Rock music is now more popular than classical on Desert Island Discs

Genre of tracks chosen for show by year

100%

Programme off air from 1946 to 1951

Other

75

Classical

Hip hop,

rap, grime

Vintage

and Jazz

50

Folk

Pop

25

Modern

Rock

0

1940

1960

1980

2000

2020

100%

Programme off air from 1946 to 1951

Other

75

Classical

Hip hop,

rap, grime

Vintage

and Jazz

50

Folk

Pop

25

Modern

Rock

0

1940

1960

1980

2000

2020

Guardian graphic. Source: Guardian analysis of BBC and Spotify, Alan Turing Institute. Note: modern includes disco, funk, soul, r&b, reggae, ska, electronic, ambient and downtempo