Measured from 58 editorial genres
Each page below answers “What BPM is {genre}?” with a measured median, a full distribution chart, year-by-year tempo evolution, and the popular tracks that sit right at the median. No stated ranges — just what the catalog actually shows.
Looking for an at-a-glance comparison? The EDM genre chart has them all in a single sortable table.
Deep house
Atmospheric, bass-led, melodically rich. Long blends, patient mixing.
Soulful house
Gospel-rooted vocals, live-feel instrumentation, emphasis on songwriting.
Melodic house
Cinematic synths, restrained groove, festival-friendly emotional peaks.
Afro house
Tribal percussion, organic rhythms, vocal samples. South African and Latin diaspora roots.
Disco house
Filtered loops over disco samples. Nu-disco's house-ier sibling.
Acid house
Built around the TB-303 squelch. Hypnotic, repetitive, foundational.
House
Four-on-the-floor with soul. The foundation everything else builds on.
Tech house
Rolling percussion meets restrained techno energy. Modern dancefloor staple.
Progressive house
Extended builds, emotional breakdowns, architected peaks. Long-form sets.
Tribal house
Drum-heavy, percussive, groove-first. The original "tribal" sound from NYC and Latin America.
Garage house
Vocal-led house from Paradise Garage and the early NYC scene. Soulful, dance-floor focused.
Bass house
House structure with dubstep-influenced bass. Aggressive, drop-driven.
Dub techno
Dub-influenced reverb, slow movement, deep atmospheric pads.
Melodic techno
Techno with cinematic synths and emotional breakdowns. Festival-scale peak time.
Minimal techno
Stripped-back, micro-detail focused. Long blends, slow evolution.
Detroit techno
The original. Funk, soul and machine futurism from the genre's birthplace.
Techno
Mechanical, hypnotic, industrial. Subtraction over addition.
Acid techno
Techno built around the TB-303. Sharper, more aggressive than acid house.
Industrial techno
Distorted kicks, harsh textures, dystopian atmosphere. Berghain canon.
Hard techno
Faster, darker, more aggressive. Berlin and Eastern European peak-time energy.
Progressive trance
Trance restraint with longer, more melodic builds. Bridges to progressive house.
Vocal trance
Trance built around lead vocal performances. Anthem-driven peak-time.
Trance
Euphoric melodies, driving arpeggios, breakdowns that define peak time.
Uplifting trance
The euphoric peak-time strain. Fast, melodic, breakdown-focused.
Tech trance
Trance energy with techno textures. Driving, less melodic, peak-friendly.
Psytrance
Acid lines, complex layers, hypnotic forest-festival aesthetic.
UK garage
2-step rhythms, syncopated swing, vocal hooks. Bridges house and DnB tempos.
Breakbeat
Sample-driven non-4/4 grooves. From electro through nu-skool breaks to modern mutations.
Dubstep
Half-time feel at 70 BPM, written at 140. Sub-bass dominant.
Brostep
Aggressive American dubstep evolution. Big drops, festival energy.
Trap (EDM)
EDM trap — half-time hip-hop drums (~70 feel) at 140 BPM grids. Festival-scale.
Future bass
Wobble synths, vocal chops, melodic drops. Trap-influenced melodic bass.
Jungle
DnB's ancestor — ragga vocals, Amen breaks, sub-bass.
Liquid DnB
Melodic, vocal-friendly drum & bass with a softer attack. Daytime DnB.
Drum & bass
Fast breakbeats over heavy bass. Half-time feels at 85-90.
Neurofunk
Aggressive, technical drum & bass. Reece basses and complex sound design.
Hardstyle
Distorted kicks, dramatic synth leads, big-room hands-up energy.
Rawstyle
Harder hardstyle — distortion-forward, screech-leads, less melody.
Happy hardcore
High-energy, vocal-led, melodic hardcore. UK rave scene staple.
UK hardcore
Vocal hardcore from the UK rave continuum. Melodic, energetic, anthem-driven.
Hardcore (gabber)
Distorted kicks, faster than hardstyle. Rotterdam roots.
Frenchcore
Faster than hardcore, wood-kick-driven, French free-party scene.
Ambient
Texture-led, often beatless. Brian Eno's definition still applies.
Downtempo
Slow, atmospheric beats. Trip-hop adjacent, beach-bar friendly.
Chillout
The post-club after-hours genre. Soft, atmospheric, beat-light.
Trip-hop
Massive Attack, Portishead. Slow hip-hop with cinematic atmosphere.
Reggaeton
Dem Bow rhythm, Latin vocal traditions, modern global pop influence.
Synthwave
1980s-aesthetic instrumental synthpop. Cinematic, retro-futurist.
Afrobeats
Modern West African pop fusion. Lagos / Accra-rooted, global reach.
Amapiano
South African house derivative with deep log drums and jazz piano.
Pop
Mainstream pop spans the dance-music tempo range; the open-format DJ's palette.
Electro
TR-808 driven, robotic, breakbeat-rooted. The link between hip-hop and house.