Spotify Listening Patterns by Gender
Overall, Spotify has 44.3% female listeners,
but only 22.2% of streams from female or mixed-gender artists.
Female listeners stream 30.9% from female or mixed-gender artists.
Male listeners stream 18.4% from female or mixed-gender artists.
When listeners choose their own music themselves, they stream 21.7% from female artists, which is 0.5% worse than overall listening.
When listeners play their personalized Discover Weekly playlists, they end up streaming 18.0% from female artists, which is 3.7% worse than when they choose their music themselves.
When listeners play Spotify editorial playlists, they end up streaming 24.2% from female artists, which is 2.5% better than when they choose their music themselves.
This accounting is automatically updated based on daily global Spotify listening data.
You can also see detailed gender breakdowns by
country and
genre.