CONTENTS

SECTION 1: What is your age? 6

What isis your
your age?
gender? 7
DJ DEMOGRAPHIC
SECTION 1: What 6
What isis your
What the highest
gender?level of education you have completed? 8
7
INFO
DJ DEMOGRAPHIC In which country do you ofcurrently reside? 9
What is the highest level education you have completed? 8
INFO Relationship status 10
In which country do you currently reside? 9
How many children 11
Relationship status under the age of 18 currently live in your household? 10
Do you rent or own (under
your residence? 12
How many children 18) currently live in your household? 11
13
What is your employment status?
Do you rent or own your residence? 12
14
What sector do you work in?
What is your employment status? 13
16
What was your typical annual income, including any DJing income? (before
What sector do you work in?
COVID-19) 14
What
What was your
is your typicalincome
annual annual, including
right any DJing
now, including income?
any (Before COVID-19)
DJing income? (Since 16
17
What is your annual income right now, including any Djing income? (Since
COVID-19) 17
COVID-19)
What percentage of your total income has typically come from DJing? (before 18
What percentage of your total income has typically come from DJing? (Before
COVID-19) 18
COVID-19)
What percentage of your income comes from DJing right now? (since COVID-19) 19
What percentage of your income comes from DJing right now? (Since COVID-19) 19

How long
long have
have you
you been
been DJing?
DJing? 21
SECTION 2: How 21
22
SECTION
DJ TYPE &2:
How often do you play in
How often do you play in public? public (in
(In“normal”
“normal”times)?
times) 22
Do you livestream your DJ sets? 23
DJ TYPE &
EXPERIENCE
What type of DJ are you? 23
24
How do
What typeyouof livestream?
DJ do you want to be? 24
EXPERIENCE Which platforms do you use? 25
How would you describe your DJ skill level? 25
26
Do you think you will still be streaming your DJ sets this time next year?
Do you...? 26
27
What type of DJ are you? (Before COVID -19)
- Play onnegatively
Has COVID-19 the radio, impacted
or have an online
your broadcast/podcast?
DJing life? 28
- Teach others to DJ?
Have you spent more time on DJing, due to changes brought about by 29
Do you play a musical instrument?
COVID-19? 27
What
What instrument(s)
type of DJ dodo youyou play?
want to be? 30
28
How would you describe your DJ skill level? 31
Do you...? 32
What’s your - Play
main onDJtheset-up?
radio? 30
SECTION 3: What’s the MAIN brand to
- Teach others of DJ?
hardware you own? 31
33
DJ SETUP Do you own hardware frommusic?
Do you produce your own other brands? 32
34
What software do you mainly use to make music?
(HARDWARE, Roughly how much did you spend on hardware? 33
35
Do you play a musical instrument?
SOFTWARE, ETC.) Do you plan to upgrade your set-up in the next 12 months?
What instrument(s) do you play?
34
36
Which brand do you most want to upgrade to? 35
If money were no object, which of these top-end club systems would 36
be your first choice?
Which of these do you have and use regularly? 37
Do you use any of the following? 38

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SECTION 3: What’s your main DJ set-up? 38
What’s the main brand of hardware you own? 39
DJ SET-UP
Do you own hardware from other brands? 40
(HARDWARE, Roughlymost howimportant
much did to you spend
What’s you whenonchoosing
hardware? what gear to buy? 41
39
SOFTWARE, ETC) Do you
What plan to do
software upgrade
you useyour
to DJ?set-up in the next 12 months? 42
40
Which brand do you most want to upgrade to? 43
If money were no object, which of these top-end club systems would be your first 44
choice?
MUSIC STYLES Which
Which ofof these
these best
do youdescribes
have and youruseDJregularly?
style? 42
45
& SOURCING What’s
Do you theuseone
anygenre
of the you MOSTLY play out when DJing?
following? 43
46
What other genres do
What’s most important to youyou likewhen
to DJ choosing
with? what gear to buy? 45
47
OF TUNES
What other
softwarestyles
doofyou
music
use do you love listening to personally?
to DJ? 47
48
Do
Whatyouis buy
yourmusic fromgear
favourite online download
release of thestores?
last 12 months? 48
49
Which of these download stores do you currently/regularly use? 49
Do you use a streaming music service (such as Spotify or Apple Music)? 50
SECTION 4: Which of
Which of these
these streaming
best describes
servicesyourdo DJyou
style?
subscribe to? 52
51
What’s the one genre you mostly play out when DJing? 53
MUSIC STYLES Do you subscribe to a DJ download pool? 52
What other
Which genres dopools
DJ download you do likeyou
to DJ with? to?
subscribe 55
53
& SOURCING What other styles of music do you love listening to personally? 57
OF TUNES Do you buy music from online download stores? 58
Which of these download stores do you currently/regularly use? 59
SOCIAL What
Do yousocial
use amedia do you
streaming use service
music regularly?
(such as Spotfy or Apple Music)? 55
60
MEDIA What’s
Which of your favourite
these method
streaming servicesof communication?
do you subscribe to? 56
61
What
Do youother communication
subscribe methods pool?
to a DJ download do you use regularly? 57
62
Which ofDJthese do you
download visit do
pools at least once a week?
you subscribe to? 58
63

