Spotify: Nigerians Spend 1.3bn Hours on Streaming Platform Listening to Music and Podcasts in 2025
- Spotify has shared the number of hours Nigerians spent on the music streaming platform in 2025
- According to the data provided, the average age of Spotify listeners in the country is 25 years old
- The increase in the number of users and hours spent on the platform has ignited reactions from many Nigerians
- In a chat with Legit.ng, an upcoming singer shared his take about 2025 Spotify wrapped
Swedish audio streaming service Spotify revealed in a new report that Nigerians listened to music and podcasts on its platform for over 1.3 billion hours in 2025, roughly the equivalent of 149,000 years.
The platform shared this in its 2025 Wrapped report on Wednesday, November 3. The figure marked a sharp increase in listening time and confirmed growing support for local artists.
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According to the report, local music consumption in Nigeria also witnessed an increase of up to 82% compared to 2024. Daily streams increased by 23%, showing Nigerians were interested in music.
Aside from music, Nigerians also became more interested in podcasts this year, with a 97% year-on-year growth in hours spent listening to podcasts.
Podcast creation witnessed a 48% growth as more people became podcasters.
In 2025, Nigerians were also spiritually inclined, as the top-streamed podcasts point to a strong and consistent appetite for faith- and spirituality-led content, with listeners turning to digital audio for guidance, reflection, and community as part of their daily routines.
According to the platform’s new Listening Age data, the average Nigerian Spotify listener is 25 years old.
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Wizkid also emerged as the most streamed Nigerian artiste on the platform in 2025.
In related news, Legit.ng reported that gospel singer Dunsin Oyekan reacted as Spotify Wrapped 2025 showed a blend of gospel and secular music among Nigerians.
Reactions trail hours Nigerians spent on Spotify
Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions; read the comments below:
theAdehimself said:
"What?! N127.4B Money dey music ooo Just Spotify alone."
phoenixx4ty commented:
"That’s 148,402 years using 8760 hours per year."
johnboydgafx commented:
"Nigerian music fans dey grow, I pity artiste who dey ignore home."
heAdehimself said:
"Nigerian population is 220M Assumption: If 220M people listen for just 5 hours That's 1.1Billuin hours."
cocoa_lore said:
"loll let's say Nigeria had 2mil Spotify users and 1.3bil hours...that's 650 hours per person =27 days FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, how is that much? + people will play music at parties for hours, play while they cook, clean, wash etc."
chinemerem14501 said:
"Over 148,000 years of listening, Tf. Time that would have been used to achieve something reputable in this country. Nigerians are funny, you guys spent all these time listening to music Lazy citizens. If these time where spent in criticizing the government there would be change."
smartycoded10 commented:
"Zinoleesky take like 500 Million hours from Nigerians alone."
de_biggestbird wrote:
"Nigerians no get work again."
It is a boost for singers
An upcoming singer, Phemz, reacting to the 2025 Spoty warpped said,
"It is a boost especially for singers as it shows Nigerians willingness to spend to stream. See the streams also showed the kind of music Nigerians are interested in. This will help upcoming singers to know where to focus on in 2026."
Wizkid emerges most-streamed on Apple Music
Legit.ng previously reported that Wizkid added more feathers to his cap in 2025.
His album Morayo was the number one most-streamed album in Sub-Saharan Africa and on Apple Music.
Kese, a song from the Morayo album, also emerged as the most-played song on radio, with over 1.87 billion impressions.
Proofreading by Funmilayo Aremu, copy editor at Legit.ng.
Source: Legit.ng
