i wonder what Maroon 5's numbers would look like if they factored in the number of people that hear them in grocery stores
@atomicpunk2360 Жыл бұрын
By that logic, Train would be amongst the most listened to artists ever if we include having to hear them at the Dentist’s office
@mramisuzuki6962 Жыл бұрын
A lot of places just use Spotify to stream now instead of Sirius.
@agonzalez7095 Жыл бұрын
by that measurement, Ed Sheeran would be far ahead the Weeknd's 107.4 million
@givenspade Жыл бұрын
I work at a grocery store and have been forced to listen to Maroon 5 every shift for 4 years now😭
@roxycocksey Жыл бұрын
This was my first thought as well lol
@goldengrill769 Жыл бұрын
Please keep in mind a lot of stores and supermarkets use Spotify for their music so I bet a lot of it is just like Safeway playing Maroon 5 and shit.
@philfoe551 Жыл бұрын
Facts, they play like Katy perry like 12 times a day
@OscarManners Жыл бұрын
I actually never thought about this. But then you could argue that the music is then listened to by a metric ton more people who are shopping in said businesses so the actual number of people "listening on spotify" could be hugely more than we're seeing
@Samzillah Жыл бұрын
Yeah a lot of businesses just pick a playlist and have it on repeat for a year.
@irishspagetti6565 Жыл бұрын
Katy perry is grocery store music now, it's weird, her newer stuff anyway
@matthewroberts3125 Жыл бұрын
To explain a little bit of the Arctic Monkeys popularity on Spotify, their album AM charted really high in a lot of countries when it first came out in 2013 and to this day a lot of their most streamed songs come from that album. Why exactly that is, I'm not entirely sure. But the numbers don't lie.
@slapbass8723 Жыл бұрын
Definitely they're songs just like oasis is over played in the uk and Europe Always thought rhcp was bigger though
@philfoe551 Жыл бұрын
Garbage still mate
@mike04574 Жыл бұрын
its cuz of tiktok and all of the new hipster girl fans
@agonzalez7095 Жыл бұрын
their biggest international hits came off AM e.g. Do I Wanna Know was their only song to hit the billboard hot 100 and it's also had most of their viral hits e.g. I wanna be yours
@Samzillah Жыл бұрын
It's actually all my fault because when I was in high school and thought I was fake deep I streamed this album like crazy
@MachineGunPhilly Жыл бұрын
As a Twitch member for the channel, I can’t stress how fun this stream is on a stream-by-stream basis. Y’all should check it out at least once. It’s legitimately an S tier stream.
@ideiasradicaispt9772 Жыл бұрын
I believe you and I would, if I didn't live across the Atlantic or if the time difference wasn't as big.. :/
@_GOING_DARK_ Жыл бұрын
Crazy how punk rock and metal heads live in their own little bubble
@olegdanzig4073 Жыл бұрын
Cheerrz to ya !! From Belarus !!
@bbailey3055 Жыл бұрын
Everyone has their own bubble
@SilkandScrooge Жыл бұрын
Then pop punk dudes like acting like little girls
@PolkCountyWIProgressive Жыл бұрын
You say it like that’s a bad thing. I am perfectly content not using Spotify for my metal. It is a comfortable bubble.
@t-bonewrecks290 Жыл бұрын
@@SilkandScrooge why u being mean bro? Maybe I do cry a lil while listening to wonder years.
@1mlb704 Жыл бұрын
I bet a good majority of those Spotify listeners for Maroon 5 and Imagine Dragons are for the background noise at dentist offices, car dealerships, Walmarts, etc
@Zatoka. Жыл бұрын
Plus, both those bands are very "safe," if that makes sense. Most of their music, mainly their hits, are very upbeat, happy, whatever. Not very deep, good for just the random person looking for something to put on at a backyard bbq.
@Luissv72 Жыл бұрын
MGK (also known as Metal God Kelly) vs Slipknot
@BigOwl51 Жыл бұрын
People underestimate how big Maroon 5 and Imagine Dragons are. The dragons just had a top 10 hot 100 song last year with Enemy, and M5 just had 2 massive hits in 2021 with Memories and Beautiful Mistakes. They know how to make those Ed Sheeran fans go crazy in the moshpit.
@DigitalBath306 Жыл бұрын
i literally never heard a single imagine dragons song this love by maroon 5 is a banger tho
@HZepp Жыл бұрын
@@DigitalBath306 You've never heard Radioactive? That song was INESCAPABLE in 2013.
