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== Industrial impact ==

Swifties have been widely covered for their support for Swift in terms of her commercial success. Swift is known for her large CD and [[Phonograph record|vinyl]] sales despite the 21st-century music scene having shifted to a largely digital industry.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Arnold |first=Gina |date=January 2, 2021 |title=I Don't Give a Damn About Your Bad Reputation: Taylor Swift, Beyoncé Knowles, and Performance |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07494467.2021.1945224 |journal=Contemporary Music Review |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=27–40 |doi=10.1080/07494467.2021.1945224 |s2cid=238241113 |issn=0749-4467 |access-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926073406/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07494467.2021.1945224 |url-status=live }}</ref> From 2014 to 2015, Swift contested music streaming services [[Spotify]] and [[Apple Music]] to regulate their policies to protect [[Artistic integrity|artists' integrity]].<ref name="Khan-2021"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=June 21, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Criticism Spurs Apple to Change Royalties Policy |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/business/media/taylor-swift-criticizes-apples-terms-for-streaming-music-service.html |access-date=May 6, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506145433/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/business/media/taylor-swift-criticizes-apples-terms-for-streaming-music-service.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She announced that ''1989'', her first-ever [[pop music]] album, would not release on Spotify and Apple Music, protesting the platform's "minuscule" payments to musicians.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Linshi |first=Jack |date=November 3, 2014 |title=Here's Why Taylor Swift Pulled Her Music From Spotify |url=https://time.com/3554468/why-taylor-swift-spotify/ |magazine=Time |access-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-date=January 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120150946/https://time.com/3554468/why-taylor-swift-spotify/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Some journalists, such as Nilay Patel of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]],'' criticized Swift's beliefs; Patel said that the Internet sabotaged the [[Album era|album format]] and claimed that most fans would not shop for a Swift CD anymore.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patel |first=Nilay |date=July 7, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift doesn't understand supply and demand |url=https://www.vox.com/2014/7/7/5878603/taylor-swift-doesnt-understand-supply-and-demand |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=Vox |archive-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515232913/https://www.vox.com/2014/7/7/5878603/taylor-swift-doesnt-understand-supply-and-demand |url-status=live }}</ref> Many industry personnel felt that Swift's departure from country music and streaming platforms would impact the album's sales.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=November 5, 2014 |title=Sales of Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Intensify Streaming Debate |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/arts/music/sales-of-taylor-swifts-1989-intensify-streaming-debate.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=February 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111032635/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/business/media/taylor-swifts-1989-carries-high-hopes-but-no-country-music.html |archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref> Publications predicted ''1989'' to not sell over one million copies in its first week like her previous albums ''[[Speak Now]]'' (2010) and ''[[Red (Taylor Swift album)|Red]]'' (2012) did.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Mansfield |date=October 23, 2014 |title=Officially Pop, Taylor Swift Embraces Being Unafraid |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/10/23/taylor-swift-embraces-being-unafraid-with-1989/17756399/ |access-date=June 22, 2023 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622045511/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/10/23/taylor-swift-embraces-being-unafraid-with-1989/17756399/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Knopper |first=Steve |date=October 21, 2014 |title=Can Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Save Ailing Music Industry? |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/can-taylor-swifts-1989-save-ailing-music-industry-170217/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401054337/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/can-taylor-swifts-1989-save-ailing-music-industry-170217/ |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |access-date=February 27, 2019 |url-access=limited}}</ref> However, ''1989'' was an unprecedented success for Swift despite the lack of streaming support, widely purchased by fans as CDs from [[Target Corporation|Target]];<ref name="Grady-2017">{{Cite web |last=Grady |first=Constance |date=June 9, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift puts all her music back on streaming, continues to be a PR genius |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/9/15766576/taylor-swift-spotify-streaming-katy-perry |access-date=May 6, 2023 |website=Vox |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506145433/https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/9/15766576/taylor-swift-spotify-streaming-katy-perry |url-status=live }}</ref> the album sold 1.28 million copies in its opening week.<ref name="Grady-2017" /> In the [[2020s in music|2020s]], Swifties have also been credited with being one of the factors behind the [[vinyl revival]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Young |first=Alex |date=January 20, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift, the indisputable Queen of Vinyl, named 2022 Record Store Day Ambassador |url=https://consequence.net/2022/01/taylor-swift-2022-record-store-day-ambassador/ |access-date=March 6, 2022 |website=Consequence |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119160417/https://consequence.net/2022/01/taylor-swift-2022-record-store-day-ambassador/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Swift's album [[LP record|LP]] variants have been sold exclusively at small businesses, driving their profits.