# How many songs do you carry around with you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2011, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434 "2011-02-15T09:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/21 "2011-02-15T17:20:51Z")
There are 1,957 songs now on my iPod. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/22 "2011-02-15T17:24:27Z")
I always leave home with a song in my heart and an earworm in my head. So, 2. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/23 "2011-02-15T17:48:05Z")
5886 on my 32 GB iPhone. 7965 on my Creative Nomad Zen. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/24 "2011-02-15T18:16:50Z")
I have an 8gb zune that I carry. I can get pretty close to filling an 80 if I had one though. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/25 "2011-02-15T18:23:55Z")
I have a 32GB iPod Touch which currently has 5554 songs on it, along with a mess of podcasts and videos that chew up most of the rest of the space on the drive. I have about a dozen more CDs sitting at my desk waiting patiently to be ripped and added to the Touch – no idea if they’ll all fit or if I’ll have to take the most recent Star Trek movie off there to make room… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/26 "2011-02-15T18:56:20Z")
A far cry from my Walkman days when I had to make do with a tape player and cramming my pockets full of cassettes. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/27 "2011-02-15T20:07:38Z")
Technically 93, since I loaded all my Christmas music onto my iPod over vacation. But I’ve never actually played any music on it: I got it just for the apps. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/28 "2011-02-15T20:23:23Z")
My iPhone only has about 40 songs on it. I hardly ever use it for listening to music except when I’m running, so those 40 songs are all from my running playlist. This will change, btw, if I ever get a car stereo with an ipod jack. ---
**Author:** ![Juggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/juggler/32/3194_2.png) [@Juggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juggler)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/29 "2011-02-15T20:28:40Z")
A gazillion thanks to Spotify. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/30 "2011-02-15T20:54:56Z")
I need to remove my music from my iPod Touch, as I don’t use it for walking: I use my Sansa Clip for that. But I have 174 songs on my Sansa, and a whopping 1,123 songs on my iPod. Removing those will free up some room for a couple of movies. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/31 "2011-02-15T23:23:50Z")
None. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/32 "2011-02-16T02:21:58Z")
I have a 60GB ipod. Subtracting videos, I have about 7k songs total on there. But most often I’ll stick to either my 4 star playlist (4k), or 5 star playlist (473). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/33 "2011-02-16T02:34:28Z")
5374 on my iPod classic, which still has oodles of room. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/34 "2011-02-16T02:36:23Z")
About 3000 right now. My player is only half full. I may buy another player for the car and only put a few hundred songs on it. Having too many songs gets confusing in the car. It’s hard to decide what I want to listen too. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/35 "2011-02-16T02:48:42Z")
I could fit a lot more on mine, but that would mean deleting Airplane!, Army of Darkness and a bunch of Firefly and Babylon 5 episodes. I’d rather have a range of options when I’m stuck at the airport. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/36 "2011-02-16T03:59:13Z")
I have a Napster account and a Napster app on my phone. So, while there are about 8gigs of songs “saved” I can listen to any of millions at any given time so long as there’s a wifi or cellular connection. I keep the 8gigs in memory (no idea how many songs that is) just in case I end up without a data connection somewhere, but that hasn’t happened yet. ---
**Author:** ![berff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@berff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berff)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/37 "2011-02-16T04:10:46Z")
I have 20741 on iTunes on my computer but I carefully selected only my favorite all time songs for my iPod so that I rarely want to skip any, and I have 2810 right now. But considering I probably listen to at least 5 new album releases every week, that’s not a whole lot, and not nearly enough. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/38 "2011-02-16T04:17:22Z")
You can get by without an ipod jack in the car. I bought an FM transmitter that plugs into the cigarette lighter. The trick is finding an unused FM channel. It took a lot of experimenting for me to find one that works without interference in my city. Trips can be a pain because you have to search all over again as you move across the country. Still, I’m willing to put up with it. I can’t see the need to blow $250 for a new radio and installation. There’s other brands out there. I checked the user comments before buying. the one I bought is for any generic mp3 player with a mini plug. > **[Amazon.com: Aerielle i2i FM Transmitter and Charger for iPod and MP3 Players...](https://www.amazon.com/Aerielle-i2i-Transmitter-Charger-Players/dp/B001BZENZQ)** > > Product Description Avery White File Folder Labels Amazon.com The Aerielle i2i FM Transmitter and Charger for iPod and MP3 Players is perfect for listening on the road. It plays your favorite MP3 player or... > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > My iPhone only has about 40 songs on it. I hardly ever use it for listening to music except when I’m running, so those 40 songs are all from my running playlist. > > This will change, btw, if I ever get a car stereo with an ipod jack. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/39 "2011-02-16T04:59:03Z")
300-500 on my mp3 player, though it would hold more. And 500-1000 in my car - I have a six disk changer that plays mp3s, so I make “data” cds of 150-200 songs. There’s a lot of overlap on those six disks, though, given I make a new disk every month or two and keep my older favorites as well. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434/40 "2011-02-16T05:23:59Z")
2056 on the iPhone I carry around all the time (with apparently 15,251 on my computer - jeebus, that’s 1467 albums!!!) Plus I also carry a small and (relatively speaking) ancient 500MB iPod Shuffle with about a hundred songs on it, for the gym. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-do-you-carry-around-with-you/571434.md?page=3)