Apple's CEO has said that the company's music streaming service Apple Music has gained 6.5 million paying subscribers since its launch in June.

There's also a further 8.5m subscribers using the three month free trial, said Cook, speaking at a Wall Street Journal technology conference on Monday.

The figures are not far off reports from September that claimed the service had 15m subscribers. For comparison, Spotify hit the 20m paid-user mark in June (with 75 million active users total), while Deezer ...