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What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital?

I well remember in the ‘80s when we were amazed and thrilled by CD.
Wow, no more pops and clicks and all the physical benefits.
Seems so many abandoned vinyl.
But now, with so much convenience, available content and high SQ seems even dedicated vinylholics have again abandoned vinyl and embraced digital. However, there is clearly a new resurgence in analog.
But I look at, for example, whitecamaro’s “List of amplifiers...” thread and no one seems interested in analog!
To me, it seems strange when auditioning “$100Kish gear, that vinyl doesn’t enter the picture or conversation.
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Yeah... vinyl 95% of the time. CD when it is the only copy readily available and Tidal, only when I can devote my entire session to it. 
Currently, my best vinyl sounds better than my streamed digital and I like "the process". It lends itself to listening to an entire side (or album) more easily. I believe in Albums over Songs....
My main "Audio Friends" are 99% vinyl, so some peer pressure involved, but it comes from a good place. We (the three of us) have all reduced, refined and concentrated our collections. Mine is the smallest (about 1500 listed on Discogs) by a substantial amount. Much of the material we listen to is only available on vinyl, not on streaming services (and CD is limited in selection also).
It is ALL GOOD... but we all have our preferences .
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