Spotify Tells Us What New Yorkers Are Listening To While They’re Ignoring Each Other On The Subway

Although New York is, in essence, one city, those who dwell there often define themselves by which borough they live in — hence the whole joke that a Brooklynite dating a Manhattanite is a long-distance relationship. Well, today Spotify is out with even more fodder for this rampant boroughism: Some handy stats that show how those five boroughs differ — musically.

Spotify drew its own conclusions about the below data — not all of which we agree with (liking The Lumineers is not ahead of the curve; “Ho Hey” was in a commercial for Bing this summer) — which you can read about on its blog.

Overall, however, it’s an interesting breakdown of what people in the Big Apple are listening to. A Spotify rep tells us that the service aims to do similar reports on other cities, which makes us wonder: Does Spotify want to follow in Pandora’s (planned) footsteps and concoct a touring tool for artists? A tool that will show them where their songs are played the most? What do you think?

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