Spotify Wrapped 2022, the most listened to songs (from Chills) and podcasts of the year

Here you are Spotify Wrapped 2022the function of the music streaming platform which, on the strength of its 456 million listeners around the world takes stock of music and podcasts among the most listened to in the last twelve months. At the record level, the news is not among the most striking: Bad bunny remains the most streamed artist in the world for the third consecutive year with 17 billion streams, followed by Taylor Swift (the most listened to woman in the world with 11 billion streams), Drake, The Weeknd and Bts. THE Maneskin are the Italians most listened to abroad, while in Italy the favorites are Ebbasta sphere (for the second consecutive year the most listened to in Italy), Lazza, thasup, Blanco and Marracash. To find a woman you have to get to the eighth place, occupied by Madame.

Among the most listened to songs in 2022 are As It Was by Harry Styles (1 billion streams), and then Heat Waves of the Glass Animals, Stay by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, followed by Me Porto Bonito And Tití Me Preguntó both of the inevitable Bad Bunny. In Italy, however, Chills by Mahmood and Blanco – protagonist first of Sanremo and then of the Eurovision Song Contest – is the most listened to song in Italy, followed by Shaking by Rhove e The Devil’s Tail by Rkomi and Elodie.

The front of the gods is also very lively podcastswhich is growing more and more in Italy: the one most listened to in our country on Spotify + The Essentialfollowed by Wild Moss with Fedez and Luis Sal e Stories. “The global audio market has grown significantly in recent years. According to the latest OBE research carried out with BVA Doxa, there are around 13 million podcast listeners in Italy, of which 53% are habitual. Listening to podcasts is mainly driven by the desire to immerse yourself in other worlds, as well as linked to interest in a theme or an author. It represents an intimate form of listening“, He says Eduardo Alonsoresponsible for the Spotify Studios South and Eastern Europe, to underline the numerous presence in the original production charts of the platform (in addition to The Essential And Stories also Urban Demons, The Finger of God by Pablo Trincia on the Costa Concordia and many others): “The most popular genres are news, entertainment and true crime, as well as documentaries. A real mix that confirms the constant interest of Italians in the podcast and the multifaceted nature of the platform. It is therefore a question that extends beyond pure entertainment and that Spotify has welcomed by offering a series of educational and informational contents”.