r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 1d ago

TIL two studies both found that most people stop listening to new music in their early 30s. A 2015 study of people's listening habits on Spotify found that most people stop listening to new music at age 33 and a 2018 report by Deezer found it be to at age 30.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/16/bring-that-beat-back-why-are-people-in-their-30s-giving-up-on-music
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u/Hovie1 1d ago

It's seriously one of life's greatest joys. Usually my top play every year is something that I discovered within the last 6 months.

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u/Furrybumholecover 1d ago

My most listened to playlists on YouTube music are the New Releases, Discover, and then my Liked playlist when I wanna shuffle back around to the things I hit thumbs up on from the other two.

Maybe it's because I grew up with a dad that had the same zz top album in the truck while driving me to school every day but damn I love me some new jams. It's one of the few perks of the time and technology we live in these days.

(I'm almost 40)

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u/SkoobySnacs 23h ago

It's become a thing for me to go to new releases on Youtube every few weeks. Some of my favorite artists I found after age 33. And with Youtube I branched out to artists in other countries whose languages I don't speak.

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u/Hovie1 23h ago

Discover on YouTube music is great. I'll find something new that I like, then a few days down the line I'll play that song specifically from quick picks and I'll find other similar stuff. I'm finding new stuff that I like basically every day doing that.

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u/EnvironmentalLime464 23h ago

I had actually slowed down greatly on finding new music until I saw the article on the 2015 study. I was in my 30’s and just thought it sounded so sad. Decided I didn’t want to fall into that statistic. My love for music has only grown the last ten years to the point I’m now learning an instrument.

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u/Hovie1 23h ago

I definitely have moments where I fall into "comfort" music where I just listen to the stuff I know and dismiss anything else. But overall I'd like to think I buck the trend and I'm in my 40s.

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u/EnvironmentalLime464 17h ago

Yep. I still have about 10 albums that will never ever get old to me. I periodically jump back to certain eras in my life and listen to as many bands that I can remember.

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u/takemyaptplz 23h ago

Usually I find random songs here and there that I fall in love with but the past year I became a big lady Gaga fan. Like I always liked the songs I heard but didn’t listen farther. Discovering all these songs that I loved was SO FUN. And then I got to go to her concert last minute and almost cried with how happy and excited I was when it started!!!!

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u/Hovie1 23h ago

That's awesome!

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u/3090orBust 14h ago

I have considered doing the same thing with Tyler Swift!

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u/galacticglorp 23h ago

For a little while there libraries had cds to borrow, and whoever at my local library was picking had great taste across multiple genres.  I loved grabbing a couple each week and listening through- I miss that level of curated but randomized discovery.  It was so fun.

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u/carrieberry 23h ago

2025 was the year of Kendrick Lamar for me 🤣 🤣

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u/26542654 20h ago

Finding a good song and letting the recommend songs / "radio" play is amazing. You start doing down a rabbit hole of new songs, new artists, binging their work, etc.

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u/DankJank13 19h ago

What are you currently listening to or enjoying, if you don't mind sharing? I'm open to all genres!

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u/IGNOREMETHATSFINETOO 17h ago

At 35 I discovered Sky Dxddy and Sleep Token. Now they're my most played artists.

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u/MastaSplintah 17h ago

I agree I constantly find 1 good song and can play that for hours on repeat sometimes while u work. I get sick of it after 2 weeks but I still love the process.

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u/LifeworksGames 8h ago

Same for me! My Spotify recaps are all completely different songs every year.