Last Updated on 12 September 2024
I searched the Internet for lists of the best songs by Taylor Swift so far. Criteria included the songs being ranked, not just listed; covering all time, not just an era; and generally created by groups, whether teams or committees or based on general public voting (like Ranker.com).
I was able to find 43 lists. I took the 43 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every song. I ended up averaging the rankings each song got (there were 272 that were on at least 2 lists) and dividing that average by a factor of the number of lists that song was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.
The songs that were on the most lists (out of 43) were:
- Love Story - 37 lists
- Blank Space - 36 lists
- You Belong With Me - 34 lists
- Style - 32 lists
- Wildest Dreams - 28 lists
- Delicate - 26 lists
- I Knew You Were Trouble - 25 lists
- We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - 25 lists
- Shake It Off - 25 lists
- Cruel Summer - 23 lists
Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:
- The Music Essentials - 9 Sep 2024
- YardBarker - 5 Sep 2024
- SingersRoom - 4 Sep 2024
- YouGov - 19 Aug 2024
- The Times - 14 Aug 2024
- Ranker - 1 Aug 2024
- StudyFinds - 11 Jul 2024
- Evening Standard - 7 Jun 2024
- Screen Rant - 4 Jun 2024
- Work+Money - 24 May 2024
- Vulture - 20 May 2024
- Variety - 29 Apr 2024
- Rolling Stone - 25 Apr 2024
- Holler. - 21 Apr 2024
- Seat Unique - 19 Apr 2024
- UPROXX - 19 Apr 2024
- Exclaim! - 18 Apr 2024
- Axios - 15 Apr 2024
- Cosmopolitan - 12 Apr 2024
- Global Music Vibe - 31 Mar 2024
- The Mary Sue - 13 Mar 2024
- Billboard - 22 Feb 2024
- uDiscoverMusic - 13 Dec 2023
- The Saratoga Falcon - 11 Dec 2023
- Glamour UK - 27 Oct 2023
- POPSUGAR - 27 Oct 2023
- Seventeen - 23 Jun 2023
- Ticketmaster UK - 1 Jun 2023
- Midder Music - 28 Apr 2023
- Acclaimed Music Forums - 7 Jan 2023
- The Young Folks - 12 Oct 2022
- Sheesh Media - 26 Sep 2022
- Buzzfeed - 29 Dec 2021
- Discotech - 28 Sep 2020
- NME - 8 Sep 2020
- Paste Magazine - 11 Feb 2020
- The Guardian - 26 Apr 2019
- Elle - 7 Mar 2019
- TimeOut - 8 Nov 2017
- Thrillist - 13 Dec 2016
- Album of the Year - no date
- RateYourMusic - no date
- TheTopTens - no date
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