiku-5.5 via OpenRouter (20%)
- openai/gpt-6-luna @ gpt-6-luna via OpenRouter (20%)
- google/gemini-4-argon @ gemini-4-argon via OpenRouter (20%)
- mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 @ mistral-large-4-0 via OpenRouter (20%)
- deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash @ deepseek-v4.1-flash via OpenRouter (20%)
Conditions: closed-book API calls via OpenRouter (pinned providers); web search, grounding, tools and retrieval off; forced choice; 2 paraphrases per scenario in English.
Methodology: ACM-1.0-chart-draft (draft rules for movement, significance and events, awaiting review).