According to Spotify the playlist has seen more males, at 68%, leaning towards it than females
After the game against England, more people streamed the Rugby Musiek playlist on Spotify. Picture: Julian Finney – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Imagesplaylist captures the spirit of unity, and this is possibly why South Africans turned to it to celebrate this win”, said Spotify’s Afrikaans Specialist Manager, Artist and Label Partnerships in South Africa Henco Harmse.by prominent Afrikaans musician Anlia Star alongside fellow artists Robbie Wessels and Karlien Van Jaarsveld.
With the Boks competing in the final today against New Zealand, it won’t be surprising if the aforementioned numbers double after the final, should the Boks win.From an age group perspective, 35-55+ year-olds who likely watched the 2019 Rugby World Cup excitedly as the Springboks took home the Webb Ellis trophy are in the top three age groups streaming the playlist. 35-44 lead the pack at 28% then trailed by 45-54 at 19% then 30-34 and 55+ at 14% respectively.
“Post-streaming music, and culture at large crossed borders across the world with playlists as one of the conduits facilitating discovery on-platform”, averred Harmse. The playlist has seen more males, at 68%, leaning towards it than females. The data is not far off from the norm witnessed at stadiums during the Currie Cup, the domestic rugby union competition where most of the fandom is often male.
Popular Afrikaans music artist Riaan Benadé leads the all-time streams in South Africa and makes an appearance on the global all-time streams. On the South African front, two of his songs,
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