How many hours of music does the average person listen to per week?
Music medium Data from 2023
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The answer
21 hours
Roughly 20.7.
People listen to about 20.7 hours of music a week — nearly three hours a day. That is up from 18 hours in 2021, and the rise is almost entirely streaming on phones rather than radio or physical formats.
Where this number comes from
| Source | IFPI Engaging with Music report |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | hours |
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