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Radiohead is extremely popular with men who are in the middle of life. And are often already fathers. This is the result of an informal study by the economist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, which was published in the “New York Times”.
With Spotify data, Stephens-Davidowitz recognized a peculiar pattern in the way in which music hearing habits disintegrate from generation to generation. He found that songs that reached their commercial highlight during the teenage years of a listener appear more popular with the most heard tracks of a certain age group today. It was usually around 14 years for men. In women at the age of 13.
Men who like “Creep” now were around 14 years old when the song was released in 1993
The award -winning data specialist and author “Creep” from Radiohead cited as an example. It is the 164th most popular song among the men who are 38 years old. But for people who were born 10 years earlier or 10 years later, it is not even one of the 300 most heard songs. Ergo: Men who like “Creep” now were around 14 years old when the song was released in 1993.
Nostalgia or underdeveloped music taste?
In addition to “Creep”, there is a pattern that is repeated for the most heard tracks for all ages. For “Just Like Heaven” by The Cure, it follows that it is heard more often by women aged 41. Weildiese were 11 years old when it was released. “I Can’t Stop Loving You” by Ray Charles is also part of the study. The piece is considered very popular among men aged 72, who were 17 years old when it came out.
A little more pessimistic, his second closure seems
With his study, Stephens-Davidowitz does not come to a clear conclusion as to why this pattern is so clear. One of his hypotheses is that listening to certain songs may be possible for nostalgic reasons, and this is happening in certain levels of age and life. His second consequence seems a little more pessimistic. Accordingly, it could be that the taste of the music of the majority of people simply does not develop further after adolescence.