Executive Summary

I wanted to figure out what actually makes a song reach the Top 100 on Spotify in 2025. I focused on a few things:

• Which genres are the most common versus which ones get the most streams?

*Does it actually matter if a song is long, short, or labeled as “explicit”?

• What is the minimum popularity score to even make it onto this list?

What do your figures show?

Plots 1 & 2: These show that Hip-Hop dominates the charts in numbers, but R&B tracks actually get more reach on average.

Plot 3 & 4: These show that there isn’t a “perfect” length for a song. By looking at artists like Bad Bunny, I can see that big names can break the rules and still get billions of streams.

Plot 5: The “violin” shapes are almost the same for both Clean and Explicit songs. This proves that listeners in 2025 don’t really care about the “Explicit” label when picking their favorite hits.

# Data background

Where did the data come from?

I got this dataset from Kaggle, which is a public platform for data science and analysis.

How is it structured?

The data is a CSV file where every row is one of the top 100 songs. It has columns for:

The Basics: Song Title and Artist.

The Numbers: Total Streams and a Popularity Score (0-100).

The Details: Genre, Duration (in seconds), and if the song is Explicit or not.

What does it show? It shows what a “Hit” looks like in 2025.

MARKET PRESENCE

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AVERAGE STREAMS

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DURATION FACETS

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THE GIANTS

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EXPPLICIT VS CLEAN

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CONCLUSIONS

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Efficiency vs. Volume: While Hip-Hop has the most songs on the charts , R&B and Latin genres are more “efficient” because they get more streams on average.

There is no perfect duration for a hit ; songs from 2 to 5 minutes can all reach the top depending on the genre.

The data proves that having an “Explicit” label does not stop a song from becoming a global hit or reaching high popularity scores.