--- title: "Digits: Spotify in years, kosher food, and goo-goo gaga - The Hustle" description: "Plus: Baby formula shortages and Georgia’s film tax credit." image: https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/907818193-HS-News-Brief_2022-04-18T044529.630Z.webp --- # Digits: Spotify in years, kosher food, and goo-goo gaga ![Jacob Cohen](https://thehustle.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png?width=48&height=48&name=IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png) [Jacob Cohen](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/author/jacob-cohen) [Jacob Cohen Twitter profile ](https://twitter.com/ImJacobCohen) Published: April 18, 2022 Updated: October 11, 2023 **1) **The number of songs on Spotify jumped from 70m to [**82m in 2021**](https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-streaming-spotify-catalog-size-the-ledger/), or 33k each day. Notably, 1.5% of songs had 500k+ lifetime streams, and 25.8% had 100 streams or fewer. (Napkin math: Assuming the average song on Spotify runs 3 minutes, 30 seconds, it would take ~546 years to listen to all of them.) ![Digits: Spotify in years, kosher food, and goo-goo gaga](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/907818193-HS-News-Brief_2022-04-18T044529.630Z.webp?width=595&height=400&name=907818193-HS-News-Brief_2022-04-18T044529.630Z.webp) **2)** Kosher food — certified during production by Rabbis to ensure it adheres to Jewish requirements — is a [**$24B global market**](https://www.fooddive.com/news/kosher-food-certification-popularity/621865/). Since the certification is generally considered a mark of good quality, Jews only make up 20% of the customer base. **3)** Taxes are due today, in case you were unaware. By the end of March, [**91m returns**](https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/data-point-almost-one-third-taxpayers-file-last-minute-rcna24093) were filed. On average, ~43m filings — ~29% of individual returns — are received within the last 3 weeks. And for the procrastinators here, ~11% of taxpayers file late. **4) **Goo-goo gaga. As of March, [**~29% of baby formula products**](https://www.npr.org/2022/04/11/1092129947/a-shortage-of-baby-formula-is-worsening-and-causing-some-stores-to-limit-sales) were out of stock in the US. Now, Walgreens is limiting purchases to 3 per customer, saying that the shortage is a result of increased demand and supplier struggles. **5) **Georgia, withh its generous [**$1.2B film tax credit**](https://boondoggle.substack.com/p/the-film-tax-credit-sequel-stinks?s=r), is weighing a $900m annual cap on the program. Studies have shown programs like these aren’t as economically favorable as once thought, returning 27 cents per dollar invested, on average. 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