@christianhackl474 Жыл бұрын
That video was, surprisingly, hella fun! I'd love to see more of that kind of content a few times more! Good vid
@subparnaturedocumentary Жыл бұрын
hell yes! definitely would love to see this again. 100% correct about 311 excellent musicians. i thought of so many watching this, michael jackson vs the beatles, minor threat vs fugazi, nirvana vs foo fighters, limp bizkit vs korn, biggie vs tupac, three 6 mafia vs wu tang, sepultura vs soulfly, blink 182 vs mgk, bts vs blackpink, madball vs agnostic front, saves the day vs thursday, asap rocky vs kendrick lamar, cannibal corpse vs morbid angel, slipknot vs pantera
@johnjohn37371 Жыл бұрын
I kept thinking Michael Jackson vs. Prince and Jane's Addiction vs. QOTSA...
@subparnaturedocumentary Жыл бұрын
@Lucas Holtgreven Alice in chains vs soundgarden, guns n roses vs bon Jovi, Beyonce vs Taylor swift, daft punk vs skrillex, suicide boys vs city morgue, Billy Joel vs Elton john
@bailey3209 Жыл бұрын
I'm going on record to say that half those imagine dragons plays are my step son...pray for my ears
@Nissl61 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, idk your stepson's age but anecdotally it seems a massive number of 10 year old boys really like Imagine Dragons.
@bailey3209 Жыл бұрын
@@Nissl61 he is actually 10 😅
@purrpurr1847 Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed watching this video a lot. I hope there will be other ones like this. :)
@mariokarter13 Жыл бұрын
The problem with going by Spotify metrics is that you can't accurately gauge anything that existed before Spotify. You could have one of the biggest songs of 1991, but only 2 million plays because Spotify wouldn't exist for another 20 years.
@pahwraith Жыл бұрын
We have album sales records before that though.
@Mrmayhembsc Жыл бұрын
I went to an ava max gig last week, and she definitely has a very mainstream audience, so not surprised she has good numbers, but that was higher than I would have thought.
@jameydunne3920 Жыл бұрын
There is a definite age/ technology acceptance bias that kicks in if you use Spotify to determine how popular a band is. I listen to a lot of music, but very little, if any is streamed. By contrast, my 18 year old listens to a lot of music also, but almost all of his listening is through streaming. Another factor to consider, which Finn pointed out also, is the power of the mega hit song. Many of the highest Spotify listened artists have high numbers because a large group (for example, teenaged boys and girls) will listen to their new favorite song on repeat, pumping numbers. Spotify is this generations radio, where the young thrive the the older generation is referenced but rarely listened to.
@chadpauley11159 Жыл бұрын
I am one of the 60 million listening to Imagine Dragons constantly, they were my first major concert and I'll love them til I die no matter how much trash they get on the internet
@EricLedford66887673673256786 Жыл бұрын
Very nice video. Would love to see more of this.
@moodown Жыл бұрын
please do this again it was really fun
@maxmedina5403 Жыл бұрын
As a die-hard 311 fan, I was expecting Incubus to have more numbers for the exact reasons you mentioned.
@wadereed11 Жыл бұрын
Korn vs limp Bizkit would've been a good one.
@e-heromanny4348 Жыл бұрын
Whoever suggested Green Day vs Offspring wanted to start a fight 😂
@jpgiles1725 Жыл бұрын
You should do a one hit wonder song spotify challenge as well. I think thatll be fun. Putting two one hit wonder songs against each other.
@FinnMckentyPRMBA Жыл бұрын
Oh good idea!
@apl2606 Жыл бұрын
I guess Turnstile, the Chilis and Metallica fans tend to buy more albums than listeners of Imagine Dragons and Maroon5. Also, the former 3 probably have more dedicated fans while the latter two have more "sometimes" listeners who just put on the hits on Spotify.
@NXCRE Жыл бұрын
This video was hilarious all throughout. Loved this a lot
@MrMarcprudhomme1 Жыл бұрын
It just show how us older folks are disconnected about what we perceived is popular and what reality is.
