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The State of Bandcamp in 2024

Updated Mar 22 2024

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Bandcamp usage.

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Bandcamp Growth

At present, there are 259,580 live stores running on the Bandcamp platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Bandcamp.

  • Bandcamp stores increased 23.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2023 Q4.
  • Bandcamp stores increased 152% year-over-year in 2023 Q4.
Quarter
Active Stores
2021 Q2
91,650
2021 Q3
72,261
2021 Q4
72,500
2022 Q1
72,675
2022 Q2
72,925
2022 Q3
73,208
2022 Q4
73,414
2023 Q1
77,733
2023 Q2
229,261
2023 Q3
243,107
2023 Q4
255,827
2024 Q1 (to date)
259,580
Active Stores by Quarter

Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.

It's hard to know exactly when a Bandcamp store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Bandcamp Stores

Ecommerce brands use social media sites to engage with millions of consumers. Instagram and Facebook are the dominant social media sites for ecommerce stores, by far, with Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube also having notable usage.

  • Facebook is used by 30.3% of Bandcamp stores.
  • Instagram is used by 18.8% of Bandcamp stores.
  • Twitter is used by 12.9% of Bandcamp stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
78,682
Instagram
48,879
Twitter
33,603
YouTube
25,266
Tiktok
1,019
Facebook Group
379
Pinterest
51
LinkedIn
16
Snapchat
12
WhatsApp
1
Yelp
1

Contact Information On Bandcamp Stores

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

  • 79% of Bandcamp stores have an email on their website
  • 0% of Bandcamp stores provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
203,996
Phone
522

Top Categories For Bandcamp Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on Bandcamp.

  • 16.5% of Bandcamp stores sell Arts & Entertainment products.
  • 0.4% of Bandcamp stores sell People & Society products.
  • 0.1% of Bandcamp stores sell Games products.

Top Countries For Bandcamp Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Bandcamp.

  • 28.0% of Bandcamp stores are in United States
  • 6.1% of Bandcamp stores are in United Kingdom
  • 2.7% of Bandcamp stores are in Canada
  • 1.6% of Bandcamp stores are in Australia
Country
Stores
72,557
6,981
4,272
897
674
452

With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.

Number Of Employees For Bandcamp Stores

Here is the breakdown of Bandcamp stores by the number of employees.

  • 100.0% of Bandcamp stores have Unknown employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
259,580

Number Of Products Sold For Bandcamp Stores

Here is the breakdown of Bandcamp stores by the number of products that they sell.

  • 66.4% of Bandcamp stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
172,398

Top Technologies on Bandcamp Stores

We're tracking 27 different technologies that have 0 collective installs on Bandcamp stores.

  • Fastly CDN is used by 75.0% of Bandcamp stores.
  • Stripe is used by 1.0% of Bandcamp stores.
  • Facebook Pixel is used by 0.2% of Bandcamp stores.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all Bandcamp stores.

Technology
Stores
194,680
2,631
131
13

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Bandcamp Stores

  • USPS is used by 2.2% of Bandcamp stores.
  • Royal Mail is used by 0.6% of Bandcamp stores.
  • Canada Post is used by 0.2% of Bandcamp stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all Bandcamp stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
5,760
Royal Mail
1,603
Canada Post
579
UPS
577
Australia Post
357
Fedex
227
Correos
93
Japan Post
71
DHL
38
PostNord
35

Bandcamp Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for Bandcamp stores. This is not surprising since alternate top-level domains have only been introduced somewhat recently and there is still a certain cachet associated with .com domains.

That said, you'll find stark regional differences in certain countries. In Australia, .com.au is the most common top-level domain with .com a close second. This is the exception however as .com domains dominate in virtually all other countries.

  • 100.0% of Bandcamp stores have a .com domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
259,580

Top Bandcamp Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by Bandcamp, ordered by store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
dot-ay.com
3,072,765
2022/08/05
Supergiant Games
11,568,275
2023/04/21
Relapse Records
11,568,277
2023/04/21
Austin Wintory
11,568,305
2021/06/04
Carbon Based Lifeforms
11,568,315
2021/06/04

New Bandcamp Stores

Here are the 0 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Blue Revolver
11,575,260
2024/03/22
Wolf Larsen
11,577,908
2024/03/22
ERBLAST
11,586,037
2024/03/22
Foreign Legion
11,589,413
2024/03/22
Marc Stretch
11,589,421
2024/03/22

Stores Switching to Bandcamp From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Bandcamp has taken 110 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores

Here are the top stores that have switched to Bandcamp from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Rayne Storm
11,571,911
CommentSold
2024/02/02
Pe2020
11,576,050
CommentSold
2024/02/12
John Luther Adams
11,578,827
CommentSold
2024/02/21
aaronburnham.bandcamp.com
11,579,309
CommentSold
2024/02/02
Eric Lumiere
11,601,014
CommentSold
2024/03/22

Stores Switching from Bandcamp To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Bandcamp has lost 1 merchants to competitive platforms.

Platform
Stores

Here are the top Bandcamp stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
corecass
5,895,859
WooCommerce
2024/03/07

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