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SoundCloud reveals that electronic music lovers are the most involved fans in the world across any genre.

Electronic music is huge, and SoundCloud have found out just what that means for artists and electronic music fans alike. They found that fans of electronic music are the most “engaged listeners” of any genre.

Not only are electronic users the most engaged fans, they are also superfans “over-indexing for all music activities”. SoundCloud reveal that electronic music fans are 104% more likely to share, 52% more likely to comment, and 85% more likely to repost than fans in other genres.

SoundCloud’s data comes as a celebration of the genre and its place on their platform for their involvement in the world famous Amsterdam Dance Event last year. The “world’s premier Electronic music” festival featured a range of events from SoundCloud in 2024.

They shout out major acts like Kygo and Marshmello for establishing their careers on SoundCloud. SoundCloud wrote: “The platform empowers creators to experiment beyond traditional commercial formats, resonating with engaged audiences. As the industry recognises that the future of music is rooted in fandom, SoundCloud acknowledges that Electronic music has always embodied this.”

At the event, they revealed that Central/Northern Europe is where the most dedicated and engaged SoundCloud Electronic listeners come from. Further afield, Vietnam is home to SoundCloud’s 3rd largest Electrnoic listener base. Belgium, Austria, and Germany ranked as some of the top countries for Electronic music.

House is the most popular subgenre leading Electronic streams on SoundCloud, with the most plays, listening time, and listeners. Next up was Hardcore for plays and listening time. However, trance had the second highest number of listeners.

Trance was also found to be the fastest growing genre on SoundCloud. They revealed a 24% increase in listening time and 11% rise in listeners between 2023 and 2024. SoundCloud add: “In Electronic music, fans are integral to the experience, reinforcing SoundCloud’s mission to empower artists and fans to directly connect and share through music.”

It’s great news for artists, who can freely share their music on SoundCloud and engage with fans uniquely. SoundCloud artists can earn money from plays on their SoundCloud tracks with a free account at RouteNote.