2007 ripping/encoding general poll
Reply #78 – 2007-01-06 14:56:56
I gathered the results obtained during all last polls (for lossy formats only at the moment) in order to get an idea about how members of this board are changing. Results for 2007 are based on the 1200 (400*3) first votes. (click to enlarge) => MP3 gained a lot of popularity here: from ~one third of voting people to more than the half now! MP3 extend its reign even on HA.org which used to be the sanctuary for alternative and modern formats. The curve is also rising. Let's see in the future if this format will gain even more popularity. => AAC started from very low (~5%). Its popularity grown in 2004 but the curve is stable since two years. iPod success and hegemony on the market didn't influenced that much HA members. => Vorbis ' curve is playing yo-yo but is more or less stable with ~25% of voting people. => MPC was a very popular format (and even the most popular one in 2004); it's now totally marginal, probably engulfed by MP3 and lossless for archiving purpose. => WMA (not present in the graph) is still unpopular here (1.17% in 2004; 1.99% in 2005; 1.34% in 2006 and 1% of the first 400 voters in 2007). ____ link to earlier polls: • 2002-2003 (results are now buggy but are partially available here • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 data table: 2003 2004¹ 2005 2006 2007 (beginning) AAC 5.60% 11.14% 11.26% 12.67% 11.75% MP3 32.32% 28.01% 36.09% 46.04% 55.50% MPC 29.60% 28.45% 24.17% 9.68% 4.75% VORBIS 24.85% 20.38% 25.50% 27.39% 22.50% ¹ 10% of voters gave their voice to “lossless” in this poll. Values for all lossy contenders are consequently lower.