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 29 October 2024, there have been:

  • 1,099 topics – 651 at Readers Recommend and 448 at the Song Bar
  • 13,333 A-listed songs (of which 210 were second- or third-time A-listers), 7,320 at Readers Recommend and 6,013 at the Song Bar
  • 1,166 nominators with A-listed songs
  • 89 gurus
Song Bar Readers Recommend
(The Guardian)
2023 Top 100 A-listers: 2005-2018
2022 2018
2021 2017
2020 2016
2019 2015
2018 2014
2017 2013
2016 2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006