Music fans around the world received an early present when The Beatles landed on Spotify on Christmas Eve. Their impact was immediate and global, as the group became the most-streamed artist on Spotify from December 24 to 26, setting a new record for simultaneous streams of a single artist.
People are still listening to The Beatles in a big way on Spotify — over 250 million streams so far — and it hasn’t even been a month yet. They also comprised 38 of the 50 songs on our Viral 50 chart. That’s a lot of listening, by all kinds of people in 58 countries. Let’s find out how people of various demographics and locations are listening to The Beatles, using this mountain of anonymous, aggregated listening data.
You can listen to all of The Beatles catalog here.
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Beatles Listening Over Time
Here’s how their music spread around the world (map can be embedded elsewhere):
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Beatles Listening by Age
The vast majority of Spotify users — and 79 percent of Beatles listeners — were born after the band was active. Here’s how The Beatles listening breaks down by age group:
17 & Under
The youngest Beatles listeners await the appearance of the sun:
1. Here Comes The Sun
2. Let It Be
3. Hey Jude
4. Come Together
5. Twist And Shout
6. Yellow Submarine
7. Yesterday
8. I Want To Hold Your Hand
9. Love Me Do
10. Penny Lane
18-24
Young adults want to hold hands:
1. I Want To Hold Your Hand
2. Here Comes The Sun
3. Come Together
4. Penny Lane
5. You Never Give Me Your Money
6. With A Little Help From My Friends
7. Twist And Shout
8. Hey Jude
9. Let It Be
10. Yellow Submarine
25-29
Late-20s Beatles listeners are similar with a few twists:
1. I Want To Hold Your Hand
2. Penny Lane
3. You Never Give Me Your Money
4. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
5. Love Me Do
6. From Me To You
7. A Hard Day’s Night
8. Something
9. Can’t Buy Me Love
10. Get Back
30-34
In the early 30s, she loves you and you know you should be glad, relative to other age groups:
1. She Loves You
2. Paperback Writer
3. Ticket To Ride
4. The Long And Winding Road
5. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
6. Hello, Goodbye
7. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
8. Day Tripper
9. Can’t Buy Me Love
10. Blackbird
35-44
Beatles listeners in this age group want to work it out (updated):
1. We Can Work It Out
2. A Day In The Life
3. Ticket To Ride
4. The Long And Winding Road
5. She Loves You
6. Paperback Writer
7. Back In The U.S.S.R.
8. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
9. Please Please Me
10. Something
45-54
This age group distinctively likes the one that starts with the jet engine sound:
1. Back In The U.S.S.R.
2. We Can Work It Out
3. Ticket To Ride
4. A Day In The Life
5. Yesterday
6. Let It Be
7. Got To Get You Into My Life
8. I Feel Fine
9. She Loves You
10. Help!
55+
Those most likely to have experienced The Beatles on television or in person really go for that rock n’ roll music, any old way you choose it:
1. Rock And Roll Music
2. Back In The U.S.S.R.
3. Mean Mr Mustard
4. Nowhere Man
5. Drive My Car
6. Glass Onion
7. We Can Work It Out
8. Long, Long, Long
9. Do You Want To Know A Secret
10. A Day In The Life
Beatles Listening By Gender
Here are the most popular Beatles songs among men and women. As you can see, both genders share an affinity for the same general set of songs, with a few slight variations (such as Blackbird scoring a bit higher with women, Get Back with men).
Most popular among females:
1. Come Together
2. Let It Be
3. Here Comes The Sun
4. Yesterday
5. Hey Jude
6. Love Me Do
7. Help!
8. All You Need Is Love
9. I Want To Hold Your Hand
10. Something
11. Blackbird
12. Twist And Shout
13. She Loves You
14. Can’t Buy Me Love
15. Eleanor Rigby
16. Yellow Submarine
17. A Hard Day’s Night
18. Get Back
19. Hello, Goodbye
20. In My Life
Most popular among males:
1. Come Together
2. Let It Be
3. Here Comes The Sun
4. Hey Jude
5. Yesterday
6. Love Me Do
7. Help!
8. All You Need Is Love
9. I Want To Hold Your Hand
10. Yellow Submarine
11. Something
12. Eleanor Rigby
13. Twist And Shout
14. Get Back
15. Can’t Buy Me Love
16. She Loves You
17. A Hard Day’s Night
18. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
19. Blackbird
20. Penny Lane
Beatles Listening by Place
Let’s take a trip around the world, visiting every country with Spotify, to find out what that country listens to distinctively. That means people there listen to these songs disproportionately a lot, relative to people in other countries. The data is presented in both map and list form (both can be embedded elsewhere).
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And here’s The Beatles’ most distinctive music to each country in list form:
● Andorra
● Argentina
● Australia
● Austria
● Belgium
● Bolivia
● Brazil
● Bulgaria
● Canada
● Chile
● Colombia
● Costa Rica
● Cyprus
● Czech Republic
● Denmark
● Dominican Republic
● Ecuador
● El Salvador
● Estonia
● Finland
● France
● Germany
● Greece
● Guatemala
● Honduras
● Hong Kong
● Hungary
● Iceland
● Italy
● Latvia
● Liechtenstein
● Lithuania
● Luxembourg
● Malaysia
● Malta
● Mexico
● Monaco
● Netherlands
● New Zealand
● Nicaragua
● Norway
● Panama
● Paraguay
● Peru
● Philippines
● Poland
● Portugal
● Singapore
● Slovakia
● Spain
● Sweden
● Switzerland
● Taiwan
● Turkey
● United Kingdom
● United States
● Uruguay
Superlatives
Finally, here are the most streamed and playlisted Beatles songs on Spotify.
Most Streamed
1. Come Together
2. Let It Be
3. Here Comes The Sun
4. Yesterday
5. Hey Jude
6. Love Me Do
7. Help!
8. All You Need Is Love
9. I Want To Hold Your Hand
10. Something
Most Playlisted
Spotify users have added Beatles songs to playlists nearly 29 million times so far. The most included songs are:
1. Come Together
2. Let It Be
3. Here Comes The Sun
4. Love Me Do
5. Hey Jude
6. Yesterday
7. All You Need Is Love
8. Help!
9. Eleanor Rigby
10. Something
