It’s that time of year again, when music streaming services provide stats that should be more interesting than they are.
So far this year (it ain’t over yet!) I’ve spent 59% of my listening time on the weekly “New Music Mix” playlist. So I’ve spent 11,513 minutes listening to 1801 songs by 882 artists, but only 37 albums and 21 playlists.
For your cheering or jeering or both, here’s my top 100 songs of the first eleven months of 2022: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/replay-2022/pl.rp-a77XCJ4bEx
My daughter’s Spotify Unwrapped says she has listened to 115,667 minutes, top 1% of Americans, but that’s more than five hours every single day, and so it clearly includes overnight streaming. Which explains why her phone is usually playing music when we wake her up in the morning.
Yes, I am aware that this represents a terrible taste in music. All I can say is that I recognize the stats as accurate, and am surprised about what they say about me as a possibly-former appreciator of music.