ERA III · AUDIO DRAMAS

2020

919 hours of music, No. 4 of 15 years. Mostly audio dramas.

PLAYS
15,300
47 on an active day
HOURS A DAY
2.5
over 366 days
ARTISTS
2,145
1,220 new this year
SONGS
5,727
played at least once
ACTIVE DAYS
326
of 366
SKIPPED
31%
stopped within 30 s
AFTER MIDNIGHT
4%
of plays, 00–05
VS 2019
+33%
hours on the year before

Day by
day

Every day of 2020 is one groove of this record, starting at the top on 1 January and turning clockwise. A longer line means more hours; its colour is that day’s leading genre. Point at a day to read it.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
BIGGEST DAY14.8 h25 Apr
  • BIGGEST DAY14.8 h25 Apr: 185 plays, mostly Skinshape
  • LONGEST STREAK43 days15 Feb – 28 Mar 2020
  • ACTIVE DAYS326of 366 with at least one play

Month by
month

Each month’s hours by genre, as shares. The bars on top are the month’s hours.

63 h66 h92 h135 h99 h75 h64 h42 h34 h49 h71 h128 h0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAudio dramasHip-hop & beatsTrip-hop & downtempoJazz & nu jazzElectronic & dance
  • 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

Around
the clock

Plays by hour of day, Berlin time. The busiest hour was 18:00. Gold marks 00:00 to 05:00: 4% of the year’s plays.

00:00 · 278 plays01:00 · 136 plays02:00 · 74 plays03:00 · 18 plays04:00 · 31 plays05:00 · 15 plays06:00 · 61 plays07:00 · 197 plays08:00 · 214 plays09:00 · 407 plays10:00 · 715 plays11:00 · 940 plays12:00 · 994 plays13:00 · 1,079 plays14:00 · 995 plays15:00 · 1,023 plays16:00 · 1,065 plays17:00 · 1,097 plays18:00 · 1,387 plays19:00 · 1,201 plays20:00 · 953 plays21:00 · 987 plays22:00 · 863 plays23:00 · 570 plays000306091215182118:00BUSIEST HOUR
BY WEEKDAY
Mon1,628
Tue2,242
Wed1,767
Thu2,204
Fri1,799
Sat3,026
Sun2,634
Plays per weekday across the year.

Top
artists

2020’s ten most-played artists, by hours. Bars are printed in the artist’s genre colour; NEW marks an artist first played this year.

  1. 1Gregs TagebuchWITH MY SON97.5 hAudio dramas · 1,515 plays
  2. 2Jeff KinneyWITH MY SON29.3 hAudio dramas · 739 plays
  3. 3Emapea25 hHip-hop & beats · 546 plays
  4. 4Guns N' RosesWITH MY SON24 hRock & psychedelia · 342 plays
  5. 5Skinshape16.7 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 237 plays
  6. 6Matthew Halsall16.2 hJazz & nu jazz · 169 plays
  7. 7Mop Mop15.6 hJazz & nu jazz · 249 plays
  8. 8Khruangbin11.6 hRock & psychedelia · 176 plays
  9. 9Zero 711.5 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 159 plays
  10. 10Adam BladeWITH MY SON10.8 hAudio dramas · 277 plays
FIRST HEARD IN 2020
  • luxury elite5.9 h
  • Maxgonz3.7 h
  • Matthew Barlow3.5 h
  • Eluder2.4 h
  • Hubbub2.2 h

With my son

Stories and songs with my son. In 2020.

  • WITH MY SON180 h20% of 2020’s music hours
    1. 1Gregs Tagebuch98 h
    2. 2Jeff Kinney29 h
    3. 3Guns N' Roses24 h

Top
songs

By plays of 30 seconds or more in 2020.

  1. 108Paradise CityGuns N' Roses · No. 1With my son
  2. 91Up Nextluxury elite · No. 2
  3. 64Lonely WalkMaxgonz · No. 3
  4. 50Fly Like BirdsOsvaldo · No. 4
  5. 49Abusey JunctionKokoroko · No. 5
  6. 46Strange SeedEmapea · No. 6
  7. 46Set ItOl' Burger Beats · No. 7
  8. 40Sunny VibesEmapea · No. 8
  9. 37Space Time GirlThe Heliocentrics · No. 9
  10. 35The Sun in SeptemberMatthew Halsall · No. 10
THE YEAR’S EARWORM59PLAYS IN SEVEN DAYSUp Nextluxury elite, from 10 Mar

First &
last

The songs that opened and closed 2020.

  • FIRST SONG OF 2020Kapitel 11 - Folge 12: Und tschüss!Gregs TagebuchWith my son1 Jan, 01:33
  • LAST SONG OF 2020By the PoolPalomo Wendel31 Dec, 23:52