Stats by Year

The links below include some annual statistics.

For the Song Bar, there is a selection of stats for each year, including the most featured gurus, the most listed artists and the players with the most A-listers.

For Readers Recommend (The Guardian), the links show the 20 players with the most A-listers each year (with the exception of the first few months in 2005), together with the top 100 A-listers of the full Readers Recommend era.

As of 26 February 2025, there have been:

  • 1,115 topics – 651 at Readers Recommend and 464 at the Song Bar
  • 13,568 A-listed songs (of which 213 were second- or third-time A-listers), 7,320 at Readers Recommend and 6,248 at the Song Bar
  • 1,168 nominators with A-listed songs
  • 90 gurus
Song BarReaders Recommend
(The Guardian)
2024Top 100 A-listers: 2005-2018
20232018
20222017
20212016
20202015
20192014
20182013
20172012
20162011
 2010
 2009
 2008
 2007
 2006