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The statistic presents the preferred music genres of the average U.S. teenage internet user as of August 2012. During the survey, 15.3 percent of respondents stated they would choose country music if they could only listen to one genre of music for the rest of their lives. The most popular answer was pop, which 18.4 percent of respondents selected as the one genre of music they would listen to for the rest of their lives. According to the recent data, however, hip-hop/rap is the genre that is most consumed in the United States. In 2016, this genre accounted for 18.2 percent of all music songs consumed. Pop came in second place with 15.3 percent.

Preferred music genres of U.S. teens - additional information

While popular music ultimately prevails among the 13- to 19-year old age group, their allegiance to country music aligns with the preferences of rest of the population, among which country music ousted classic rock as the most popular genre in the United States.

Teenagers tend to rely on their friends to discover new music, but the majority of them never actually purchase music, or they purchase very little. This does not mean that teens do not discover new music often; besides traditional radio, the advent of online music streaming through platforms such as YouTube, Pandora, and Spotify has made it easier than ever for consumers to listen to music for minimal or no cost. In fact, listening to music online is one of the most common activities for teens and young adults in the U.S. to do when using the internet .

Music piracy is also of growing concern in the United States, especially among the younger, tech-savvy generations. Despite the availability of free music sources, almost a third of teens have pirated music or movies, and more than half of the music collections of Americans under 30 years of age has been copied, ripped, or downloaded for free. The United States leads the world in the volume of music pirated via BitTorrent.