167,568PLAYS
18,979ARTISTS
65,563TRACKS

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Fourteen years
on record

THE RECORD IS THE DATANew: seven deep cuts into the data →

One groove per year: 2012 at the label, 2026 at the rim. A wider groove means more hours that year. The coloured arcs are that year’s genres, keyed further down.

The ringed groove is 2021, the peak: 1,411 hours.

FOURTEEN YEARS2012–202678 RPM201220162021 · peak2026
HOURS LISTENED, MARCH 2012 – OCTOBER 2026
10,099

One year
at a time

Pick a year on the dial. It stays marked in the charts further down, and you can pick from those too.

ERA IV · NU JAZZ NIGHTS
2021
HOURS
1,411
Busiest of all 15 years
HOURS A DAY
3.9
14.0% of all listening
NEW ARTISTS
42%
of that year’s hours
TOP 10 ARTISTS
6%
of that year’s hours
24%Jazz & nu jazz
  1. Jazz & nu jazz24%
  2. Trip-hop & downtempo19%
  3. Electronic & dance14%
  4. Soul & funk11%
  5. Hip-hop & beats10%
TOP ARTISTS THAT YEAR
  1. 1Mop Mop20 h
  2. 2Kalabrese12 h
  3. 3Emapea7 h
THE 2021 PAGE →

Genre eras

Share of listening hours per genre group, year by year, 2012–2026. 86% of music hours have a genre; the shares are of those.

I · 2012–16Electronic Years
II · 2017–18Ambient Drift
III · 2019–20Audio Dramas
IV · 2021–24Nu Jazz Nights
V · 2025–26Soul & Jazz
0%25%50%75%100%201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Electronic & danceJazz & nu jazzAmbient & droneSoul & funkTrip-hop & downtempoSoundtrack & classicalHip-hop & beatsAudio dramasRock & psychedeliaPop, indie & folk
  • Trip-hop & downtempo
  • Ambient & drone
  • Jazz & nu jazz
  • Soul & funk
  • Electronic & dance
  • Hip-hop & beats
  • Soundtrack & classical
  • Rock & psychedelia
  • Pop, indie & folk
  • World & dub
  • Audio dramas

Four
numbers

  • Most plays of one song
    Llopsis, “Centrafuge - Son Kite Rmx”Running
    plays203
  • Most plays in seven days
    Syl Johnson, “Soul Heaven”, 11–17 May 2022
    plays65
  • Longest daily run
    6 Feb – 16 Jun 2022
    days in a row131
  • Skipped within 30 s
    The skippiest year. 2012: 21%, 2026: 19%.
    of songs in 201941%

Hours
per year

1,411HOURS IN 2021, THE PEAK · 3.9 A DAY
02505007501,0001,2501,500HOURS2021 · 1,411 h2012–17: 260–458 h a year201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Part years: 2012 counted from 15 March, 2026 to 12 October.

Always
exploring

How much of each year went to artists heard for the first time, and how much to that year’s ten favourites. These groups overlap: a new artist can also be a favourite. The new took more in every year but 2014 and 2020.

Hours on artists new that yearHours on that year’s top 10 artistsYears the favourites won
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%202115%11%20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

2012 is left out: in the first year every artist was new.

With my son& Running& Working out

Listening I can put a name to. Stories and songs with my son. Trance for running. One playlist for working out at home. Together 6% of all music hours.

WITH MY SON · 458 HRUNNING · 115 HWORKING OUT · 36 H150 h180 h75 h33 h11 h24 h201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
  • WITH MY SON458 hStories and songs with my son. 4.5% of all music hours, 30 artists. Busiest year 2020, with 180 h. Most often at 21:00, and on Sundays.0006121823
    1. 1Gregs Tagebuch150 h
    2. 2Guns N' Roses88 h
    3. 3Jeff Kinney53 h
    4. 4Adam Blade35 h
    5. 5The Kiffness21 h
  • RUNNING115 hTrance for running. 1.1% of all music hours, 26 artists. Busiest year 2025, with 75 h. Most often at 19:00, and on Sundays.0006121823
    1. 1Antix34 h
    2. 2Llopsis28 h
    3. 3Freq19 h
    4. 4Atmos13 h
    5. 5Cosma (IL)5.9 h
  • WORKING OUT36 hOne playlist for working out at home. 0.4% of all music hours, 15 artists. Busiest year 2026, with 24 h. Most often at 18:00, and on Sundays.0006121823
    1. 1Swedish House Mafia6.9 h
    2. 2Chrystal2.7 h
    3. 3nimino2.4 h
    4. 4Axwell2.3 h
    5. 5John Summit2.3 h
  • With my son: the artists I named, plus every children’s audiobook.
  • Running: from November 2024, when I started running: the artists I named, every artist tagged mostly trance or goa, and the tracks on my running playlist.
  • Working out: the tracks on that playlist.
  • A stream counts for one of them at most; a playlist track decides before its artist does. Each row of bars is scaled to its own busiest year.

Top
artists

Total hours across all 15 years. Record size shows listening hours. The labels show each artist’s genre colour. Press play to set a record spinning.

  1. No. 1 150 hGregs TagebuchAudio dramasWith my son
  2. No. 2 137 hEmapeaHip-hop & beats
  3. No. 3 112 hToscaTrip-hop & downtempo
  4. No. 4 93 hThievery CorporationTrip-hop & downtempo
  5. No. 5 88 hGuns N' RosesRock & psychedeliaWith my son
  6. No. 6 70 hSkinshapeTrip-hop & downtempo
  7. No. 7 65 hBiosphereAmbient & drone
  8. No. 8 54 hHidden OrchestraTrip-hop & downtempo
  9. No. 9 53 hJeff KinneyAudio dramasWith my son
  10. No. 10 50 hMop MopJazz & nu jazz
  11. 100 h
    50 h
    SIZE KEY

Worst
earworms

Most plays of a single song within any seven days. 47 songs passed 20.

  1. 65
    NO. 1R.2219
    Soul HeavenSyl Johnson · week of 11–17 May 2022
  2. 59
    NO. 2R.2011
    Up Nextluxury elite · week of 10–16 Mar 2020
  3. 55
    NO. 3R.1527
    When I See Scissors I Can't Help but Think of YouThe Dead Texan · week of 4–10 Jul 2015
  4. 42
    NO. 4R.1745
    OctoberBengalfuel · week of 8–14 Nov 2017
  5. 33
    NO. 5R.2510
    PacificBilly Bahama · week of 4–10 Mar 2025
  6. 30
    NO. 6R.2432
    NaranjitaManduka · week of 9–15 Aug 2024

Giant numerals are plays in seven days; bars run 0–70. Catalogue numbers read year and ISO week: R.2219 is week 19 of 2022.

When
I listen

Weekday against hour of day, Berlin time, punched as a player-piano roll. The bigger the hole, the more plays. Busiest: Sundays at 12:00, 2,490 plays.

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Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Plays per hour slot, all years:600 plays1,200 plays2,400 plays

There’s more
in the grooves.

The artists who stayed. The songs that took over. The years that sound alike. Seven new ways into the record.

Explore the deep cuts →

Sources & method

Every stream from 15 March 2012 to 12 October 2026, from my Spotify Extended Streaming History. A play is a stream of 30 seconds or more; hours add up the time actually played, skips included. Times are Berlin time. Offline streams use their valid offline timestamp to avoid grouping delayed uploads into one day.

The export has no genres. Each artist is placed in one of 11 groups from Last.fm tags and older Spotify genres, which covers 86% of music hours; genre shares are of that part.

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