> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://flstudiopro.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # FL Studio Statistics: Usage Surveys and Market Share - URL: https://flstudiopro.com/fl-studio-statistics/ - Published: 2026-10-21T08:57:58.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-21T08:57:58.000Z - Description: FL Studio took 13.27% in Önen’s 2025 main-DAW poll and 5.5% in Sleepfreaks’ 2025 results. These audience surveys do not establish global market share. - Author: Eric Norris - Tags: Compare & buy **FL Studio took 13.27% of main-DAW choices in Ufuk Önen’s 2025 survey of 1,266 participants, published in February 2026.** In [that survey](https://www.ufukonen.com/tr/2025-daw-anketi-sonuclari.html?ref=flstudiopro.com) it ranked fourth. A separate [Japanese poll put it fifth at 5.5%](https://sleepfreaks-dtm.com/dtm-materials/daw-ranking-2025/?ref=flstudiopro.com). Those are useful audience measurements, but neither is a worldwide market-share estimate. [Download](https://loadsurf.surf/c/CSdXrsGFdUAG?ref=flstudiopro.com) For a closer look at how people describe their FL Studio use, I also recalculated the [open University of Milan DAW survey file](https://dataverse.unimi.it/api/access/datafile/156255?ref=flstudiopro.com). The result changes with the question: 6.7% of its respondent records name FL Studio as the preferred DAW, while 10.9% contain FL Studio somewhere in their usage history. Here are the numbers, their denominators and the limits that belong with each citation. ## FL Studio usage statistics from independent surveys __Each percentage describes its own sample and question.__ | Survey | FL Studio result | Sample | What was measured | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [Ufuk Önen, 2025 survey](https://www.ufukonen.com/tr/2025-daw-anketi-sonuclari.html?ref=flstudiopro.com) | 13.27%; fourth | 1,266 participants | Main DAW; fieldwork November 23, 2025–January 18, 2026 | | [Sleepfreaks, 2025 results](https://sleepfreaks-dtm.com/dtm-materials/daw-ranking-2025/?ref=flstudiopro.com) | 176 respondents; 5.5%; fifth | 3,222 respondents | Main DAW in a Japanese-language music-production audience | | [University of Milan, DAW Usage Survey (2023)](https://dataverse.unimi.it/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.13130%2FRD%5FUNIMI%2FYNQHKI&ref=flstudiopro.com) | 41 records; 6.7% | 613 records in the supplied JSON | Preferred DAW if limited to one; FLStudioPro calculation from the historical dataset released in 2025 | | [Production Expert, 2024](https://www.production-expert.com/production-expert-1/2024-daw-user-survey-the-results?ref=flstudiopro.com) | 1.01% for the FL Studio music-use option | Over 5,000 respondents overall | Share of all response selections, including music and post options; multiple choices allowed | The Production Expert figure needs particular care: it is a share of selections, *not* the percentage of individual respondents who use FL Studio. Its audience also leans toward recording and post-production; the publisher explicitly says it is less focused on electronic music than many other communities. Sleepfreaks says it changed the 2025 ranking to **main DAW only**, having previously combined main and secondary DAWs. That change matters before comparing its rankings across years. Its published 5.5% is rounded; 176 divided by 3,222 is approximately 5.46%. I’d keep these results in separate rows. Averaging them would mix different questions, recruitment channels, years and audiences. A median would produce another number without producing a representative global sample. ## Our analysis of the open DAW survey: 41 preferred, 67 with usage history The [University of Milan study presented at SMC 2025](https://avanzini.di.unimi.it/downloads/publications/avanzini%5Fsmc25.pdf?ref=flstudiopro.com) asked: “If you had to choose only one DAW, what would it be?” It also let participants describe several use cases, including different DAWs, tasks and periods of use. That makes it possible to separate preference from reported experience. In our recalculation of the [published survey JSON file](https://dataverse.unimi.it/api/access/datafile/156255?ref=flstudiopro.com), **41 of 613 respondent records selected FL Studio as the preferred DAW: 6.7%.** Counting each record once if any of its use cases names FL Studio gives **67 of 613 records: 10.9%.** Those 67 records contain 73 FL Studio use cases. ![Of 613 survey records, 41 prefer FL Studio and 67 include it in their usage history; those 67 records contain 73 use cases.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/23/d1/23d1461e-9a6f-4583-9f0a-3ee044fc8192/content/images/2026/10/denominators.webp) Preference, usage history and use cases answer different questions. The two groups overlap. [Open the survey diagram at full size](https://storage.ghost.io/c/23/d1/23d1461e-9a6f-4583-9f0a-3ee044fc8192/content/images/2026/10/denominators.webp?ref=flstudiopro.com). A use case is a reported combination of software and circumstances, rather than a person, song or installation. One respondent can supply several. The history can include software used in an earlier year, so 10.9% must not be relabeled as current adoption in 2026. The practical difference is substantial. A main-DAW poll can miss people who use FL Studio alongside another program or used it earlier. Conversely, a history question can count someone who no longer uses it. Neither measure tells us how many paid licenses are active. ## What the FL Studio use cases contain Within the same file, **60 of 73 FL Studio use cases specify Windows: 82.2%.