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What Is EDM? Electronic Dance Music Explained

The short answer

EDM (electronic dance music) is the umbrella term for club- and festival-ready electronic genres — house, techno, trance, dubstep and more.

Live genre mix

Genre mix: what the US streams today

Every day musicpiechart records the genre families behind Spotify's daily charts. The pie is the latest mix; the chart under it shows how that mix moved.

Alternative & Indie: 24%Pop: 24%Hip-Hop & Rap: 15%Country: 11%R&B & Soul: 10%Rock: 8%Other: 8%

What the US is streaming today

Genre mix of Spotify's daily top 200, by streams, on October 14, 2026 · updated 14 Oct

  • Alternative & Indie 24%
  • Pop 24%
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 15%
  • Country 11%
  • R&B & Soul 10%
  • Rock 8%
  • Other 8%

Genre share over 29 recorded days

September 16 to October 14, 2026. Each band is one genre family's share of the chart's daily streams, stacked to 100%; a missing day leaves a gap.

Stacked area chart of genre-family share of daily streams on the United States Spotify chart, September 16 to October 14, 2026 Each coloured band is one genre family's share of the chart's daily streams, stacked to 100 percent. Days with no recorded edition leave a gap in every band. Hover a day for its shares; the data table below lists every value. 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% Sep 16 Sep 30 Oct 14 Sep 16, 2026: Pop 23.4%, Alternative & Indie 22.2%, Hip-Hop & Rap 14.1%, Country 12.1%, R&B & Soul 10.3%, Rock 8.9%, Other 9.0% Sep 17, 2026: Pop 23.4%, Alternative & Indie 21.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 14.1%, Country 13.4%, R&B & Soul 9.4%, Rock 8.8%, Other 9.3% Sep 18, 2026: Pop 23.2%, Alternative & Indie 20.5%, Hip-Hop & Rap 15.0%, Country 15.6%, R&B & Soul 9.2%, Rock 8.0%, Other 8.6% Sep 19, 2026: Pop 23.9%, Alternative & Indie 20.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 14.0%, Country 15.9%, R&B & Soul 9.4%, Rock 7.5%, Other 9.4% Sep 20, 2026: Pop 23.8%, Alternative & Indie 22.2%, Hip-Hop & Rap 14.2%, Country 14.5%, R&B & Soul 9.9%, Rock 7.0%, Other 8.5% Sep 21, 2026: Pop 22.4%, Alternative & Indie 23.5%, Hip-Hop & Rap 13.4%, Country 13.5%, R&B & Soul 10.4%, Rock 8.3%, Other 8.4% Sep 22, 2026: Pop 22.4%, Alternative & Indie 23.9%, Hip-Hop & Rap 13.4%, Country 12.8%, R&B & Soul 10.2%, Rock 8.8%, Other 8.4% Sep 23, 2026: Pop 21.7%, Alternative & Indie 25.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 13.3%, Country 13.1%, R&B & Soul 9.9%, Rock 8.1%, Other 8.9% Sep 24, 2026: Pop 21.4%, Alternative & Indie 25.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 13.4%, Country 13.4%, R&B & Soul 9.1%, Rock 8.5%, Other 8.6% Sep 25, 2026: Pop 41.7%, Alternative & Indie 18.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 10.1%, Country 11.2%, R&B & Soul 7.3%, Rock 5.4%, Other 6.0% Sep 26, 2026: Pop 33.2%, Alternative & Indie 19.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 12.5%, Country 13.1%, R&B & Soul 8.6%, Rock 5.6%, Other 7.5% Sep 27, 2026: Pop 30.2%, Alternative & Indie 22.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 12.6%, Country 12.4%, R&B & Soul 8.7%, Rock 6.8%, Other 7.3% Sep 28, 2026: Pop 32.7%, Alternative & Indie 22.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 11.4%, Country 11.1%, R&B & Soul 8.8%, Rock 6.7%, Other 6.8% Sep 29, 2026: Pop 30.8%, Alternative & Indie 23.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 11.6%, Country 11.1%, R&B & Soul 8.9%, Rock 7.6%, Other 6.9% Sep 30, 2026: Pop 28.3%, Alternative & Indie 22.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 11.6%, Country 11.8%, R&B & Soul 9.7%, Rock 9.2%, Other 6.7% Oct 1, 2026: Pop 28.9%, Alternative & Indie 23.