Interest in Music Genres

xoxoxoBruce • Nov 7, 2015 3:07 am
Digital music News charted the interest in these music genres from 2005 up.
No real numbers just "interest over time"

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From Google’s beta-stage measurement analysis of topics, designed to accurately measure overall interest in a broader topic area, not just one specific search term.

Results are relative to previous interest, but Google doesn’t offer absolute search volumes.
Undertoad • Nov 7, 2015 8:49 am
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Zathris • Nov 9, 2015 6:17 pm
The public's interest does not reflect my own.
Gravdigr • Nov 10, 2015 5:21 pm
Results skewed by youth.
xoxoxoBruce • Nov 10, 2015 7:25 pm
I wonder if it's how often the name is searched for on Google? Why would I search for rock music? Maybe it includes searching for lyrics and they throw that song into a category.
Beestie • Nov 10, 2015 10:32 pm
The best music in most of the genres is in the past. At least it seems that way to me. There are a lot of reasons for that which include the stranglehold the music industry has on the artists.

Only in the electronic genre do you find a largely 'unregulated' landscape where artists can get their music heard and where the public decides who 'makes it' and who doesnt. Kind of like rock in the 70s and alternative in the 80s.
Undertoad • Nov 10, 2015 10:37 pm
Are those just charts of people getting older?

Why do people want less classical and more jazz in the fall?
xoxoxoBruce • Nov 10, 2015 11:48 pm
Classical when they're reelin' in the heat, jazz to fetch their pumpkin spice shit.;)
Zathris • Nov 11, 2015 1:57 am
Incidentally, some of Metal's roots (along with a few other genres) can be found in Classical music.
glatt • Nov 11, 2015 8:21 am
Undertoad;945037 wrote:
Why do people want less classical and more jazz in the fall?


Why do classical and jazz have very definite wave forms with regular periods, and the other charts seem to be random? I bet it has to do with the academic calendar and students studying those topics.