MP3 begins to slip as the music compression standard

MP3 begins to slip as the music compression standard

The Guardian Online Blog points to a survey suggesting that although MP3 is still the most favoured format for music files stored on hard drives, its pre-eminence is slipping. The stats are:

MP3 — 72%
WMA — 19.6%
AAC — 4.3%
Other — 3.9%