62% of bands on MySpace are inactive

62%? Considering the vast number of bands on MySpace, I'd say that's a huge number.<p>For most web apps, that's a good number of active users.<p>Why do you say "only"?

Suggestion: Post in the URL field next time.

Cool. I'd be interested in seeing the results of the same test using 1 million random myspace id's rather than sequential id's from 100-101M.

I am not surprised by this finding at all. My old band, myspace.com/sometimesitrains has been inactive too.

But the bands on Myspace that have representation are hella active. It still plays a big part in getting deals and often after you're signed, labels expect to see continuous growth in terms of views, plays, and "friends".

The number for inactive blogs (or inactive users in web-applications) is surely much higher because its even easier to create a blog. People play around with something new, find something better, etc.

Just curious, how can you identify that a profile is a band? I've noticed the "MySpace music profile" pattern match, is that something you can tag a profile with? Who tags the profiles?

Does this say more about MySpace or the people forming bands?

What percent of users are inactive?