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 11.3%, Country 11.8%, R&B & Soul 10.3%, Rock 7.4%, Other 7.1% Oct 2, 2026: Pop 26.9%, Alternative & Indie 20.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 15.7%, Country 11.9%, R&B & Soul 8.8%, Rock 6.6%, Other 9.4% Oct 3, 2026: Pop 27.6%, Alternative & Indie 19.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 16.1%, Country 12.9%, R&B & Soul 9.5%, Rock 6.1%, Other 8.1% Oct 4, 2026: Pop 26.4%, Alternative & Indie 23.2%, Hip-Hop & Rap 14.8%, Country 12.2%, R&B & Soul 10.1%, Rock 5.5%, Other 7.9% Oct 5, 2026: Pop 25.3%, Alternative & Indie 24.2%, Hip-Hop & Rap 13.8%, Country 11.9%, R&B & Soul 9.2%, Rock 7.0%, Other 8.6% Oct 6, 2026: Pop 25.7%, Alternative & Indie 23.9%, Hip-Hop & Rap 13.8%, Country 11.8%, R&B & Soul 9.2%, Rock 7.0%, Other 8.6% Oct 7, 2026: Pop 25.1%, Alternative & Indie 23.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 13.8%, Country 12.3%, R&B & Soul 9.0%, Rock 7.8%, Other 8.2% Oct 8, 2026: Pop 26.6%, Alternative & Indie 23.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 14.1%, Country 11.3%, R&B & Soul 8.7%, Rock 7.4%, Other 8.1% Oct 9, 2026: Pop 26.0%, Alternative & Indie 22.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 14.9%, Country 12.7%, R&B & Soul 9.8%, Rock 6.6%, Other 8.1% Oct 10, 2026: Pop 25.9%, Alternative & Indie 21.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 14.9%, Country 13.7%, R&B & Soul 10.0%, Rock 6.3%, Other 7.6% Oct 11, 2026: Pop 23.9%, Alternative & Indie 24.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 14.6%, Country 12.9%, R&B & Soul 10.5%, Rock 6.2%, Other 7.9% Oct 12, 2026: Pop 24.4%, Alternative & Indie 25.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 13.4%, Country 12.7%, R&B & Soul 10.0%, Rock 7.4%, Other 6.8% Oct 13, 2026: Pop 24.8%, Alternative & Indie 24.4%, Hip-Hop & Rap 14.2%, Country 11.1%, R&B & Soul 10.1%, Rock 7.4%, Other 8.0% Oct 14, 2026: Pop 24.2%, Alternative & Indie 24.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 14.9%, Country 11.2%, R&B & Soul 10.1%, Rock 7.4%, Other 8.0%
  • Pop 24.2% · +0.8 pts
  • Alternative & Indie 24.3% · +2.0 pts
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 14.9% · +0.8 pts
  • Country 11.2% · -1.0 pts
  • R&B & Soul 10.1% · -0.2 pts
  • Rock 7.4% · -1.4 pts
  • Other 8.0% · -1.0 pts
Genre-share data table
Genre-family share of daily streams, by day
Day PopAlternative & IndieHip-Hop & RapCountryR&B & SoulRockOther
Oct 14, 2026 24.2%24.3%14.9%11.2%10.1%7.4%8.0%
Oct 13, 2026 24.8%24.4%14.2%11.1%10.1%7.4%8.0%
Oct 12, 2026 24.4%25.3%13.4%12.7%10.0%7.4%6.8%
Oct 11, 2026 23.9%24.0%14.6%12.9%10.5%6.2%7.9%
Oct 10, 2026 25.9%21.6%14.9%13.7%10.0%6.3%7.6%
Oct 9, 2026 26.0%22.0%14.9%12.7%9.8%6.6%8.1%
Oct 8, 2026 26.6%23.7%14.1%11.3%8.7%7.4%8.1%
Oct 7, 2026 25.1%23.8%13.8%12.3%9.0%7.8%8.2%
Oct 6, 2026 25.7%23.9%13.8%11.8%9.2%7.0%8.6%
Oct 5, 2026 25.3%24.2%13.8%11.9%9.2%7.0%8.6%
Oct 4, 2026 26.4%23.2%14.8%12.2%10.1%5.5%7.9%
Oct 3, 2026 27.6%19.8%16.1%12.9%9.5%6.1%8.1%
Oct 2, 2026 26.9%20.6%15.7%11.9%8.8%6.6%9.4%
Oct 1, 2026 28.9%23.3%11.3%11.8%10.3%7.4%7.1%
Sep 30, 2026 28.3%22.8%11.6%11.8%9.7%9.2%6.7%
Sep 29, 2026 30.8%23.1%11.6%11.1%8.9%7.6%6.9%
Sep 28, 2026 32.7%22.6%11.4%11.1%8.8%6.7%6.8%
Sep 27, 2026 30.2%22.1%12.6%12.4%8.7%6.8%7.3%
Sep 26, 2026 33.2%19.3%12.5%13.1%8.6%5.6%7.5%
Sep 25, 2026 41.7%18.3%10.1%11.2%7.3%5.4%6.0%
Sep 24, 2026 21.4%25.7%13.4%13.4%9.1%8.5%8.6%
Sep 23, 2026 21.7%25.1%13.3%13.1%9.9%8.1%8.9%
Sep 22, 2026 22.4%23.9%13.4%12.8%10.2%8.8%8.4%
Sep 21, 2026 22.4%23.5%13.4%13.5%10.4%8.3%8.4%
Sep 20, 2026 23.8%22.2%14.2%14.5%9.9%7.0%8.5%
Sep 19, 2026 23.9%20.0%14.0%15.9%9.4%7.5%9.4%
Sep 18, 2026 23.2%20.5%15.0%15.6%9.2%8.0%8.6%
Sep 17, 2026 23.4%21.6%14.1%13.4%9.4%8.8%9.3%
Sep 16, 2026 23.4%22.2%14.1%12.1%10.3%8.9%9.0%

