Are yoi talking about IDM (a specific leftfield genre, popular in mid-00s, but never mainstream?), EDM (which grew to mean a mixture of electrohouse, brostep and trap) or electronic dance music in general?<p>Also, are you talking about Beatport or Beatport Pro? They are very different services, targeted at different audiences.<p>Assuming you&#x27;re talking about Pro, I doubt it&#x27;s success depends on currently popular genres. It&#x27;s targeted specifically for DJs, and sells not only mp3s, but uncompressed wavs, and more innovative formats like NIs remix decks and stems, which are only relevant to DJs. Who will always &quot;compelled to renew their catalogue&quot;, of course. And most often, the only choice other than Beatport and Juno is to hunt down the vinyl on Discogs: most of releases never make it to torrent trackers, and are pressed in very small amounts, in low hundreds. And even more releases from small labels are digital-only. So, unless you want to play the same music as everyobody else, you have no other option than to pay.