Just been scrolling the socials and this video popped up

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1aJK8Ng8g4/

So was wondering is there an actual comprehensive list of most skipped songs ever ?

Probably the Christmas Amazon originals when they come on Track 1 on alexa!

Mariah is the most skipped christmas song apparently 🤣🤣 so your probably not far off

I don’t even make it past the first beat of APT. by Rosé and Bruno Mars

'Eraser', Track 1 of Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' is the least streamed on the album, presumably as a good portion of listeners just start the album from track 2 being the far more fan-friendly 'Castle on the Hill'

Yeah not surprised its also probably the weakest, like other huge skippers are welcome to new York from 1989 and The girl is mine from thriller,

Its probably why most albums lead with the lead single or focused track nowadays to beat the track 1 skip

I love Welcome To New York :( such an underrated track on 1989

On 24/01/2026 at 18:14, danuary said:

'Eraser', Track 1 of Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' is the least streamed on the album, presumably as a good portion of listeners just start the album from track 2 being the far more fan-friendly 'Castle on the Hill'

Awww I really like 'Eraser' compared to a few others tracks on the album!

Same with 'Welcome To NY' actually

Looking at Welcome to New York's streams on Spotify, both overall total and most recent daily performance, I wouldn't say it's an evident example of "most skipped". On the original 1989, it outperforms all the other album tracks.

1989: Total Streams

Track 02: 2,330,372,419 - Blank Space (2nd Single)

Track 06: 1,806,878,279 - Shake It Off (1st Single)

Track 03: 1,636,917,393 - Style (3rd Single)

Track 09: 1,143,262,023 - Wildest Dreams (5th Single)

Track 08: 724,961,883 - Bad Blood (4th Single)

Track 04: 359,905,761 - Out of the Woods (6th Single)

Track 16: 323,213,558 - New Romantics (7th Single)

Track 01: 290,352,230 - Welcome to New York

Track 05: 243,124,772 - All You Had to Do Was Stay

Track 13: 213,834,308 - Clean

Track 10: 191,432,543 - How You Get the Girl

Track 07: 166,352,835 - I Wish You Would

Track 14: 164,375,439 - Wonderland

Track 15: 158,051,239 - You Are in Love

Track 12: 145,237,517 - I Know Places

Track 11: 119,369,635 - This Love

1989: Daily Streams, Yesterday

Track 03: 1,257,450 - Style (3rd Single)

Track 02: 1,052,896 - Blank Space (2nd Single)

Track 06: 609,706 - Shake It Off (1st Single)

Track 09: 328,819 - Wildest Dreams (5th Single)

Track 08: 208,947 - Bad Blood (4th Single)

Track 01: 95,421 - Welcome to New York

Track 04: 93,113 - Out of the Woods (6th Single)

Track 16: 79,744 - New Romantics (7th Single)

Track 05: 42,185 - All You Had to Do Was Stay

Track 10: 34,641 - How You Get the Girl

Track 13: 33,523 - Clean

Track 07: 27,920 - I Wish You Would

Track 15: 27,559 - You Are in Love

Track 14: 23,455 - Wonderland

Track 11: 21,038 - This Love

Track 12: 19,240 - I Know Places

Welcome to New York doesn't perform quite as strongly on Taylor's Version:

1989 (Taylor's Version)

1989 (Taylor's Version): Total Streams

Track 09: 991,293,957 - Wildest Dreams (original was 5th Single)

Track 21: 570,456,390 - Is It Over Now?

Track 17: 431,374,158 - "Slut!"

Track 19: 421,010,897 - Now That We Don't Talk

Track 03: 405,421,083 - Style (original was 3rd Single)

Track 11: 358,929,228 - This Love

Track 02: 354,115,768 - Blank Space (original was 2nd Single)

Track 18: 276,104,794 - Say Don't Go

Track 04: 242,090,439 - Out of the Woods (original was 6th Single)

Track 06: 219,455,729 - Shake It Off (original was 1st Single)

Track 16: 213,932,496 - New Romantics (original was 7th Single)

Track 01: 180,683,326 - Welcome to New York

Track 13: 171,435,880 - Clean

Track 20: 155,893,153 - Suburban Legends

Track 05: 154,552,431 - All You Had to Do Was Stay

Track 15: 154,279,896 - You Are in Love

Track 08: 148,409,342 - Bad Blood (original was 4th Single)

Track 22: 134,150,266 - Bad Blood (feat. Kendrick Lamar) (original was 4th Single)

Track 07: 134,106,099 - I Wish You Would

Track 14: 118,768,943 - Wonderland

Track 10: 118,766,569 - How You Get the Girl

Track 12: 115,815,740 - I Know Places

1989 (Taylor's Version): Daily Streams, Yesterday

Track 09: 338,039 - Wildest Dreams (original was 5th Single)

Track 03: 228,845 - Style (original was 3rd Single)

Track 04: 226,785 - Out of the Woods (original was 6th Single)

Track 17: 197,026 - "Slut!"

Track 02: 170,460 - Blank Space (original was 2nd Single)

Track 11: 157,329 - This Love

Track 19: 146,376 - Now That We Don't Talk

Track 21: 141,085 - Is It Over Now?

Track 18: 117,807 - Say Don't Go

Track 15: 112,224 - You Are in Love

Track 06: 94,056 - Shake It Off (original was 1st Single)

Track 16: 89,179 - New Romantics (original was 7th Single)

Track 13: 82,136 - Clean

Track 01: 72,624 - Welcome to New York

Track 08: 66,610 - Bad Blood (original was 4th Single)

Track 05: 66,486 - All You Had to Do Was Stay

Track 07: 52,223 - I Wish You Would

Track 14: 50,927 - Wonderland

Track 10: 50,749 - How You Get the Girl

Track 20: 48,558 - Suburban Legends

Track 12: 47,837 - I Know Places

Track 22: 37,000 - Bad Blood (feat. Kendrick Lamar) (original was 4th Single)

Overall, of the 16 tracks from 1989, combining both originals and re-records: Welcome to New York was the 9th most streamed 1989 song yesterday - behind the 7 singles, and This Love.

This Love (Taylor's Version) performs a lot better than the original ever did. Although not an official single, the Taylor's Version did get released by itself (about 18 months in advance of 1989 TV), and featuring on the TV show The Summer I Turned Pretty gave it attention.

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I Forgot That You Existed, Track 1 on Lover, seems to me like a better example of a Taylor Swift Track 1 that isn't one of the most popular songs. Yesterday it was only the 15th highest streamed of its 18 tracks, only outstreaming Track 6 (I Think He Knows), Track 12 (Soon You'll Get Better) and Track 17 (It's Nice to Have a Friend).