What better way to celebrate 20 years of musical connections than with the most thumbed-up tracks of all time? Tap into the All-Time Top Thumb Hundred to hear the songs listeners have loved most from Pandora's past two decades.
🎉 Sign in to the Pandora Community this month to earn your exclusive 20th Anniversary badge - available for a limited time!
Community Shoutouts: October 2025 🎉
This month, we’re celebrating two longtime community members with amazing Pandora stories:
@Drums_Bass has been listening since November 2005. Drawn in by the Music Genome Project, they’ve spent nearly two decades exploring and rediscovering their musical DNA. Here’s to 20 years of discovery and community! 🎶
🎙@mad-no-mad reminisced about Pandora’s early days. From learning how songs were connected, to discovering Oakland pride, and even recording early voice ads.
Thank you both for being part of our story — and for letting Pandora be part of yours!
New Blog Posts ✍️
Amped for Americanafest
by @EricPandora
"This was not my first visit to Nashville, but it was my first time attending Americanafest. My friend and coworker and fellow musician (and awesome podcaster) Dan and I went this year to promote Pandora AMP. Dan had previously participated in Americanafest. But my history with the genre had me sort of lamenting that I should’ve started attending a long time ago. Back in the mid 1990s, my first job out of college was with The Gavin Report, a now defunct music trade magazine. I worked my way up to Associate Editor for Rob Bleetstein. If his name sounds familiar, it’s probably because he’s the voice of Pearl Jam Radio on SiriusXM. But back then, Rob was the very first person to chart Americana radio singles. This was 14 years before Billboard published their first Americana chart. Needless to say, he introduced me to a genre of music that changed my life – for the past three decades, I’ve been playing/recording/touring in twangy rock bands and writing about the genre. So yeah…I finally made it to Americanafest this year. Better late than never."
📖 Read more here.
Pandora Memories - Part One and Pandora Memories – Part Two by @ScottPandora
"As you may be aware, Pandora is currently celebrating its 20th birthday! Before Pandora’s historic launch as the one of the first personalized online radio platforms, we were a company called Savage Beast. And Savage Beast’s big idea was something called The Music Genome Project. The Music Genome Project has been extensively covered here and elsewhere, but, in a nutshell, Savage Beast’s founder, Tim Westergren had the idea that if you analyzed music on a song-by-song basis, that information could be used to create playlists that would help listeners discover new music they loved."
📖 Read more here.
Musical Moments: Autumn Country 🍂
Thanks to everyone who shared their picks for Autumn Country! The community playlist is now spinning on Pandora — full of songs made for crisp air, bonfires, and good company.
🎶 Give it a listen: Pandora Community: Autumn Country
✨ Bonus: Members who joined in before the deadline have unlocked the Autumn Country badge — a little shine for your role in our community playlist.
Questions of the Week 💡
Join the conversation:
Q: What’s your spooky soundtrack style? 👻
Q: Nostalgia 💿 or Discovery 🆕?
Q: Morning ☀️ or evening listener 🌇?
Our weekly questions are the perfect threads to swap favorites and chat with your community friends.
Creators Community
Share more about your creative journey in our question of the week in the Pandora for Creators Community.
Creators: Live shows or studio sessions?
Creators: What 3 words describe your latest project?
Creators: Solo or group sessions?
Have a new track or project on Pandora this month? Drop it in our thread: Creators Drop: Fall 2025
Include a link, tell us a little about the release, and highlight your standout track if it’s part of a bigger collection. Join other creators sharing their latest work and stories behind the music.
New to the Creators Community? We're happy that you're here.
We'd love to get to know you more in this thread: Welcome! Come Introduce Yourself
Want to connect with fellow creators and curators, get help from our support team, and unlock AMP’s marketing tools? Check out the AMP Support Forum. Don't forget to stop by Creators Events for upcoming webinars.
This or That: October Edition ☕
This month's mood? You decide.
🍂 Share your favorites here: This or That: October 2025
Music for Halloween 👻
Music for Ghouls, Ghosts & Werewolves! Bring your haunted bash to life with spooky tunes and creepy beats! Perfect for mummies, ghouls, and all your dancing monsters.
Let the haunting begin by checking out Spook-tacular Halloween Party Stations 🎃
Your feedback and suggestions are always appreciated. If you have any ideas or thoughts, please don't hesitate to share them with us. See you around the community!
- The Pandora Community Team
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