charts discussion Recurrent Spotify Streams of Past Hits

March 29, 2021

1 hour ago, Ash12345 said:

2013's 50 biggest hits and their current (Mar 27, 2021) daily Spotify streams, and comparison to May 11, 2020 streams.

Summertime Sadness posted the highest streams, which includes both the album and remix versions. Although it was surely boosted by Chemtrails Over the Country Club's release, it was still doing great numbers beforehand. Treasure and When I Was Your Man also got a decent boost from Leave The Door Open's success, but were also among the top performing songs of the year regardless.

Royals and Blurred Lines are underperforming somewhat considering how huge they were at the time. Despite Ribs not even making it onto the Hot 100, these days, that is the Lorde song that's being streamed the most. But Harlem Shake is by far more forgotten, which makes sense considering it's mostly just a soundtrack to a meme than something that was consumed like a "normal song".

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March 29, 2021

On 3/24/2021 at 11:16 AM, Ash12345 said:

2011's 50 biggest hits and their current (Mar 21, 2021) daily Spotify streams, and comparison to May 10, 2020 streams. Also added Tanooki's points to the table, and calculate the streams vs Hot 100 points.

Even if you include the streams from both versions of E.T., it's still the smash hit that has the worst recurrent streams. Party Rock Anthem didn't age particularly well either. Among the more mid-sized hits, Mr. Know It All seems very forgotten, and Tonight (I'm Lovin'/****in' You), Till The World Ends, Blow and Just A Kiss didn't fare too well either.

If you're surprised Stereo Hearts is the top song, that might be temporary, we'll see. Gym Class Heroes' 2005 hit, Cupid's Chokehold, has been going viral in the last couple weeks, and is doing over 1 million streams daily on Spotify Global, which has caused Stereo Hearts to also get a boost. Paradise has also been getting great recurrent streams, but that could be partly because the Spotify stats are global and Coldplay's hits are bigger in other countries than on the US Hot 100.