Pandora, the 10-year-old internet radio pioneer, is huge: Its 76.5 million active listeners represent over 9% of all radio listening in the U.S.
The service, which lets you teach it what to play by giving songs either a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down," announced today that users have voted with their thumbs a staggering 50 billion times — the equivalent of seven thumbs for every person on Earth.
So who's winning the internet radio thumb war? We asked Pandora for the 10 songs that have received the most "thumbs up" votes in its history — and the results might surprise you.
10.The Fray, "How to Save a Life" — 15.6 million thumbs up
9.Adele, "Someone Like You" — 15.8 million thumbs up
8.Gotye, "Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra)" — 16.2 million thumbs up
7.One Republic, "Counting Stars" — 16.3 million thumbs up
6.Maroon 5, "She Will Be Loved" — 17.1 million thumbs up
5.Goo Goo Dolls, "Iris" — 17.3 million thumbs up
4.Mario, "Let Me Love You" — 17.4 million thumbs up