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Up from a 17M figure reported in September.
Having launched 18 months ago and now the second-place player in the field behind Spotify (Private:MUSIC), Apple Music (NASDAQ:AAPL) nevertheless remains up against tough competition from the latter, which counts 40M paid subscribers and 100M overall inclusive of a free tier offering, and elsewhere.