Comment by toast0
12 hours ago
People paying for XM radio today probably paid for XM radio a decade ago, which means they skew older. Maybe they're retirees that now have a limited budget, so they have collateral for a loan and have a health insurance policy to sell.
Unless you live/drive the wilderness, you probably have better radio options from cell phone. And in my neck of the wilderness, the trees ruin xm reception anyway. :P
dunno, but they have 33 million paying subscribers, paying an average $15/month (!)
And that's not including Pandora. That's another 5.8 million subs at ~$6.50/month.
Per their Annual Report for 2024.
They're doing a much better job than satellite TV. At least in Canada, it's in a linear decline. Someone did an analysis and found they'd have like 0 subscribers within 10 years at their trajectory.