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=January 20, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift Tapped as First Record Store Day Global Ambassador |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-2022-record-store-day-global-ambassador-1235020879/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525020228/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-2022-record-store-day-global-ambassador-1235020879/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Golsen |first=Tyler |date=January 20, 2022 |title=Why Taylor Swift is the perfect ambassador for Record Store Day |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/taylor-swift-perfect-ambassador-record-store-day/ |access-date=January 21, 2022 |website=[[Far Out Magazine]] |archive-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422073606/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/taylor-swift-perfect-ambassador-record-store-day/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Swift's fans increased the publicity surrounding [[Taylor Swift masters dispute|her 2019 masters dispute]] with Big Machine and American businessman [[Scooter Braun]] and drove the success of her re-recording efforts.<ref name="Willman-2021">{{Cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Fearless (Taylor's Version)' Debuts Huge: What It Means for Replicating Oldies, Weaponizing Fans |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/taylor-swift-fearless-lessons-1234955475/ |url-status=live |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421003048/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/taylor-swift-fearless-lessons-1234955475/ |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |access-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 9, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift fans share tips on how to make old 'Fearless' album disappear |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-fearless-fans-b1829051.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007032152/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-fearless-fans-b1829051.html |archive-date=October 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kornhaber |first=Spencer |date=November 18, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Is Waging Reputational Warfare |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/11/taylor-swift-vs-scooter-braun-reputation-warfare/602197/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509073353/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/11/taylor-swift-vs-scooter-braun-reputation-warfare/602197/ |archive-date=May 9, 2022 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=The Atlantic}}</ref> An online petition launched by a fan on [[Change.org]], calling Braun and Borchetta "to stop holding Swift's art hostage", garnered 35,000 plaintiffs in its first three hours. Michael Jones, a managing director of Change.org, described the petition as "one the fastest-growing petitions on the platform this month".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brandle |first=Lars |date=November 14, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Fans Launch Online Petition Against Scooter Braun, Scott Borchetta |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/taylor-swift-fans-launch-online-petition-scooter-braun-scott-borchetta-1255045/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510151048/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/taylor-swift-fans-launch-online-petition-scooter-braun-scott-borchetta-1255045/ |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Braun, however, claimed that Swift "weaponized" her fanbase by making the dispute public.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=April 29, 2022 |title=Scooter Braun Talks Taylor Swift Re-Recording Music, Says He Disagrees With Artists 'Weaponizing a Fanbase' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/scooter-braun-taylor-swift-masters-weaponizing-fanbase-1235064853/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509073353/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/scooter-braun-taylor-swift-masters-weaponizing-fanbase-1235064853/ |archive-date=May 9, 2022 |access-date=May 9, 2022}}</ref> Swifties also discovered that the Carlyle Group, a partner of Braun in the dispute, supplies weapons to [[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)|the civil war in Yemen]], which was confirmed by publications such as ''The New York Times''.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Kate |last2=Coscarelli |first2=Joe |last3=Sisario |first3=Ben |date=November 24, 2019 |title=How Taylor Swift Dragged Private Equity into Her Fight Over Music Rights |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/business/taylor-swift-carlyle-scooter-braun.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210134302/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/business/taylor-swift-carlyle-scooter-braun.html |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=November 15, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift sics fans on Scooter Braun, The Carlyle Group |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-swifties-have-been-activated-and-theyre-going-afte-1839876702/amp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210134249/https://www.avclub.com/the-swifties-have-been-activated-and-theyre-going-afte-1839876702/amp |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 |website=The A. V. Club}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Jagannathan |first=Meera |title=Taylor Swift is squaring off with private-equity giant Carlyle Group – here's how the combatants stack up |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/as-taylor-swift-goes-up-against-private-equity-giant-carlyle-group-heres-how-the-two-stack-up-2019-11-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210134302/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/as-taylor-swift-goes-up-against-private-equity-giant-carlyle-group-heres-how-the-two-stack-up-2019-11-15 |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021 |website=MarketWatch}}</ref>

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* [[List of fandom names]]

* ''[[Nannaria swiftae]]'', a millipede species named after Swift by a fan

* [[Taylor Sheesh]], a Filipino drag queen known for impersonating ~~Swift~~Swifty

* [[Ashley Leechin]], a Swift-lookalike internet personality

* [[Larries]], a conspiracy-theory-based internet fandom who also form a small faction of Swifties

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[[Category:Taylor Swift]]

[[Category:Music fandom]]

~~[[Category:Cults]]~~