What Does Your Taste In Music Say About You?
What does your taste in music say about you? A new study says it can actually show a lot and that different genres of music have different types of fans….
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What does your taste in music say about you? A new study says it can actually show a lot and that different genres of music have different types of fans.
Taste in music is subjective and to each their own. You can be into rock, rap, country, throwback hits, classical, jazz, reggae, folk, and anything you choose and there's a band and a scene for you. There's also other fans just like you supporting and following that type of music. However, fans of different genres do tend to behave differently, according to a new study from SeatPick. Some tend to be happier than others, other fans are more passionate, and some are more opinionated. So, what does your taste in music say about you?
What Does Your Taste In Music Say About You?
In this study, SeatPick analyzed more than 8 million Reddit posts and comments to determine which genre's fans are the happies, most opinionated, and most passionate about their taste in music. To get their data, their utilized VADER which is a sentiment analysis tool and created an overall happiness score based on metrics including percentage of positive and negative comments and emotional divide among fans.
So, what did they find? SeatPick found that R&B fans are the happiest with their taste in music in 2025. They had the most positive discussions in the study. To me, this makes sense. If you're listening to R&B you might have an active sex life. When I think R&B I think love songs and baby-making music. So, it's understandable how you'd be happy with it. It can also be nostalgic and bring back good memories. There's also not a lot of fighting and beefing in the genre. If you like R&B you like R&B and it probably doesn't go artist-to-artist like hip-hop or rock would. Reggae fans came in as the second happiest and that makes absolute sense, if you know what I mean.
The study conducted by SeatPick found that metal, rock, and punk fans are the most opinionated. I think many of us have seen this. These rock fans can be picky and are fiercely loyal to their own specific taste in music. They can love one band and not like another within the same genre. It happens! We've seen it. We're all too familiar. SeatPick says fans of metal, rock, and punk racked up half a million comments in the last year. They like their opinions to be heard when it comes to their taste in music.
Finally, hip-hop fans were found the be the most passionate about their taste in music. Every fan swears their favorite rapper is the best and they are always ready with facts to back it up. They'll source bars, tracks, and albums to support their favorites. When you have a favorite rapper, you know all their stuff and you support them endlessly. I'm not sure if it's relating to their style and/or lyrics or what, but hip-hop fans have proven to be incredibly passionate about what they like. SeatPick says they formed the longest and most detailed discussions in their study.
