ERA V · SOUL & JAZZ

2025

1,160 hours of music, No. 3 of 15 years. Mostly soul & funk.

PLAYS
20,009
57 on an active day
HOURS A DAY
3.2
over 365 days
ARTISTS
3,748
1,707 new this year
SONGS
7,840
played at least once
ACTIVE DAYS
348
of 365
SKIPPED
18%
stopped within 30 s
AFTER MIDNIGHT
6%
of plays, 00–05
VS 2024
+57%
hours on the year before

Day by
day

Every day of 2025 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 DAY12.1 h31 Dec
  • BIGGEST DAY12.1 h31 Dec: 182 plays, mostly Gianni Brezzo
  • LONGEST STREAK84 days25 May – 16 Aug 2025
  • ACTIVE DAYS348of 365 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.

49 h66 h84 h146 h111 h118 h95 h93 h79 h92 h98 h130 h0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSoul & funkJazz & nu jazzElectronic & danceTrip-hop & downtempoPop, 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

Around
the clock

Plays by hour of day, Berlin time. The busiest hour was 17:00. Gold marks 00:00 to 05:00: 6% of the year’s plays.

00:00 · 510 plays01:00 · 294 plays02:00 · 168 plays03:00 · 76 plays04:00 · 69 plays05:00 · 89 plays06:00 · 86 plays07:00 · 255 plays08:00 · 526 plays09:00 · 357 plays10:00 · 552 plays11:00 · 949 plays12:00 · 1,163 plays13:00 · 1,188 plays14:00 · 1,270 plays15:00 · 1,261 plays16:00 · 1,363 plays17:00 · 1,753 plays18:00 · 1,550 plays19:00 · 1,548 plays20:00 · 1,497 plays21:00 · 1,503 plays22:00 · 1,203 plays23:00 · 779 plays000306091215182117:00BUSIEST HOUR
BY WEEKDAY
Mon2,514
Tue2,708
Wed2,857
Thu2,564
Fri2,653
Sat3,435
Sun3,278
Plays per weekday across the year.

Top
artists

2025’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. 1LlopsisRUNNING19.4 hElectronic & dance · 137 plays
  2. 2Thievery Corporation14.8 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 233 plays
  3. 3Sade14.7 hSoul & funk · 220 plays
  4. 4Monophonics14.1 hSoul & funk · 218 plays
  5. 5AntixRUNNING14 hElectronic & dance · 121 plays
  6. 6FreqRUNNING12.5 hElectronic & dance · 102 plays
  7. 7Common Saints11.9 hSoul & funk · 181 plays
  8. 8Parcels11.8 hSoul & funk · 159 plays
  9. 9Thee Sacred Souls10.7 hSoul & funk · 194 plays
  10. 10AtmosRUNNING10.1 hElectronic & dance · 91 plays
FIRST HEARD IN 2025
  • Cosma (IL)Running5.6 h
  • Golf Trip5.1 h
  • Loaded Honey5 h
  • O & The Mo5 h
  • D-Nox4.7 h

Running& Working out

Trance for running. One playlist for working out at home. In 2025.

  • RUNNING75 h7% of 2025’s music hours
    1. 1Llopsis19 h
    2. 2Antix14 h
    3. 3Freq13 h
  • WORKING OUT11 hUnder 1% of 2025’s music hours
    1. 1Swedish House Mafia3.1 h
    2. 2Chrystal0.9 h
    3. 3Chris Lake0.9 h

Top
songs

By plays of 30 seconds or more in 2025.

  1. 137Centrafuge - Son Kite RmxLlopsis · No. 1Running
  2. 79PacificBilly Bahama · No. 2
  3. 76IknowhowIfeelParcels · No. 3
  4. 63Will I See You Again?Thee Sacred Souls · No. 4
  5. 63Make Way For The SunO & The Mo · No. 5
  6. 61Sage MotelMonophonics · No. 6
  7. 56ResetArjuna Oakes · No. 7
  8. 54Little Honey - Original MixAntix · No. 8Running
  9. 53LessonsLoaded Honey · No. 9
  10. 51Lioness - Argy RemixSwedish House Mafia · No. 10Working out
THE YEAR’S EARWORM33PLAYS IN SEVEN DAYSPacificBilly Bahama, from 4 Mar

First &
last

The songs that opened and closed 2025.

  • FIRST SONG OF 2025How Deep Is Your Love?The Rapture1 Jan, 00:02
  • LAST SONG OF 2025On Our OwnBobby Brown31 Dec, 23:56