105.7 million records were catalogued on Discogs in 2024. The figure sets a new annual record for the platform, averaging out at 2 million items being added every week, with vinyl dominating in terms of format, followed by CD. 

The year’s highest value transaction saw a copy of The Velvet Underground & Nico’s landmark 1966 debut single, ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’, sell for $30,000. Although unverified, it’s believed only 10 copies of the single still exist in the original sleeve.

According to Discogs, which celebrates 25 years of trading in 2025, the unnamed seller took a fight to hand deliver the record, ensuring it arrived with the buyer as advertised. ‘Soft Sexy Soul’, an “ultra rare” 1971 album by Susan Phillips, was the second most valuable sale of the year, bringing in $20,000. The expansive 48-single-sided 12″ box set ‘Led Zeppelin’ by Led Zeppelin ranked third, selling for $11,052. 

2024’s most collected release was Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poet’s Department’, which has been picked up more than 130,000 times in the past 12 months. Charli XCX’s latest LP, ‘Brat’, ranked second and was added to 40,000 collections. ‘Hit Me Hard & Soft’ by Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Short N’ Sweet’, and ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ by The Cure rounded out the top five. 

“Reaching 105.7 million records catalogued marks a significant moment for record collecting culture. Each record represents a deliberate choice — to hold a record in your hands, to own it, to listen to it with intention,” said Jeffrey Smith, Discogs’ Vice President of Marketing. 

“Discogs continues to exist because people care deeply about music as something tangible and meaningful,” he added. “This collection milestone reflects a global community driven deeply by passion, connection, and an unwavering commitment to the music that shapes their lives.”

Since its launch in 2000, Discogs has catalogued over 830 million individual items, including vinyl, WAVS and cassettes. To date, the most expensive release ever sold on the platform is British hip-hop producer Scaramanga Silk’s ‘Choose Your Weapon‘. Just 20 individually numbered copies were pressed in 2006. Each was sent to a chosen club or radio DJ in Great Britain and Europe and included the 12″ single, a CD-ROM version, art print by Immyart and poem printed on acetate. In 2020, one pressing sold for $41,000, which today would be around $47,700.

Discogs has also revealed that the most collected album of all time on the site is Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of The Moon’, while the most collected record is the original 180-gram vinyl of Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’.

Earlier this week, we reported that the UK music industry enjoyed its most lucrative year of the century in 2024. Consumers spent a total of £2.4 billion between streaming subscriptions and physical releases, according to figures from the Digital Entertainment and Retail Association (ERA). The new figures overtake the previous high of £2.2 billion, which  was reached at the peak of CD sales in 2001.