Synth-Pop loudness in the 2010s

-8.9 Median integrated LUFS
-11.9 to -6.2 Range
32 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-12 to -11 LUFS: 2 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 4 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 8 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 10 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 7 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 1 track -12 LUFS -9 LUFS -6 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

8 to 9 DR: 1 track9 to 10 DR: 5 tracks10 to 11 DR: 11 tracks11 to 12 DR: 10 tracks12 to 13 DR: 3 tracks13 to 14 DR: 2 tracks 8 DR 11 DR 14 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Roman
Various Artists
-6.2 LUFS
Quietest: Sermon
Various Artists
-11.9 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Robin Schmidt
n=16 · median -9 LUFS

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 32 measured tracks, not a survey of every Synth-Pop release from the 2010s.