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i suspect there is more to do with music discovery becoming more accessible today than it was 20 years ago. Nowadays you have online streaming of seemingly unli
by spydum 12y ago
i suspect there is more to do with music discovery becoming more accessible today than it was 20 years ago. Nowadays you have online streaming of seemingly unlimited sources (soundcloud, spotify, pandora, etc). The only large-scale access to music before the internet was based on retailer shelfspace, popularity and public broadcast.
I suspect this is the cause of the more-or-less flat line around 33 years old. Most people older than that dont have familiarity with these new streams of music discovery which are now available. I suppose we'll see in 10 years, if that line moves out quite a bit?
- normloman 12y agoIf spotify et al helped people discover more diverse music, you should see popularity in teenage listening habits decline, since teens would get exposure to more diverse artists.
- spydum 12y agoi dont think they would decline immediately, peer pressure and societal norms still push popularity in their face. I'm just saying their divergence from the mainstream might happen much sooner, and continue into old(er) age, and not plateau like it seems to on the graphs these folks are showing (look at 33+, it's relatively flat).