# How many songs are on your Ipod? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-are-on-your-ipod/607902 "2011-12-31T01:34:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-are-on-your-ipod/607902/21 "2011-12-31T17:17:51Z")
Don’t have an iPod. Got somewhere between 9 and 10k on my computer. (Including complete discographies for a number of bands.) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-are-on-your-ipod/607902/22 "2011-12-31T17:29:20Z")
9,074. Way more than I would have guessed. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-are-on-your-ipod/607902/23 "2011-12-31T17:42:36Z")
I don’t have an iPod but I have 21,292 sound files. About half of that is music, the other half is spoken: books on tape, humor, old time radio, etc. Of the half that is music, about half is rock with the remainder being a mix of classical, blues, jazz, etc. Of the rock, my largest collection belonging to one artist is my Van Morrison (don’t judge me!) with number two being Bob Dylan (don’t judge me!) but even combined they don’t amount to more than 5%. I consider my musical tastes to be very refined and eclectic. \ ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-are-on-your-ipod/607902/24 "2011-12-31T18:28:01Z")
I voted between 500 and 1000 because that’s what I thought I had. After checking it’s a little over 2000. It doesn’t seem like that much. \*\*eta:\*\*This does not count all of my hundred or so CDs, only a fraction of which I have ripped. I think it’s a hundred or so, I never counted. ---
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-are-on-your-ipod/607902/25 "2011-12-31T18:53:31Z")
Just around 1500 or so. A mix of Swing, Jazz, Punk, Bluegrass, and Psychedelia in with the Rock. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-are-on-your-ipod/607902/26 "2011-12-31T19:17:57Z")
If we’re listing genres…mostly pop and rock, though ranging all around those genres - bubblegum pop to punk to protest rock to some pretty heavy metal. (Plus other stuff, but that’s just to give the range of subgenres.) About half is Japanese (a mix of genres - anime and video game soundtracks, and music _qua_ music of genres ranging from the goofiest of girl groups to heavy metal, touching on virtually everything in between). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-are-on-your-ipod/607902/27 "2011-12-31T20:31:26Z")
1. But most of them are a lot longer than “songs,” e.g. complete symphonies and operas. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-are-on-your-ipod/607902/28 "2011-12-31T21:40:17Z")
400ish. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-are-on-your-ipod/607902/29 "2012-01-01T00:56:41Z")
Just checked: 1,911 songs, ranging from “Abacab” by Genesis to “1812 Overture” by the now-nonexistent Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (and to think I’d have two-three hundred tops when I was given my first iPod!). Genres include rock, pop, rap, R&B, gospel, classical, soundtracks, national anthems, Tolkien and marches. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-are-on-your-ipod/607902/30 "2012-01-01T15:01:52Z")
7,920. I’d hate to guess how few I listen to on a regular basis, but it’s great when I get the urge to hear something I haven’t heard in a while and it’s right there at my fingertips. ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-are-on-your-ipod/607902/31 "2012-01-01T15:35:22Z")
Interesting At 50 votes 70% have \*at least \*1000 songs, and 58% have _at least_ 3000. Before music was digital and the DJ had to actually spin a disk, I wonder how many songs the average radio station had… Or Juke Box… ETA and 20% have _at least_ 10000. wow [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-are-on-your-ipod/607902.md?page=1)