The most played songs at MSU are “Summer” by Calvin Harris, “Latch” by Disclosure, “Fancy” by Iggy Azalea, “Am I Wrong” by Nico & Vinz and “Classic” by MKTO.

The genres most listened to by MSU students include pop, dance/EDM and hip hop. The least popular genres include jam band, jazz, and classical.

Students at MSU also tend to gravitate toward skate punk and Twenty One Pilots, and tend to dislike Ariana Grande, jazz, and Christian music.

Eliot Van Buskirk, a digital music author and creator of Evolver.fm, was inspired by the number of students who signed up for Spotify’s student deal last semester, so he ranked schools based on how often the students played music. 

Spotify is most used by MSU students at around 4 p.m. and least used at around 5 a.m. However, regardless of the time, there’s always at least one student listening to Spotify.

Based off this data, Spotify was able to approximate when the average MSU student wakes up and goes to sleep. According to their data, a student here typically wakes up at 9:45 a.m., which is 15 minutes later than the average at other schools, and goes to bed at 12:45 a.m., which is 15 minutes earlier than the average at other schools. With that in mind, the average MSU student usually gets nine hours of sleep, which is 30 more minutes than the average at other schools.