How do you discover the majority of music you hadn't previously heard? Select all that apply (or add your own).

Question

106 votes

Answer 1

Friends (the real social network)

18% / 19 votes

Answer 2

Radio, motion pictures, television, or other forms of mass media

13% / 14 votes

Answer 3

Commercial Streaming Services (Spotify, Pandora, etc)

10% / 11 votes

Answer 4

Music literature and/or periodicals (online or in print)

10% / 11 votes

Answer 5

Attending local performances / music events

9% / 10 votes

Answer 6

Vinyl Community Social Networks

8% / 9 votes

Answer 7

Youtube

7% / 7 votes

Answer 8

Crate digging for intriguing mystery albums

6% / 6 votes

Answer 9

Recommendation engines like Gnoosic, Allmusic, etc.

4% / 4 votes

Answer 10

Torrent search aggregators/featured private torrents/manual searches

3% / 3 votes

Answer 11

Recommendations from your local indie record store gurus

3% / 3 votes

Answer 12

Following independent music blogs or sites like Hypemachine and Pitchfork

3% / 3 votes

Answer 13

Private music forums

2% / 2 votes

Answer 14

RYM charts and/or lists

2% / 2 votes

Answer 15

Usenet

0% / 0 votes

Answer 16

Subreddits like r/listentothis

1% / 1 vote

Answer 17

Web forums, non-music specific

1% / 1 vote

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