As we enter the New Year, updating your workout and self-care routine are likely top of mind.
With more than 54 million workout-focused playlists on Spotify, they’re taking a closer look at trends – and sharing their 2020 fitness predictions based on current listening habits globally.
Some key highlights from Spotify’s data can be found below:
- 2020 Predictions: Focusing on self-care will continue to reign supreme in 2020. Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next”, Lizzo’s “Good as Hell” and Hailee Steinfeld’s “Love Myself” are popular female empowerment anthems on people’s “self-care” playlists.
And we saw a 113% increase in streams of meditation playlists in the past year, higher than for any other workout and wellness type.
We also saw an increase in streams of pilates (71%) and weight-training playlists (66%), and predict these will all continue to grow in popularity in 2020.
- Working on Our ZZZzzz’s: Listening to Health & Fitness podcasts increased 145% in the past year. And listeners are falling in love with sleep podcasts.
The most popular podcast in the health & fitness category at the moment is Sleepy, where host Otis Gray reads classic stories to help listeners doze off. Sweet dreams!
- So what songs do listeners sweat to? Eminem’s “‘Till I Collapse” is the most-streamed track in workout playlists at the moment.
Ed Sheeran’s “I Don’t Care” with Justin Bieber is the second most-streamed workout song, followed by “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I, “If I Can’t Have You” by Shawn Mendes and “Beautiful People” by Ed Sheeran and Khalid.
Most-streamed workout songs on Spotify, globally (based on streams from around September 16 – around December 15, 2019):
- “‘Till I Collapse” – Eminem, Nate Dogg
- “I Don’t Care” – Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber
- “Dance Monkey” – Tones and I
- “If I Can’t Have You” – Shawn Mendes
- “Beautiful People” – Ed Sheeran, Khalid
- “Sucker” – Jonas Brothers
- “SICKO MODE” – Travis Scott
- “Higher Love” – Kygo, Whitney Houston
- “Lose Yourself” – Eminem
- “i’m so tired…” – Lauv, Troye Sivan
Most-streamed workout songs on Spotify, UK (based on streams from around September 16 – around December 15, 2019):
“Dance Monkey” – Tones and I
“Higher Love” – Kygo, Whitney Houston
“‘Till I Collapse” – Eminem, Nate Dogg
“Piece Of Your Heart” – Goodboys, MEDUZA
“Lonely” – Flans, MISIA, Mc Kevin
“Ride It” – Regard
“Ladbroke Grove” – AJ Tracey
“Numb / Encore” – JAY-Z, Linkin Park
“POWER” – Kanye West
“Don’t Call Me Up” – Mabel
Time of day workout playlists stream the most, globally:
- Evening (17:00-21:00)
- Early Morning (6:00-9:00)
- Morning (9:00-12:00)
- Afternoon (12:00-17:00)
- Late Evening (21:00-1:00)
Most popular workout and wellness types globally (based on the number of user-generated playlists):
- Running
- Yoga
- Weight training
- Meditation
- Spinning
Top-growing workout and wellness types (based on increase in playlist streams in the past year):
- Meditation
- Pilates
- Weight training
- Spinning
- Hiking
Most active countries (based on the number of workout playlists per listener):
- Norway
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Ireland
- Canada
- Australia
- UK
- New Zealand
- Iceland
- USA
Most active age-groups, globally (based on which age-groups stream workout playlists at the highest rate):
- 25-29
- 30-34
- 35-44
45-54
- 18-24
Get inspired by our Wellness hub or get your heart racing with Spotify’s most-followed workout playlist, Beast Mode.