--- title: America Music Preferences Map via Movoto description: Movoto heat map shows what kind of music Americans are listening to. canonical: https://time.com/59863/most-popular-music-in-america-map/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-15T16:36:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:25.384Z og:title: This Awesome Interactive Map Shows The Most Popular Music in America og:description: Soundtrack included og:url: https://time.com/59863/most-popular-music-in-america-map/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Awesome Interactive Map Shows The Most Popular Music in America twitter:description: Soundtrack included twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Interactive Map Shows The Most Popular Music in America ## Video: Late Night Highlight: Timberlake And DeGeneres Get Musical On The 'Tonight Show' [Watch (HLS stream): Late Night Highlight: Timberlake And DeGeneres Get Musical On The 'Tonight Show'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/MGQJNtAb.m3u8) (0:51)  _Published 2015-09-10. Justin Timberlake and Ellen DeGeneres stopped by the 'Tonight Show,' and, of course, hilarity ensued. But so did quite a few musical moments._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 15, 2014 4:36 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 15, 2014 4:36 PM UTC The latest data visualization of Americans’ music preferences is a heat map that plays different types of music as it shows which parts of the country like particular genres the most. The rock and oldies, blues, folk, rock, punk, metal and rap & hip-hop genres seem to have the most universal appeal, according to [“The All-American Music Map”](http://www.movoto.com/blog/novelty-real-estate/americas-music/), which is based on data from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis through the Martin Prosperity Institute, and state level music preferences from Wikipedia. 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