I'd be really curious to know the Media Composer numbers. 15 years ago every project I dubbed originated from Media Composer. Now it's very common to edit on other platforms. Some still use it, but as a proportion it feels dramatically less. The integration between Premiere and After Effects in particular made people jump.
I actually think Pro Tools has held its market more than MC, among pro studios and post-production.
Chris Bové from Avid posted this yesterday on the DUC:
I think that's a clear effort to calm the horses, trying to keep the pro customers from jumping ship. Of course, Avid have moved the goalposts many times (not always negatively in fact). I think it might have some effect though, reassuring that for the existing customer base things will carry on for them as before.On April 26, 2022, Avid stopped selling new perpetual licenses for Pro Tools. However, if you currently own a perpetual license, then your license is not affected by this. Not at all.
Owning a perpetual license means exactly that – you own it. We take that very seriously. Your Pro Tools perpetual license is yours in perpetuity. Avid is not secretly changing it to a subscription, nor “coming to take away your license”, nor hindering you from accessing your perpetual license in any way.
In addition, Avid did not stop supporting existing perpetual licenses. Support for your license did not stop, and is continuing.