@ryanrowe1975 Жыл бұрын
Great video
@euancmurphy Жыл бұрын
I just learned the other day that Wish You Were Here by Neck Deep is like a proper hit in Indonesia! Hence why the streams are so high :)
@Discotraxx16 Жыл бұрын
I'm not surprised about Artic Monkeys my 13 year old plays 505 On repeat probably was big on tiktok
@ancientzalien Жыл бұрын
Do more of these
@ryannachtrab Жыл бұрын
This was fun dude, good idea. I'd like to see like a heavyweight champ edition next round - garth brooks vs Michael Jackson, Beyonce vs Rihanna, stuff like that
@Default78334 Жыл бұрын
Japanese people still buy albums, the audience for Japanese-language music is just smaller overall, and the older people basically don't stream. There are Japanese legacy bands that sell out stadium tours and barely break maybe 150,000 monthly Spotify listeners because of this (X Japan is around 290,000 because of their largely boomer fanbase and most of their contemporaries are even lower). Bands and musicians that are more popular among a younger fanbase do a bit better, but the most streamed Japanese band/musician on Spotify currently is YOASOBI with about 8.2 million monthly listeners. Breaking a million monthly listeners on Spotify is huge for a Japanese artist.
@REDdawn6 Жыл бұрын
It's not about how many listeners they have. It's how many different people like that band. I like a lot on Spotify but I don't listen to Music on Spotify
@TheFriskyComiskey Жыл бұрын
What a fun episode! I love this game!
@amulet2235 Жыл бұрын
Definitely do more of these!
@unit04 Жыл бұрын
You underestimated the amount of normies that listens to Maroon 5 and Imagine Dragons. And monthly listeners mean the amount for the last 28 days, not every month.
@GagootzGuy Жыл бұрын
Definitely do this video idea again
@davidhastoomanyinterests6361 Жыл бұрын
Numbers are weird but I kinda feel proud having 1/20 of Turnstiles success on Spotify. Would have thought they have more, you are right!
@evanwright90169 ай бұрын
Maroon 5's large numbers primarily stem from playlists among corporate America. And half of RHCP's audience still buy CD's.
@joshpark1 Жыл бұрын
Yes this was fun! Continue!
@dylan3488 Жыл бұрын
Rock bands just can’t compete streaming wise to pop artists and it’s always been like that. Linkin Park is the most popular non pop rock, rock band on Spotify and they’re at 49th most popular
@DestinationUnknownBandSinger Жыл бұрын
This was a really fun video 🎉
@bdr113080 Жыл бұрын
I was actually shocked at how many streams it takes to equal one album sold. Like Metallica‘s new album had between 15.5 and 16 million people listen to the album on Spotify but that only equals like 12,000 units? What’s even more impressive about that is there albums sold just under 150,000 and only 12,000 of it was streaming so that means about 138,000 people went out and bought a physical copy of the new Metallica album
@markwrenn5965 Жыл бұрын
I continue watching every video on this channel just for the brief time Finn spends talking about his love for 311 once a year.
@ChrisMcSweeney Жыл бұрын
I was literally writing a comment about some bands are surprisingly huge because they have a surprise edge by getting on playlists, then you went at fucking said it at 11:40ish
@aimeeaztec4601 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this escape Finn. Some surprising stats…❤
@guillermoacevedo4644 Жыл бұрын
The reason why many of your predictions were off is because Mexico accounts for 1/12 of all the streams in the world. Therefore, you pretty much have to trend high in Mx to make good numbers. Have you checked the reguetton guys' numbers? Yeah, buddy, US is not the center of the world
@laowhy86 Жыл бұрын
311 fricken rulez
@FinnMckentyPRMBA Жыл бұрын
“Translate to english”
@blueshattrick Жыл бұрын
Imagine Dragons are the 17th most popular band on Spotify; Maroon 5 is 22nd
@artaxAF Жыл бұрын
Streaming is still not universal enough for monthly listeners to be a meaningful data point. This was a fun segment, though. You should do it again.
@freezhollywood Жыл бұрын
Nah streaming the be all end all these days.
@artaxAF Жыл бұрын
@@freezhollywood maybe one day, but definitely not yet
@freezhollywood Жыл бұрын
@@artaxAF it’s literally how 90% of the world digests music. U wanna a new car. No cd drive. Want a new laptop? No cd drive. I wonder why 🧐.
@artaxAF Жыл бұрын
@@freezhollywood You're just pulling numbers out of thin air. There are plenty of ways to listen to music without a CD drive other than streaming. Ever heard of an iphone? Ever heard of the radio? CD drives became obsolete because CDs became obsolete, which had nothing to do with streaming I have no idea what the numbers actually are, but I'm 100% sure that less than 50% of people who listen to music (which is almost everyone on Earth) use a streaming service like Spotify.
@freezhollywood Жыл бұрын
@@artaxAF radio is niche now. Once ppl had the power to listen to what they want those numbers dip. You still have ppl tht listen otw to work but they’re like 45 yo. If it isn’t CD how else would ppl consume music without streaming? You’re just in ur bubble.
