Visualize your favorite Spotify genres

To visualize your favorite Spotify genres, you can use a few different approaches. Below are some methods you can use to get an appealing and informative genre breakdown:

1. Spotify Wrapped (Yearly Summary)

• What it is: Spotify Wrapped is an annual feature that gives you insights into your most-listened-to genres, artists, and songs.

• How to access: Released every December, available through the Spotify app or via https://spotify.com/wrapped

• Genre visualization: Wrapped usually shows genre preferences in a colorful stacked layout or pie chart.

2. Stats for Spotify (Third-Party Tool)

• Website: https://statsforspotify.com

• How it helps: Shows top genres, tracks, and artists based on short-term, medium-term, and long-term listening.

• Genre visualization: While not visual-heavy, you can export the data and create custom visuals using tools like Canva, Excel, or Google Sheets.

3. Spotify’s API + Visualization Tools

• For Developers/Data Nerds:

  • Use Spotify Web API

  • Use endpoints like /me/top/artists to get genre data.

  • Visualize with:

    • Python + Matplotlib/Seaborn for bar charts or pie charts

    • Tableau/Power BI for dynamic dashboards

4. MusicTaste.Space

• Website: https://musictaste.space

• Features: Compares your taste with others, generates genre clouds and colorful graphs.

• Bonus: It also suggests new music based on your preferences.

5. Obscurify

• Website: https://obscurifymusic.com

• Unique visualizations: Displays how obscure your music taste is, with genre breakdowns and interactive graphs.

Example: DIY Visualization Using Pie Chart

Let’s say your top genres are:

• Indie Rock – 30%

• Pop – 25%

• Electronic – 20%

• Jazz – 15%

• Hip-Hop – 10%

You can use:

• Google Sheets or Excel: Insert data > Select chart > Choose “Pie Chart”

• Canva or Figma: Input data manually and design an aesthetic genre wheel or infographic

Creative Ways to Visualize

• Genre Clouds: Like word clouds, but genres sized by frequency

• Radar Charts: For comparing different genre preferences across time

• Stacked Bar Graphs: For visualizing changing genre preferences month-to-month

Would you like me to create a visual representation for sample genre data or help you with real-time genre analysis using your Spotify data?