Afrobeats has gotten immensely popular over the last five years, and it is evident in the streaming numbers.
According to Spotify, Afrobeat streams have grown 550% since 2017. In a graphical post shared online, the streaming service revealed that back in 2017, total streams for the genre amounted to 2 billion. Half a decade later, that number almost septupled with over 13.5 billion streams in 2022.
The chart also shows the steady increase in streaming numbers over the years, with Afrobeat streams in 2018 totaling over 2.9 billion, surpassing 4.2 billion in 2019, 5.9 billion in 2020, and…
