Verified figures only. All prices in USD.
US prices this monthVERIFIED
U.S. city average, September 2026
| Gasoline, regular | per gallon | $4.48 |
| Eggs, grade A large | dozen | $2.27 |
| Milk, whole | gallon | $4.11 |
| White bread | per lb | $1.83 |
| Ground beef, 100% | per lb | $6.79 |
| Coffee, ground roast | per lb | $9.33 |
| Electricity | per kWh | $0.196 |
International comparison coming. Source: BLS CPI Average Price Data, Sep 2026 (series APU000074714, APU0000708111, APU0000709112, APU0000702111, APU0000703112, APU0000717311, APU000072610).
Streaming: where they are vs. where they're headed
No live subscriber counts exist. Companies report subscribers quarterly at most, and some have stopped. Netflix stopped reporting subscribers after Q4 2024, and Disney stopped for Disney+/Hulu after fiscal Q4 2025, so we show their last reported figures. Dashed lines are an ABA projection: a simple linear fit through the reported points, extended monthly. They are not company guidance.
Not charted: Amazon Prime Video: Amazon doesn't report Prime Video subscribers. YouTube TV: Google doesn't report it; the only figure (~10M) is a press estimate. Disney+ and Hulu are charted as last reported only (Sep 27, 2025, from Disney's official FQ4 2025 release) because Disney stopped reporting. Calendar Q3 2026: as of Oct 19, 2026, Peacock (Comcast), Paramount+ and HBO Max (WBD) haven't posted Q3 subscriber counts, so their latest are Q2/Q1 2026.
Music streams, right now
No live global stream count exists. Everything here is an estimate from Luminate's 2025 Year-End Music Report (tracking year Jan 3, 2025 to Jan 1, 2026): 5.1 trillion global on-demand audio song streams, up 9.6% YoY, of which the US had 1.4 trillion (up 4.6%).
Estimated songs streamed todayESTIMATE
global on-demand audio, counting since midnight CT at the 2025 average rate
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The math: 5,100,000,000,000 ÷ 365 = 13.97B/day · ÷ 24 = 582M/hour · ÷ 60 = 9.70M/min · ÷ 60 = ~161,700/sec. US only: 1.4T ÷ 365 = 3.84B/day (~44,400/sec). This is a flat annual average.
Global streams per month, next 12 monthsABA PROJECTION
trillions of on-demand audio streams per month
ABA projection: the 2025 base (5.1T, Luminate) grown at Luminate's 2025 rate of 9.6%/yr and split by days in each month. No seasonality applied.
Projected vs. actual: pending (check against Luminate 2026 year-end report, Jan 2027)
Spotify monthly active usersREPORTED + ABA PROJECTION
Q2 2026: 777M · millions
Spotify Q2 2026 shareholder deck (SEC 6-K Ex. 99.1, Aug 4, 2026): MAUs 696 / 713 / 751 / 761 / 777M, Q2 2025 to Q2 2026. The dashed line is a linear fit.
Spotify Premium subscribersREPORTED + ABA PROJECTION
Q2 2026: 300M · millions
Same source: Premium subscribers 276 / 281 / 290 / 293 / 300M, Q2 2025 to Q2 2026. The dashed line is a linear fit.
Not charted: Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube Music don't report subscriber counts in their quarterly results. Any numbers you see are press estimates or one-off statements, so we don't chart them.
