It's been exactly 12 months since Spotify launched in India, and my, how we've grown. There are now more than 6,400 Indian creators using Spotify for Artists, our platform that lets artists and their teams see who's listening to their music and take control of their artist profile. Listeners from over 2,300 cities are tuning into more than 350 curated playlists in India-like New Music Hindi and Punjabi 101-and that's up from 120 at launch. In honor of this anniversary, we dove into some of the trends and themes around a year's worth of Spotify streaming in India. Here's what we saw:
1. A lot of love for local artists
Spotify listeners in India have streamed over 130 artists each in the past year. Overall, we found that the top five most-streamed in the country are from India. Topping the list are three beloved Bollywood singers: Arijit Singh, Tanishk Bagchi, and Neha Kakkar. The age group of 35 to 44-year-olds stream Indian artists at a higher rate than any other.
Globally streamed hits are also very popular in India. The most-streamed international artist in India is Post Malone, who was also Spotify's most-streamed global artist in 2019; BTS and Taylor Swift are popular with Indian listeners as well. The most-streamed track in India over the past year is the global smash Se orita by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, followed by Arijit Singh and Mithoon's Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage and Sachet Tandon and Parampara Thakur's Bekhayali (both from the soundtrack to the popular Indian film Kabir Singh ).
2. Music sets the mood Love songs are a major part of Indian culture, which is why Spotify's Bollywood Mush playlist is one of the top-streamed playlists among users. Interestingly, listeners in the eastern part of the country-West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Bihar, and Sikkim-have streamed the playlist the most (it seems love rises in the east!).
What's more, during Diwali, India's biggest religious celebration, the holiday's themed playlists-which lean heavily on songs about love and partying-got major traction on the festival's peak day on October 27, 2019, with plays increasing by almost 4,400%.
3. Pressing play on podcasts and pop India has fired up its podcast lineup, launching its first three Spotify original podcasts in December 2019. 22 Yarns With Gaurav Kapur, Bhaskar Bose, and Love Aaj Kal with Aastha & Ankit were each produced in India to cater to an Indian audience. These podcasts, which are all about pop culture, including cricket, fiction thriller storytelling, and relationship advice, respectively, also made it to the top five on the original podcast charts.
The top three music genres streamed across India are pop, filmi (music from popular Indian movies) and hip-hop. K-Pop also has a growing fan base: Spotify's most-followed K-Pop playlist, K-Pop Daebak, is a popular choice for Indian listeners. And India is in the top 22% of K-Pop listening in all of Spotify's markets globally, based on streaming from the past 90 days.
From the top-streamed artists to the most popular podcasts in India, see how listening stacks up since we launched in February 2019.
Download the infographic here.
For the uninitiated, be sure to stream Spotify's Top Hits Hindi playlist.
3 Major Streaming Trends from Spotify's First Year in India
28/02/2020
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