SECTION What social media

whatdo
areyou useother
regularly? 65
OTHER 5: Besides DJing, your interests and hobbies?
What’s your favourite method of communication?
60
66
SOCIAL
INTERESTS In summary 62
What other communication methods do you use regularly? 67
MEDIA Which of these DJ websites do you visit at least once a week? 68
How much time would you say you spend watching DJ content on YouTube each 69
week?
When you watch DJ stuff on YouTube, is it mainly for education or fun? 70
Which of these DJ YouTube channels are you subscribed to? 71

SECTION 6: Besides DJing, what are your other interests and hobbies? 73
OTHER
INTERESTS

IN SUMMARY In summary 75

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ABOUT THE SURVEY

The Global
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box catching up with Serato in the DJ software world. And it seems the lack of weddings has
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married themselves, with single DJs outnumbering married DJs for the first time even in this survey!

There’s lots to digest, so get stuck in.

For more analysis of these results, head to the results blog post at djtips.co/census2021.

I’d just like to finally thank both the team at Digital DJ Tips for working so hard to make this
happen, and also our amazing industry sponsors, without whom we couldn’t do this - that’s
Pioneer DJ, Denon DJ, Roland, Serato, Allen & Heath, Traktor, Virtual DJ, Reloop, Rane, Numark,
Evermix, AIAIAI, Hercules, IK Multimedia, Mixed in Key, Algoriddim, Beatport, UDG Gear, DJcity
and Beatsource. Thanks all!

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 SECTION 1:
DJ DEMOGRAPHIC
INFO

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WHAT IS YOUR AGE?

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WHAT IS YOUR GENDER?

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WHAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION
YOU HAVE COMPLETED?

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IN WHICH COUNTRY DO YOU CURRENTLY RESIDE?

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ARE YOU...

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HOW MANY CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18
CURRENTLY LIVE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD?

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DO YOU RENT OR OWN YOUR RESIDENCE?

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WHAT IS YOUR EMPLOYMENT STATUS?

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WHAT SECTOR DO YOU WORK IN?

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WHAT SECTOR DO YOU WORK IN? CONT.

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WHAT WAS YOUR TYPICAL ANNUAL, INCLUDING ANY
DJING INCOME? (BEFORE COVID19)

All amounts converted to US$

All amounts converted to US$

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WHAT IS YOUR ANNUAL INCOME RIGHT NOW,
INCLUDING ANY DJING INCOME? (SINCE COVID19)

All amounts converted to US$

All amounts converted to US$

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WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR TOTAL INCOME HAS
TYPICALLY COME FROM DJING? (BEFORE COVID19)

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WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR INCOME COMES FROM
DJING RIGHT NOW? (SINCE COVID19)

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DJ TYPE &
EXPERIENCE

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HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DJING?

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HOW OFTEN DO YOU PLAY IN PUBLIC
(IN "NORMAL" TIMES)?

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DO YOU LIVESTREAM YOUR DJ SETS?

All amounts converted to US$

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HOW DO YOU LIVESTREAM?

All amounts converted to US$

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WHICH PLATFORMS DO YOU USE?

All amounts converted to US$

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DO YOU THINK YOU WILL STILL BE STREAMING
YOUR DJ SETS THIS TIME NEXT YEAR?

All amounts converted to US$

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WHAT TYPE OF DJ ARE YOU? (BEFORE COVID-19)

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HAS COVID19 NEGATIVELY IMPACTED YOUR DJING
LIFE?

All amounts converted to US$

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HAVE YOU SPENT MORE TIME ON DJING, DUE TO
CHANGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY COVID19?

All amounts converted to US$

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WHAT TYPE OF DJ DO YOU WANT TO BE?

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HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR DJ SKILL LEVEL?

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DO YOU...?

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DO YOU PRODUCE YOUR OWN MUSIC?

All amounts converted to US$

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WHAT SOFTWARE DO YOU MAINLY USE TO MAKE
MUSIC?

All amounts converted to US$

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DO YOU PLAY A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT?

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WHAT INSTRUMENT(S) DO YOU PLAY?

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 SECTION 3:
DJ SETUP
(HARDWARE,
SOFTWARE, ETC.)

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WHAT’S YOUR MAIN DJ SETUP?

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WHAT’S THE MAIN BRAND OF HARDWARE
YOU OWN?

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DO YOU OWN HARDWARE FROM OTHER BRANDS?

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ROUGHLY HOW MUCH DID YOU SPEND
ON HARDWARE?

All amounts conveted to US$

All amounts converted to US$

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DO YOU PLAN TO UPGRADE YOUR SETUP IN
THE NEXT 12 MONTHS?

