Is Rock Back? Let’s Look at the Data
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin LAURANCE RATNER/WIREIMAGE
Luminate’s 2025 midyear report has arrived, and it has some surprising data: Rock is back.
According to the report, rock came in second in the top U.S. core genre, ranked by on-demand audio streaming. It sits with 123.3 billion, behind hip-hop and R&B at 171.1 billion.

But that’s not all: Rock experienced the highest growth compared to the same timeframe as 2024, with Latin, country, and Christian/gospel following.
The Sinners soundtrack — and the adjacent activity of featured artists — caused a spike in the blues.
Meanwhile, Becoming Led Zeppelin landed at No. 1 in the Top Music Documentaries So Far in 2025, with 329.8 million minutes watched.
The documentary caused a bump in Led Zeppelin‘s global on-demand audio streams, experiencing a peak at 40.4 million during the week of Feb. 27.
Since then, streams have averaged 39 million per week through July 3.


The latter topped the list of the Top U.S. Vinyl Albums, with Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet in No. 2.


