What is the most listened to music in the world?

Did you know that the average person listens to music for 17.8 hours a week? In fact, music has many benefits, even if we listen to it unintentionally.

Listening to music gives a real sense of pleasure, helps combat stress and anxiety, and boosts motivation and stamina when doing things like housework, sport and so on. But what are the most listened-to music genres in the world? And which songs will be the most popular to stream in 2022?

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The most listened to genres of music in the world

For several years, pop has kept its place as the most listened to musical genre in the world. With a listening rate of 64 %, pop is well ahead of rock and electronic music. In second place, rock has a listening rate of 57 %. Electronic music is in third place with a listening rate of 32 %.

This is followed by Soundtrack music (30 %), Hip-Hop/Rap/Trap music (26 %), Variety (24 %), Classical songs/Opera (24 %), R&B music (23 %), soul and blues music (22 %), and finally metal (19 %)

These percentages were obtained by interviewing 18,000 people in 18 countries.

Top 20 most listened music in 2022

Ninho takes first place in the 2022 most listened-to music chart with his song "Jefe". This song reached 67 million listens in just six months. But that's not all: he also takes second place with his famous song "VVS".

Both tracks belong to his latest album "Jefe". In third place, we have the hit "Filtré" sung as a duet by Timal and Gazo, which has been streamed over 44 million times on Spotify, not to mention other platforms. This song is followed by the summer hit, none other than Soolking's cover of "Suavamente". In last place in the Top 5, we have the famous hit of the year, "La Fama", sung by Rosalia and The Weekend.

After these 5 hits, there are still 15 others that are among the most listened to music this year.

Here is the list of the 20 music most listened to in streaming during the first half of this year 2022 with the name of the singers (solo or featuring) and their title.