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WHICH BRAND DO YOU MOST WANT TO
UPGRADE TO?

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IF MONEY WERE NO OBJECT, WHICH OF THESE TOP
END CLUB SYSTEMS WOULD BE YOUR FIRST CHOICE?

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WHICH OF THESE DO YOU HAVE AND
USE REGULARLY?

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DO YOU USE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING?

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WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU WHEN CHOOSING
WHAT GEAR TO BUY? (PLEASE CHOOSE UP TO TWO OPTIONS)

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WHAT SOFTWARE DO YOU USE TO DJ?

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WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE GEAR RELEASE OF THE
LAST 12 MONTHS?

All amounts converted to US$

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WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE GEAR RELEASE OF THE
LAST 12 MONTHS? CONT.

All amounts converted to US$

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 SECTION 4:
MUSIC STYLES
& SOURCING
OF TUNES

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WHICH OF THESE BEST DESCRIBES YOUR DJ STYLE?

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WHAT’S THE ONE GENRE YOU MOSTLY PLAY
OUT WHEN DJING?

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WHAT’S THE ONE GENRE YOU MOSTLY PLAY
OUT WHEN DJING? CONT.

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WHAT OTHER GENRES DO YOU LIKE TO DJ WITH?

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WHAT OTHER GENRES DO YOU LIKE TO DJ WITH? CONT.

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WHAT OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC DO YOU LOVE
LISTENING TO PERSONALLY?

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DO YOU BUY MUSIC FROM ONLINE
DOWNLOAD STORES?

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WHICH OF THESE DOWNLOAD STORES DO YOU
CURRENTLY/REGULARLY USE?

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DO YOU USE A STREAMING MUSIC SERVICE
(SUCH AS SPOTIFY OR APPLE MUSIC)?

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WHICH OF THESE STREAMING SERVICES DO
YOU SUBSCRIBE TO?

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DO YOU SUBSCRIBE TO A DJ DOWNLOAD POOL?

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WHICH DJ DOWNLOAD POOLS DO YOU
SUBSCRIBE TO?

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 SECTION 5:
SOCIAL MEDIA

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WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA DO YOU USE REGULARLY?

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WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE METHOD OF
COMMUNICATION?

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WHAT OTHER COMMUNICATION METHODS DO
YOU USE REGULARLY?

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WHICH OF THESE DJ WEBSITES DO YOU VISIT AT
LEAST ONCE A WEEK?

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HOW MUCH TIME WOULD YOU SAY YOU SPEND
WATCHING DJ CONTENT ON YOUTUBE EACH WEEK?

All amounts converted to US$

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WHEN YOU WATCH DJ STUFF ON YOUTUBE, IS IT
MAINLY FOR EDUCATION OR FUN?

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WHICH OF THESE DJ YOUTUBE CHANNELS ARE YOU
SUBSCRIBED TO? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

All amounts converted to US$

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OTHER INTERESTS

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BESIDES DJING, WHAT ARE YOUR OTHER
INTERESTS AND HOBBIES?

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BESIDES DJING, WHAT ARE YOUR OTHER
INTERESTS AND HOBBIES? CONT.

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IN SUMMARY

We do hope
We dothat the that
hope “headline” information
the “headline” contained
information in this document
contained has been interesting for
in this document
you as an
has been interesting for you as an accurate global snapshot of the immediate audience
accurate global snapshot of the nature and opinions of both the
reachedaudience
by Digitalreached
DJ Tips,by
and the wider
Digital DJ audience
DJ Tips, thatits
which across this surveyand
website always reaches.
social
media platforms has a combined weekly reach of 2.5 million.
million..
For more analysis of these results, head to the results blog post at djtips.co/census2021.
Once again
Once again aa huge
huge thanks
thanks to
to all
all of
of our
our partners
partners who
who donated
donated prizes
prizes in
in this
Once again
this thanksgiveaway:
year’s to all of our amazing
Denon DJ partners
for the who
main donated
prize, and prizes
also for thisDJ,
Pioneer year’s draw:
Pioneer year’s
DJ for giveaway:
the main
Roland, Serato,
Pioneer
prize, plusDJ for the
Denon
Traktor,Instruments,
main
DJ, prize,Serato,
Roland,
Virtual DJ, Reloop, Rane,
and also
Allen
Denon
Allen &
& Heath,
DJ, Traktor, Virtual DJ,
Heath,
Reloop,Numark, Rane, Native
Rane, Numark, Reloop, IK
Roland, Hercules andNumark,
Hercules, MixedEvermix,
in Key, IKAIAIAI, Hercules,
Multimedia, Multimedia,
Algoriddim, Mixed
Beatport, in Key,
DJcity and Algoriddim,
Algoriddim.
Beatport, UDG Gear, DJcity and Beatsource.
Beatsource.
Theforms
The census Census forms
part part of ourcustomer
of our annual customer research activity and we areopen to
The Census forms partannual researchresearch
of our annual customer activity and we are
activity andalways
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