Alternative & Indie leads the genre mix on the US Spotify daily chart with 24.3% of the day's streams (19.6M plays), ahead of Pop at 24.2% and Hip-Hop & Rap at 14.9% on October 14, 2026. Across the 29 recorded days from September 16 to October 14, 2026, Alternative & Indie gained the most share, up 2.0 points to 24.3% of streams, while Rock slipped the most, down 1.4 points to 7.4%. EDM sits in the Electronic & Dance family, which holds 0.4% of that chart's streams (-0.4 pts over the window). Shares are stream-weighted: every play of a song on the US Spotify daily chart counts once, credited to its lead artist's genre family. Every song that Spotify can classify counts; every family outside the biggest six is grouped with them as Other. The figures come from spotify-top.com's daily charts, recorded once a day by Music Pie Chart.

Top EDM artists on Spotify

Artists in our catalogue tagged with this genre, ranked by Spotify popularity.

  1. David Guetta

  2. Calvin Harris

  3. Fred again..

  4. Marshmello

  5. Avicii

  6. Tiësto

  7. Swedish House Mafia

  8. Zedd

Electronic & Dance: 100%
100%Electronic & Dance

Beyond EDM

What else do EDM artists play?

The other genre families EDM's top artists on Spotify are tagged with.

  • Electronic & Dance 100%

Everything about EDM

What Does EDM Mean?

EDM is a musical genre that stands for Electronic Dance Music.

Electronic Dance Music Origin

Electronic Dance Music (EDM) originated in the early 1970s thanks to the rise of Disco and Hip Hop genres that people love dancing to, and the creation of new technology for artists to experiment and create electronic sounds.

What Music Is Considered EDM?

EDM music utilises electronic sounds, beats and instrumentals to create a danceable melody. Occasionally, EDM songs use some lyrics to supplement the music, but it’s not a focal point of the song.

What Makes Electronic Dance Music?

What makes Electronic Dance Music (EDM) music is a danceable melody made up of electronic sounds, beats and instrumentals.

What Is The Word For Electronic Dance Music?

The word for Electronic Dance Music is EDM, which is the abbreviation of the term.

What Is The Electronic Music Played In Dance Clubs?

The electronic music played in dance clubs is Electronic Dance Music, abbreviated as EDM.

Is EDM And Dance Electronic The Same?

Yes, Dance Electronic is just another term for EDM, which stands for Electronic Dance Music.

Is Electro Pop EDM?

Electro Pop is not EDM because while both feature an electronic melody, Electropop songs have a greater focus on lyrics, but EDM places emphasis on danceable beats and instrumentals, not the lyrics.

Is EDM And Electro Pop The Same?

EDM and Electro Pop are not the same. Electro Pop songs have all the Pop Music characteristics like clear lyrics that tell a story, plus a catchy electronic melody, while EDM songs focus more on the beat and instrumentals, not the lyrics.

Is EDM Pop Music?

EDM, or Electronic Dance Music, is not Pop Music because Pop songs feature catchy vocal melodies and meaningful lyrics, while EDM songs focus more on danceable sounds and beats, with occasional vocals to supplement the melody.

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