30% Of Beatles Streams On Spotify Come From 18-24 Year-Olds

While the majority of music being streamed on Spotify fall into the categories of new music and/or rap & hip-hop, some older acts are also racking up some impressive listening numbers. According to a recent study by Spotify, songs by The Beatles have been streamed roughly 1.7 billion times in 2019 as of October 1st. Even more impressive is the fact that 30 percent of those streams come from users age 18-24.

According to Spotify, tracks by the Beatles accounted for about ten percent of all streams on the service so far in 2019. Spotify currently has about 220 million total monthly users, with around half of those users paying for the ad-free version.

The news from Spotify doesn't mention whether music by the Fab Four are being streamed at a higher rate than in previous years. But there are likely a couple of reasons for the band's popularity in 2019. The movie "Yesterday" was released earlier in the year and it featured a number of Beatles songs. The band is also in the midst of a reissue of its last albums, with an Abbey Road‘s 50th anniversary deluxe set being released on September 27th. That set includes a remastered version of the original album, along with 23 demos and test recordings that weren’t featured on the original version of the album.