@tyrapowers7355 Жыл бұрын
lol I’m 22 and I’m a huge slayer fan! 🤘🏻😂 legendary for sure
@mattmatthews5414 Жыл бұрын
Kept thinking Finn was going to plug some fishing equipment.
@ghost_to_a_ghost Жыл бұрын
I was kinda surprised that Finn loves 311. I am also a fan. Catch em live sometime. If you aren't too keen on 311, their live show will almost absolutely change your mind. 😎
@hunterbarker2955 Жыл бұрын
*band* vs *band* Finn: That’s A Good One
@F2t0ny Жыл бұрын
I've never heard of sr71 outside of your channel
@Binikken Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. Thanks
@OscarManners Жыл бұрын
> UK is not a big country > Neck Deep beats TSSF, Arctic Monkeys beats RHCP, BMTH beats Motionless 😂 That being said I'd put money on a good 75% of my listens on Spotify have been from American artists.
@goldengrill769 Жыл бұрын
Yeah a pretty hot take by Finn, UK has to be the most passionate music consumers anywhere.
@derkmajirk2308 Жыл бұрын
New Queens of the Stone Age song released!!!!!
@retroryguy2821 Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this video a lot. I think there is something wonky about the Spotify algorithm. With that said, I think these videos should always have a really heavy hitter match-up. Like Adele vs Elton John for example.
@Kotsoros37 Жыл бұрын
Im surprised how off you are in some of these Finn 😂 crazy to see these stats though
@everytongueconfess Жыл бұрын
“Rob Zombie fans either use a flip-phone or can’t afford Spotify” 😂😂😂😂
@williamwiseman8939 Жыл бұрын
I think it's about time that we speak of how influential the OzzFest 10th anniversary DVD was
@tontonmac Жыл бұрын
Dan Frampton rules😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@jackischannelaboutnothing Жыл бұрын
I was wrong on every single one of them, and not even close. I suck at this game. Lol. But it was fun nonetheless.
@twinstarMD Жыл бұрын
"Slayer fans still use flip phones" I love you Finn :)
@usefulidiot- Жыл бұрын
Mate loved this video, I wanna play right now but I think I’m gonna wait for the next installment. I did have to add this comment on the Computer as I can’t get KZfaq on my flip phone. Can I suggest My Chemical Romance versus Fall Out Boy. Gotta by MRC Or Guns N’ Roses versus Nirvana I’m going with GNR
@MrJerryCola Жыл бұрын
Did you seriously dismiss the importance of the UK market that easily? It’s not the biggest country in population, but the influence the UK has in music is huge. It absolutely matters if a band makes it big there.
@azazelxxxx Жыл бұрын
Finn is very US-centric if you watch a decent number of his videos and finds it difficult to recognise anything from the UK/Europe/anywhere but the US.
@MrJerryCola Жыл бұрын
@@azazelxxxx Part of me is hoping he's just trying to troll people with that comment, because he's always seemed too smart about the industry to say something that stupid. haha!
@thebreakdownbarber Жыл бұрын
I think a lot of these giant artists, especially the older ones, have playlists to thank for a big chunk of their streaming success.
@giacomogotta2253 Жыл бұрын
It would be fun to compare monthly listeners to total songs listened in a month. Many bands may be carried by a single hit
@thebreakdownbarber Жыл бұрын
@@giacomogotta2253 yea that would be interesting!
@rustyshackleford2792 Жыл бұрын
The beatles only have 30 million monthly users. That saddens me.
@ElbertTreble Жыл бұрын
Big fan Metallica Babymetal and Green Day
@bolillo5013 Жыл бұрын
Maroon 5’s monthly listeners are just all the wine moms in America, like mine
@TheKalaxis Жыл бұрын
This has absolutely melted my brain 🤯 Puddle of mud being bigger than DragonForce did me in
@ideiasradicaispt9772 Жыл бұрын
Man.. I feel left out.. I don't use Spotify..
@vvx600 Жыл бұрын
8:04 me but it’s really hard to not listen to the first 4 albums they’re just that good
@Keasbeysknight Жыл бұрын
Less than jake vs reel big fish! LETS GO SKANKERS!
@QueLoKevin Жыл бұрын
Why the reup? 👀
@chuleta1976 Жыл бұрын
I'd like to see a Venn Diagram of listeners to see the overlap among these bands. Call it a Finn diagram.
@djjazzyjeff1232 Жыл бұрын
COUNTRY MUSIC!!!!! I'm not a fan, but it's HUGE where I'm from, I'd love to see how it stacks up against the rest!
