Digital Rights Management Market Report 2026

The digital rights management market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $6.66 billion in 2025 to $7.94 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.2%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to expansion of digital media consumption, growth of online content distribution, increasing instances of digital piracy, adoption of software licensing models, rise of streaming services.

The digital rights management market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $15.95 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing demand for secure digital distribution, growing adoption of blockchain-based rights management, expansion of immersive digital content platforms, rising investments in advanced encryption technologies, increasing regulatory focus on intellectual property protection. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing adoption of cloud-based drm solutions, rising demand for content protection technologies, growing integration of drm with streaming platforms, expansion of subscription-based content models, enhanced focus on anti-piracy enforcement.

The digital rights management market is experiencing growth due to increasing security concerns. The widespread use of PCs and laptops has attracted hackers who seek unauthorized access to corporate and government networks, aiming to steal critical information for financial and business gains. Corporations are increasingly adopting real-time approaches to managing business data, including transmission and storage across mobile devices, the cloud, USBs, and disks. As reported by InfoSecurity, global ransomware damages are projected to exceed $30 billion in 2023, highlighting the escalating threat. The complexity and sophistication of cyberattacks contribute to the challenge of detection. Digital rights management is also adopted by healthcare and financial services organizations to ensure compliance with data privacy and protection standards such as HIPAA and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. This growing concern for security is expected to drive market growth in the digital rights management sector.

Major companies in the digital rights management market are concentrating on developing innovative solutions, such as digital rights management services, to establish authorship and oversee usage rights. A digital rights management (DRM) service is a technology designed to safeguard and regulate the distribution and use of digital content, preventing unauthorized access, copying, or sharing of media such as music, videos, or eBooks. For example, in July 2024, Wacom Co., Ltd., a Japan-based software company that produces graphics tablets and related products, launched a new digital rights management service. This DRM service from Wacom Co., Ltd. provides enhanced protection for digital content, particularly benefiting creative professionals by ensuring secure access and usage control for artistic works and designs. It includes seamless integration with Wacom’s devices, facilitating easy content sharing and collaboration while safeguarding intellectual property through strong encryption and permission management tools.

In April 2024, Agora, Inc., a US-based software company specializing in communication software solutions, collaborated with EZDRM to introduce digital rights management (DRM) solutions designed to protect live content. This partnership aims to enhance security for live content, providing real-time protection for live streaming by seamlessly integrating Agora's interactive broadcasting platform with EZDRM’s robust DRM technology. This integration ensures secure content delivery while preventing unauthorized access or piracy during live events. EZDRM is a US-based company that provides digital rights management as a service (DRMaaS).

Major companies operating in the digital rights management market include Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Sony Corporation, International Business Machine Corporation, Oracle Corporation, OpenText Corporation, Intralinks Holdings Inc., Kudelski Group, Irdeto B.V., BuyDRM Inc., EditionGuard LLC, Vera Security Inc., Fasoo Inc., Intertrust Technologies Corporation, NextLabs Inc., Conax AS, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Verimatrix Inc., Seclore Technology, Vitrium Systems Inc., FileOpen Systems Inc., Digify Inc., EZDRM Inc., Locklizard Limited, Verance Corporation, MediaSilo Inc., Cinedigm Corp., Friend MTS Ltd.

North America was the largest region in the digital rights management market in 2025. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the digital rights management market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the digital rights management market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

The digital rights management market includes revenues earned by entities by providing services such as software licenses and keys, user authentication and IP authentication protocols, proxy servers, virtual private networks (VPNs), regional restriction or geoblocking. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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