2024 Media Diet

šŸ’æ Music

Curated

Top 10 Albums

  1. Charlotte Day Wilson - Cyan Blue
  2. Future Islands - People Who Arenā€™t There Anymore
  3. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
  4. Fred Again - Ten Days
  5. Jack White - No Name
  6. Schoolboy Q - Blue Lips
  7. Hermanos GutiĆ©rrez - Sonido CĆ³smico
  8. Killer Mike - Michael & The Mighty Midnight Revival, Songs For Sinners And Saints
  9. Khruangbin - A LA SALA
  10. Matt Champion - Mikaā€™s Laundry

Top 10 Songs

  1. King of Sweden - Future Islands
  2. Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar
  3. I Donā€™t Love You - Charlotte Day Wilson
  4. places to be - Fred Again
  5. Freedom - Jordan Rakei
  6. Dafodil - Jamie XX
  7. S P E Y S I D E - Bon Iver
  8. Aphid - Matt Champion
  9. Squabble Up - Kendrick Lamar
  10. Get Lit - Kamasi Washington

Data

Nobody captured my 2024 listening data better than last.fm. I remain surprised and delighted that this service continues to exist, let alone invest in things like a 2024 year end roundup that I found far more insightful and interesting than those produced by Spotify, Apple Music, etc.

Overall Stats
Songs (total): 7,058 ā¬‡ļø 18% vs. 2023
Songs (unique): 4,282 ā¬‡ļø 24% vs. 2023
Artists: 1,988 ā¬‡ļø 17% vs. 2023
Albums: 3,053 ā¬‡ļø 22% vs. 2023
New Artists: 46% ā¬‡ļø 7% vs. 2023
New Albums 66% ā¬‡ļø 3% vs. 2023

Top 10 Most Listened to Songs

  1. One Last Dance - Baby Rose, 32 plays
  2. King of Sweden - Future Islands, 30 plays
  3. Friend or Foe - Jordan Rakei, 26 plays
  4. My Way - Charlotte Day Wilson, 25 plays
  5. Peach - Future Islands, 24 plays
  6. Canopy - Charlotte Day Wilson, 24 plays
  7. I Donā€™t Love You - Charlotte Day Wilson, 23 plays
  8. Low Sun - Hermanos GutiƩrrez, 21 plays
  9. Say Goodbye - Future Islands, 20 plays
  10. Places to Be - Fred Again, 19 plays

Top 10 Most Listened to Albums

  1. People Who Arenā€™t There Anymore - Future Islands, 141 plays
  2. GNX - Kendrick Lamar, 107 plays
  3. Cyan Blue- Charlotte Day Wilson, 106 plays
  4. no name - Jack White, 69 plays
  5. A La Sala, Kruganbin, 61 plays
  6. Timeless - Kaytranada, 58 plays
  7. Slow Burn - Baby Rose, 55 plays
  8. Blue Lips - ScHoolboy Q, 55 plays
  9. ten days - Fred again.., 53 plays
  10. The Loop - Jordan Rakei, 47 plays

šŸ“ŗ Television

I watched way too much tv this year. Need to move a lot of this time over to books in 2025.

Top 10 Watched in 2024.

  1. The Bear, Volume 3
  2. Industry Seasons 1-3*
  3. Euphoria, complete series*
  4. Fallout, S1
  5. The New Look
  6. Shrinking, S2
  7. Mr and Mrs Smith
  8. Ripley
  9. Slow Horses S01-S04*
  10. Hacks Seasons 1-3*

Honorable mention: Nobody Wants This, Presumed Innocent

Note: Several of these shows (*) didnā€™t come out in 2024.

šŸŽ¬ Movies

Iā€™m pretty active on Letterboxd, where they have a much better 2024 Year in Review

  1. Poor Things
  2. Will and Harper
  3. Anatomy of a Fall
  4. The Graduate
  5. Zone of Interest
  6. Anora
  7. Godzilla Minus One
  8. Raging Bull
  9. Challengers
  10. Civil War

Honorable mention: Iron Claw, Maestro, Killers of the Flower Moon, Conclave, The Order

šŸ“š Books

Iā€™m embarrassed how few books I read in 2024, especially considering I didnā€™t have a 9-5 for six months. But I enjoyed:

  • The Boys in the Boat
  • Murder Your Employer
  • Beautyland