** The other 13 specify Mac. That is an operating-system split of reported cases in this sample, not a worldwide split of FL Studio users. The following task and context counts use those same 73 cases. __FLStudioPro calculations from the [University of Milan survey file](https://dataverse.unimi.it/api/access/datafile/156255?ref=flstudiopro.com); each row uses 73 FL Studio use cases as its denominator.__ | Reported task or context | Cases | Share of FL Studio cases | | -------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------ | | Electronic music | 65 / 73 | 89.0% | | Mixing | 56 / 73 | 76.7% | | Sequencing and programming | 50 / 73 | 68.5% | | Sampling | 36 / 73 | 49.3% | Tasks and contexts allowed multiple selections. A case can include electronic music, sampling and mixing at the same time, so these percentages should not add to 100%. They describe what was reported with FL Studio; they do not show what share of all electronic music was made in it. For an educator or tutorial editor, this is a reason to investigate sequencing, sampling and mixing needs in the target audience. That isn’t evidence that every FL Studio user makes electronic music, or that one workflow is exclusive to this DAW. ## What is FL Studio’s global market share? **The evidence on this page does not establish a global FL Studio market share or total user count.** A defensible figure would need a defined population and a way to measure it: active users, paid licenses, installations or revenue. Those are different quantities. Community polls measure the people who choose to answer them. One prominent search result illustrates the problem. The [6sense FL Studio technology profile](https://6sense.com/tech/media-transcoding/fl-studio-market-share?ref=flstudiopro.com) reported an estimated 22.70% share in its October 21, 2026 snapshot. But its category is **Media Transcoding**, and its comparison list includes Ustream, Gumlet and Handbrake. That percentage can’t be used as FL Studio’s share of DAW users. Market-revenue forecasts answer yet another question. A forecast for the value of the DAW industry cannot tell us how many producers use FL Studio. Nor can a count of organizations detected by a technology-intelligence service be converted into a count of individual producers. ## Do the surveys show FL Studio gaining or losing users? In Önen’s [2024 survey of 1,247 participants](https://www.ufukonen.com/tr/2024-daw-survey?ref=flstudiopro.com), FL Studio was second with a reported 19% of main-DAW choices. The following survey reported 13.27% and fourth place. That is approximately 5.7 percentage points lower within this survey series. It doesn’t establish a worldwide loss of users. Different people can answer each wave, and their professions, interests and recruitment routes can change. These are repeated audience snapshots, not a panel following the same producers as they switch DAWs. I’d cite the change with the survey’s name and both years, rather than turn it into a claim about the whole market. ## How we calculated the open-data figures The calculation uses the CC0 [DAW Usage Survey (2023) dataset, repository version 2.1](https://dataverse.unimi.it/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.13130%2FRD%5FUNIMI%2FYNQHKI&ref=flstudiopro.com). The analyzed file is `2023_daw_survey.json`, file ID `156255`, with repository MD5 `5b00b69bf0031d3613bd115ccc0d25e7`. Our [aggregate CSV with counts, denominators and percentages](https://flstudiopro.com/content/files/2026/10/fl-studio-survey-statistics.csv) preserves the figures used here without reproducing individual responses. We counted the 613 supplied records, retained every row and matched the FL Studio label after trimming whitespace and ignoring capitalization. Preference uses `PersonalData.DAW`. Usage history counts a record once when any `UseCases` entry names FL Studio. Case-level percentages count matching entries, including multiple entries from one record. Percentages are count ÷ denominator × 100, rounded to one decimal place in our tables. The study’s questionnaire calls the preference question a choice of one DAW; the file README describes that field as the primary DAW. We use *preferred* to preserve the questionnaire’s wording. The paper reports 613 responses, matching the file, while the repository description mentions 615 participants. The file and paper therefore define the count used in this analysis. The sample has a clear geographic tilt: **353 of 613 records, or 57.6%, list Italy.** The researchers recruited through specialist mailing lists, social networks, educational institutions, forums and direct messages. The paper and repository describe collection ending in January 2024, while the README gives July 2024; we treat it as a historical 2023–24 survey and do not use an exact end date to claim freshness. No population weighting or cross-survey pooling is applied. These calculations describe the released file. For reuse, keep the source, question and denominator with the number—for example: FLStudioPro’s analysis of the University of Milan survey JSON found FL Studio usage history in 67 of 613 respondent records (10.9%). ## What this means when choosing FL Studio I’d use these statistics to understand an audience, then choose a DAW around the work. A main-DAW ranking can’t tell you whether a particular edition covers your recording needs or whether your collaborators can exchange projects comfortably. Start with the actual differences in our [FL Studio editions and pricing guide](https://flstudiopro.com/fl-studio-editions/). If your shortlist includes another workstation, the [FL Studio versus REAPER comparison](https://flstudiopro.com/fl-studio-vs-reaper/) addresses that separate decision. Popularity is useful context; the workflow and edition limits are what you have to live with.