After the unexpectedly sub-part Spotify Wrapped late last year, let’s break it all down using my Spotify listening data, collated by Last.fm (and some of my own data analysis).

If 2024 had a soundtrack, mine would be one part Aussie pop heartbreak, one part indie bops, and a generous splash of nostalgia.

I am an outlier

There are some key stats that stand out to me from the Last.year report on Last.fm:

• I am in the top 0.01% of Amy Shark fans.
• I am in the top 0.02% of listeners to Amy Shark’s Love Monster album.
• I am Sub-radio’s 44th biggest fan.
• I am the 7th most frequent listener of Beautiful Eyes by Amy Shark.
• I am the 12th most frequent listener of Amy Shark’s Sunday Sadness album.
• I had an unbroken listening streak from May 21 to December 31.

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Raw stats

According to Last.fm, I racked up 19,386 scrobbles, a 127% increase on 2023 and hitting a record since creating my last.fm account in 2016.

Across the year:

• January was mellow (995 scrobbles)
• But October? Absolute chaos (2,554 scrobbles)
• September, November, and December weren’t far behind either with an average of 2,426 each.

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Amy Shark continues to dominate

I flirted with 2,700 artists in 2024 (up 14% on 2023), but one artist dominated the narrative – by a long shot.

1. Amy Shark – 2,096 scrobbles
2. Sub-Radio – 492
3. Missy Higgins – 428
4. The Wombats – 368
5. The Killers – 340

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Tight race for my favourite song of 2024

I listened to 41% more tracks in 2024 for a total of 6,272 tracks and yet another record breaking effort.

1. Can I Shower At Yours by Amy Shark (135)
2. Beautiful Eyes by Amy Shark (128)
3. Pink Lemonade by Sub-Radio (119)
4. Two Friends by Amy Shark (110)
5. I Had Some Help by Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen (106)

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The albums on repeat

Out of the 5,096 albums (another record) I listened to in 2024, Amy Shark unsurprisingly takes gold, silver and bronze this year. Fun fact: every artist in my top 5 albums I saw live in 2024.

1. Love Monster by Amy Shark (566 scrobbles)
2. Sunday Sadness by Amy Shark (339)
3. Cry Forever by Amy Shark (329)
4. The Sound of White by Missy Higgins (151)
5. Hot Fuss by The Killers (140)

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When Do I Listen?

My most active listening hour? 4pm. That post-lunch slump hits and I reach for the headphones. Other spikes happen around 10–11am and late evening, proving music is a full-day affair for some of us.

Oddly enough, Monday came out on top as my busiest listening day, not the weekend. Maybe I just needed the sonic pick-me-up after facing another week of adulthood.

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Beatles revival happens slowly

I may be a child of the ’90s, but new music is still king in the rotation. The 2010s and 2000s still fully owned the nostalgia plays in 2024 with a slight recovery to retro favourites after an almost complete bottoming out of scrobbles for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin in 2023.

Statistically, my listening habits follow a near-perfect decline across decades, with each earlier era receiving fewer plays than the one after it. The trend forms a clean, descending curve: clearly skewed toward contemporary music.

Here’s the decade breakdown:

• 2020s – 7,614 scrobbles
• 2000s – 5,893
• 2000s – 3,731
• 1990s – 587
• 1980s – 293
• 1970s – 222
• 1960s – 181
• Pre-60s – 10

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A year of new discoveries

While nostalgia had a tight grip, I still found room for fresh faces:

• 28% increase in new artists
• 47% increase in new albums
• 51% increase in new tracks

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How did I start 2024?

My very first scrobble of 2024 was High Hopes by Panic! at the Disco… a bit ironic in hindsight, but we tried.