How basic is your music taste?
How basic is your music taste, really?
No quiz to game. brew looks up how popular every artist you listen to is on Spotify, averages it across your library, and places you on one line from Mainstream to Niche - one of the four letters of your music type.
No quiz. Free. Reads your Spotify in about a minute.
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Who lives in your Spotify?
Brew listened to 2,076 songs from Bart’s artists and found 4 people living in there. Then it made them a film, cut to their own songs. Yours takes about a minute.
- The people inside your library, found by sound - not genres
- Your four letters, spelled out - and roasted
- A film and cards to post, cut to your own songs
Free. Sign in with Spotify - Brew reads your library, it never posts for you.
How the score works
Spotify gives every artist a popularity score from 0 to 100, driven by how much their songs are being played. brew averages that score across the artists in your library. An average of 55 or below makes you Niche; above it, Mainstream - and the meter shows how far you lean.
Most people are more basic than they think
Of the 772 people who read their Spotify on brew between July and October 2026, 96% came out Mainstream. Niche is the rare result - about one in 27.
Mainstream isn’t an insult. It means your taste meets most people where they are. The more interesting part is the rest of the reading: the different people living in your library, and which one is taking over lately.
Questions people ask
- What counts as basic?
- In brew’s reading, basic means Mainstream: the artists you listen to average above 55 on Spotify’s 0-100 popularity scale. Niche means they average 55 or below.
- Is it free?
- Yes. The whole reading is free - your sides, your four letters, your type and the film. Brew only charges for living playlists that keep adding new releases ($49 once, no subscription), and you never need them for the test.
- How long does it take?
- About a minute the first time, because brew listens to every artist in your library. After that your reading opens instantly.
- Do I have to give brew my password?
- No. You sign in through Spotify’s own login page, and brew reads your library from there. It never sees your password and never posts anything for you. brew is independent and not affiliated with Spotify.
Or just wander the sound map
Read from your listening in about a minute, free. No quiz, no genre boxes - brew just listens.