@mjbdough7920 Жыл бұрын
Someone really did perform Boulevard of Broken Dreams at my middle school graduation. What a moment in time man
@Spiritofdarkandlonelywater Жыл бұрын
That was fun. Would like to see more editions of this. I know someone who is a massive Rob Zombie fan, watching every one of his increasingly predictable films, but I doubt he has ever used Spotify. I'm shocked at the Maroon 5 and Imagine Dragons numbers. Who are the people who stream them??
@christianhackl474 Жыл бұрын
@Dark Water answer to ur last question: I guess probably some pop-chart pussys haha or some dumb kids that just know trend music or smth. Lol
@real30yearoldboomerhours53 Жыл бұрын
Having worked retail, ID and Maroon 5 are staples of a lot of store music. So a lot of those plays could just be businesses playing various playlists with those artists for 10+ hours a day
@JAH-iu3yh Жыл бұрын
General consensus: less people listen to Spotify than you think.
@MachineGunPhilly Жыл бұрын
What I learned from this stream: RHCP, Metallica and Guns N’ Roses might be big, but they’re not Arctic Monkeys level. They’re all small time compared to Almighty AM.
@JohnWayne-vf5bs Жыл бұрын
His The Same on his second KZfaq channel just with a lower IQ but still funny
@diSTUD013 Жыл бұрын
Finn should stay away from The Price is Right lol
@cmurockstar Жыл бұрын
I would argue that Puddle of Mudd had 3 hits
@gn0015 Жыл бұрын
Blurry and She Hates Me were big in my country. I don't know any other of their songs. Other than that legendary Nirvana cover.
@atomicpunk2360 Жыл бұрын
They have some good songs tbh but definitely nothing too crazy
@MoonAtomic7 Жыл бұрын
If you had a hit pre Napster days, you’re set for life
@PuddleOfPizza Жыл бұрын
4 hits Blurry, She Hates Me, Control, and Psycho
@higherorlowergame Жыл бұрын
Finn, we made a game just like this on our website. Would love to see you play it in a video. :D
@goner.9989 Жыл бұрын
We do have Spotify in japan. We don’t hate the internet, or at least I don’t… plz don’t generalize like that Finn.
@blaxie Жыл бұрын
UK isn't big but is culturally leap years ahead of US, hence the numbers for tssf vs neck deep and arctic monkeys vs rhcp
@toddmarshall2925 Жыл бұрын
This video makes me feel bad for not listening to music on Spotify. Every time I listen to my ripped music my listening habits go undocumented and my opinions are wasted...
@zacharykopplin4333 Жыл бұрын
Where’s the Jimmie’s Chicken Shack vs. Reel Big Fish?
@vvx600 Жыл бұрын
Yay killers acknowledgement
@andreklugel6846 Жыл бұрын
I thought that Imagine Dragons was hated by everyone. They must all be closeted listeners. I bet the same is probably true for Nickelback.
@antoniostitches Жыл бұрын
Blippi vs. The World
@superlink235 Жыл бұрын
TSSF haven't put out any music in over 5 years. Neck deep has put out am album and 2 singles in the same time. Of course their plays would be higher
@bfunderb5899 Жыл бұрын
I was way off on most of these. I thought Metallica and RHCP would have a lot more from all the touring and having been around for so long and figured Maroon 5, Arctic Monkeys, and Imagine Dragons would be huge but not those types of numbers.
@Samzillah Жыл бұрын
I feel like Metallica fans, and fans of other older bands are still listening to their hard copies or using their computer media player for ripped MP3s
@markjames8664 Жыл бұрын
@@Samzillah yes both these bands were most successful before the streaming era. They both do have recent albums but those are not even in the ballpark of popularity with their older work.
@HZepp Жыл бұрын
Arctic Monkeys surprise me- they never really broke America the same way bands like Coldplay did. Kinda like a 21st century Oasis, but Oasis was more successful
@shaneharrington3655 Жыл бұрын
GG Allin Vs. Britney Spears
@PS_Bass Жыл бұрын
This was fun video! Perfect for my morning commute. Keep this up.
@freezhollywood Жыл бұрын
And this is without counting Apple Music which is another billion ppl lol. As much as sales fluctuate. Music will never fall.
@squeegied3rdeye713 Жыл бұрын
Spiritbox vs Sleep Token
@gunter3405 Жыл бұрын
there is an website that made u choose who has more listeners between 2 bands
@buzzbomb67 Жыл бұрын
Zeke! Whaddaya mean they dont have more plays than Maroon 5? Blasphemy!