How many songs does the average Spotify user listen to in a year?

Music hard Data from 2023

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Answer in songs. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

1,500 songs

Roughly 1.5K.

The average Spotify user hears roughly 1,500 different tracks a year, but concentrates most listening on a few dozen. Around 40% of a typical user’s streams come from just 20 songs — familiarity beats novelty by a wide margin.

Where this number comes from

Source Spotify Wrapped aggregate data
Figure refers to 2023
Last checked
Unit songs

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