{"id":199824,"date":"2025-10-30T15:18:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/10\/30\/universal-music-group-q3-revenue-hits-3-5-billion-on-subscription-publishing-gains\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:18:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:18:35","slug":"universal-music-group-q3-revenue-hits-3-5-billion-on-subscription-publishing-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/10\/30\/universal-music-group-q3-revenue-hits-3-5-billion-on-subscription-publishing-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Music Group Q3 Revenue Hits $3.5 Billion on Subscription, Publishing\u00a0Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tOn the strength of top sellers from the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, Sabrina Carpenter and Morgan Wallen, Universal Music Group\u2019s revenue grew 5.3% to 3.02 billion euros ($3.53 billion at the quarter\u2019s average euro-to-dollar exchange rate) in the third quarter of 2025, the company announced Thursday (Oct. 30). In constant currency, which removes the impact of considerable foreign exchange fluctuations since the beginning of the year, UMG\u2019s revenue rose 10.2% in the quarter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWith all three of UMG\u2019s business units posting gains, adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), a common measure of profitability, increased 6.9% (11.6% in constant currency) to 594 million euros ($694 million). Adjusted EBITDA margin \u2014 EBITDA as a percentage of revenue \u2014 improved to 22.0% from 21.6%. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tCEO Lucian Grainge<\/strong> emphasized the company\u2019s long-term value creation and strategic efforts that don\u2019t show up in the financial results. \u201cImportantly, we continued to drive progress on our strategic plans, including our artists\u2019 and songwriters\u2019 creative and commercial success, our global expansion, the industry\u2019s embrace of our responsible AI initiatives and the continued implementation of Streaming 2.0.,\u201d he said in a statement. A day earlier, UMG announced a settlement and licensing agreement<\/a> with AI music generator Udio. Just hours before earnings were released, UMG trumpeted a partnership with Stability AI<\/a> to create tools for artists and producers that are powered by \u201cresponsibly\u201d trained generative AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the recorded music division, revenue rose 3.6% (8.3% in constant currency) from the prior-year period to 2.22 billion euros ($2.60 billion). Recorded music subscription revenue improved 3.6% (8.7% in constant currency) to 1.52 billion euros ($1.78 billion), in line with the company\u2019s projections of 8% to 10% annual growth. The company said subscription growth came primarily from an increase in the number of global subscribers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOther streaming revenue, which included ad-supported streaming, fell 4.8% (flat in constant currency) to 337 million euros ($394 million). The company attributed the decline to a shift in streaming activity to poorly monetized short-form videos from more effectively monetized video platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tPhysical sales jumped 18.4% (23.1% in constant currency) to 341 million euros ($399 million) due to initial shipments of Taylor Swift\u2019s The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>, which had a street date after the end of the third quarter. Licensing and other revenue improved 0.9% (4.1% in constant currency) to 328 million euros ($383 million). Digital downloads were down 7.1% (unchanged in constant currency) to 39 million euros ($46 million).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMusic publishing revenue improved 8.6% (13.6% in constant currency) to 543 million euros ($635 million). Publishing\u2019s digital revenue grew 10.8% (16.8% in constant currency) to 327 million euros ($382 million) due to streaming growth and subscription revenue gains. Performance revenue rose 13.9% (17.3% in constant currency) to 115 million euros ($134 million). Synch revenue fell 1.6% (rose 3.3% in constant currency) to 63 million euros ($74 million). Mechanical royalties were down 7.1% (3.7% in constant currency) to 26 million euros ($30 million).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMerchandising and other revenue grew 9.3% (15.6% in constant currency) to 259 million euros ($303 million). Lower direct-to-consumer sales were more than offset by growth in touring merchandise sales.<\/p>\n


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On the strength of top sellers from the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, Sabrina Carpenter and Morgan Wallen, Universal Music Group\u2019s revenue grew 5.3% to 3.02 billion euros ($3.53 billion at the quarter\u2019s average euro-to-dollar exchange rate) in the third quarter of 2025, the company announced Thursday (Oct. 30). In constant currency, which removes the impact […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}