> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.hypebot.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # How Long Do We Listen To A Song? - URL: https://www.hypebot.com/how-long-do-we-listen-to-a-song/ - Published: 2014-11-18T11:30:00.000Z - Updated: 2014-11-18T11:30:00.000Z - Description: By Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 We now live in a world where it's really easy to skip a song that we're listening to if we're not satisfied. This is a revelation. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/11/how-long-do-we-listen-to-a-song.html] - Author: Guest Author - Tags: Music Business, Social Media, Streaming, Apple Inc., Artist, Bandcamp, CD Baby, Compact disc, Fan (person), iTunes, Spotify, Taylor Swift, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38 [![Out of skips](https://a5.typepad.com/6a016766638dee970b01b7c7087ad5970b-200wi "Out of skips")](http://a5.typepad.com/6a016766638dee970b01b7c7087ad5970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com) By **Bobby Owsinski** on [Music 3.0](http://music3point0.blogspot.com/2014/11/how-long-do-we-listen-to-song.html?ref=hypebot.com) We now live in a world where it's really easy to skip a song that we're listening to if we're not satisfied. This is a revelation of sorts because it wasn't always that way on a personal level in the days of vinyl and even [CDs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact%5FDisc?ref=hypebot.com), and of course it's still like that when it comes to radio. **But in today's streaming world a new choice is only a click away to switch to something that's more to our liking.** [MusicMachinery.com ](http://musicmachinery.com/2014/05/02/the-skip/?ref=hypebot.com)had a recent piece called "The Skip" that looked in depth at the current listening habits of [Spotify](http://www.spotify.com/?ref=hypebot.com) users. Why **Spotify**? It has some of the best user data available, making it easy to extract some conclusions from billions of music plays. Here's what the post found: - We're almost as likely to skip to another song as we are to listen to it. > 24.14% skip within the first 5 seconds > 28.97% skip within the first 10 seconds > 35.05% skip within the first 30 seconds > 48.6% skip before the song finishes! - The average listener skipped 14.65 times per hour. - Mobile users skip more – 51.1% versus 40.1% for desktop users. - People skip more in the morning before they start work. The less they concentrate on the music, the less they skip. - The skipping rate is higher on the weekends, when people have more spare time. The takeaway is that a true listen to your music may be very elusive. What may be counted as a stream may only be someone passing through until they find something that they really like! 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