Taylor Swift was the most streamed artist worldwide on Spotify in 2024, while Joe Rogan and Alex Cooper topped the platform’s podcast charts.

This is the fifth year in a row The Joe Rogan Experience was the top podcast on Spotify and comes after he interviewed former President Donald Trump on his show in the lead-up to the election. Cooper, the host Call her dad, interviewed Vice President Kamala Harris on her show and came in second place for the second year in a row.

Notably, the two podcasts remained at the top of the list after Spotify gave up exclusivity on both titles. The five best podcasts worldwide are also included Huberman Laboratory And Last weekend with Theo Von in third and fourth place and The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartletta British video podcast, in fifth place.

While the first four are well-known tracks, Jordan Newman, head of content partnerships at Spotify, said the popularity of A CEO’s DiaryThe highlight is the increasing globalization of podcasts, driven by videos.

“I think there are a lot of new podcasts today that are starting with video,” Newman said The Hollywood Reporter. “It definitely feels like finding the right podcast that can support this type of creative format is becoming an integral part of the podcast industry.”

This is the second year in a row that Swift has topped the music chart with 26.6 billion streams worldwide, and her dominance this year came after the release of her album ” The Tortured Poets Department, in April, which was also the most streamed album worldwide on Spotify in 2024, and in the midst of her Eras tour. Rounding out the list of the top five artists were The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake and Billie Eilish. Sabrina Carpenter had the most streamed song worldwide with “Espresso,” which received more than 1.6 billion streams.

For the first time, Spotify has released a ranking of the top audiobooks on the platform after launching the offer in 2022 and then expanding in November 2023 by offering 15 hours of free audiobook listening to Premium members in the US and select other countries. A court of thorns and roses by Sarah J. Maas took the top spot, followed by The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien, I’m glad my mother died by Jennette McCurdy, A court of fog and angeranother book in the series by Maas, and It ends with us by Colleen Hoover.

Sci-fi and fantasy were the most popular audiobook genres in the US, followed by romance. The platform also saw big increases in listening related to book-to-screen adaptations, with Evil (which saw a 1,400 percent increase after its premiere weekend)It ends with us (with an increase of 200 percent after its opening weekend and 570 percent for Hoover’s entire catalog on Spotify) and Bridgerton (which saw a 143 percent increase after its premiere).

Part of the trend toward book-to-screen titles comes as Spotify works with film studios to promote titles on the platform, said Rebecca McGuire, manager of audiobook partnerships and licensing at Spotify. But the most popular titles and genres also appeal to the user base on the platform.

“In general, the Spotify demographic is a little younger,” McGuire said. “So I think we’re kind of in the sweet spot of that romanticism (romance and fantasy) that really translates.”

Spotify hasn’t created audiobook listening lists for individual users this year, instead offering authors as well as podcast creators and other artists access to data about listener demographics and habits on the platform.

In the first year, Spotify will also offer users an AI-generated podcast created with Google’s NotebookLM, providing users in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and other countries with an audio overview of the user’s personal music listening habits. Ireland and Sweden.

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