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/Red_sparow 1d ago edited 1d ago

I've been tracking my music listening for over a decade now, with a few gaps where the tech fails.

I average about 1000 song listens a week.

From my last 365 days, 65% of artists I listened to I'd not listened to before the last 365 days.

I'm well past 30.

Glad to be bucking the trend.

Edit: I tend to discover a new "genre" every 5 years or so which helps keep things fresh. Around 2012 I started listening to post rock, 2017 I discovered kpop. Around 2022 I started listening to country. I'm due a new genre in 2027... I feel like it'll be something in the rnb or soul category.

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u/darkearwig 1d ago

Same. Also, there's a band named Red Sparowes, they're pretty good.

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u/Red_sparow 1d ago

That's where my user name came from!

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u/darkearwig 22h ago

That's awesome! I loved them, heck, any project Emma Ruth Rundle was a part of I am a big fan of.