Spotify is looking forward to the Halloween festivities with some information on its Halloween-themed podcasts. According to the streaming platform, it saw an increase of more than 105 percent in Halloween-themed podcast listening compared to last year.
Additionally, within the past 90 days, the streaming service saw more than 285,000 user-generated playlists, with the most in the U.S., followed by the U.K., Canada, Sweden and Germany.
In Canada, Halloween favourite songs such as “Thriller” by Michael Jackson, “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker, Jr., “This is Halloween” by Citizens of Halloween, Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me“, and Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s “Monster Mash” are among the most-streamed songs in Canada in October so far.
Top trending Halloween podcasts include Conspiracy Theories, Supernatural with Ashley Flowers, Secret Societies and Paper Ghosts.
Here are some of the stats shared by Spotify. For more Halloween content, check out the platform’s “Halloween Hub.”
Top 10 Added Songs to Halloween-Themed Playlists in Canada:
- “Thriller” – Michael Jackson
- “Ghostbusters” – Ray Parker Jr.
- “Monster Mash” – Bobby “Boris” Pickett
- “This Is Halloween” – The Citizens of Halloween
- “Somebody’s Watching Me” – Single Version – Rockwell
- “Time Warp” – Little Nell, Patricia Quinn, Richard O’Brien
- “Halloween Theme” – John Carpenter
- “I Put a Spell On You” – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- “Werewolves of London – 2007 Remaster” – Warren Zevon
- “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” – Blue Öyster Cult
Top 20 Added Songs to Halloween-Themed Playlists, Globally:
- “Thriller” – Michael Jackson
- “Monster Mash” – Bobby “Boris” Pickett
- “Ghostbusters” – Ray Parker Jr.
- “Somebody’s Watching Me” – Single Version – Rockwell
- “This Is Halloween” –The Citizens of Halloween
- “I Put a Spell On You” – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins –
- “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” – Blue Öyster Cult
- “Highway to Hell”– AC/D
- “Psycho Killer” – 2005 Remastered – Talking Heads
- “Stranger Things” – Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein
- “(You’re The) Devil In Disguise” – Elvis Presley
- “Halloween Theme” – Main Title – John Carpenter
- “Black Magic Woman” – Single Version – Santana
- “Spooky, Scary Skeletons” – Andrew Gold
- “Superstition” – Single Version – Stevie Wonder
- “Season of the Witch” – Donovan
- “Werewolves of London” – 2007 Remaster – Warren Zevon
- “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” – Michael Jackson
- “A Nightmare on My Street” – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
- “Time Wrap” – Little Nell, Patricia Quinn, Richard O’Brien
Top 10 Streamed True Crime/Spooky Podcasts Globally:
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