Reddit Nerds Reckon They’ve Figured Out The Hottest 100 Winner

Spring is in the air, the days are getting longer, and triple j’s Hottest 100 is once again just around the corner. Voting usually kicks off in December, meaning we are now entering a period of wild speculation as to which songs will make it up the pointy end of the countdown.

This year is a little more cloudy than most — in 2019 there were a handful of big hitters that we knew would go up to the top, like Billie Eilish’s ‘bad guy’ (which won), ‘Rushing Back’, and ‘Charlie’. This year hasn’t seen a runaway single of that ilk, but there are a few tracks we think will be bouncing around the top ten.

Over on the triple j subreddit, a redditor by the name of Max Williams has been hard at work scouring almost 2000 Hottest 100-related Spotify playlists in order to pull together a draft list of the top 200 songs of 2020. Simply, the songs that occurred the most land at the top. This is the second time this year they’ve released their findings — the first was back in July, probably too early for any real predictions.

Glass Animals’ ‘Heat Waves’ lands in #1 position, followed by Stace Cadet and KLP’s ‘Energy’, Eves Karydas’ ‘Complicated’ and G Flip’s ‘Hyperfine’. The rest of the predicted top 20 features Flume’s ‘The Difference’, Sofi Tukker’s ‘House Arrest’, and Sycco’s breakout track ‘Dribble’.

Have a look over the full speculative ranking below — but as Williams points out himself in the Reddit thread, don’t take it as gospel.

Reddit’s Hottest 100 Prediction

Glass Animals – ‘Heat Waves’ (found 711 time in Hottest 100 playlists)
Stace Cadet & KLP – ‘Energy’ (510)
Eves Karydas – ‘Complicated’ (474)
G Flip – ‘Hyperfine’ (457)
The Jungle Giants – ‘Sending Me Ur Loving’ (417)
Flume – ‘The Difference’ (401)
The Avalanches – ‘Running Red Lights’ (feat. Rivers Cuomo & Pink Siifu (395)
Lime Cordiale – ‘On Our Own’ (395)
Sofi Tukker – ‘House Arrest’ (368)
Alfie Templeman – ‘Things I Thought Were Mine’ (351)
Hope D – ‘Second’ (351)
Sycco – ‘Dribble’ (346)
BRONSON – ‘HEART ATTACK’ (feat. lau.ra) (345)
Hilltop Hoods – ‘I’m Good?’ (341)
Remi Wolf – ‘Photo ID’ (338)
The Rubens – ‘Heavy Weather’ (338)
Powfu – ‘death bed (coffee for your head)’ (330)
Ball Park Music – ‘Day & Age’ (324)
Lime Cordiale – ‘Screw Loose’ (311)
Ball Park Music – ‘Cherub’ (304)
Tash Sultana – ‘Pretty Lady’ (303)
Birdz – ‘Bagi-la-m Bargan’ (297)
San Cisco – ‘On The Line’ (297)
merci, mercy – ‘Fucked Myself Up’ (293)
Amy Shark – ‘Everybody Rise’ (284)
Cosmo’s Midnight – ‘Yesteryear’ (282)
Glass Animals – ‘Your Love (Déjà Vu)’ (280)
DMA’S – ‘Criminals’ (279)
Spacey Jane – ‘Booster Seat’ (271)
Skegss – ‘Under The Thunder’ (268)
Jack Garratt – ‘Better’ (267)
Tame Impala – ‘Lost In Yesterday’ (267)
Genesis Owusu – ‘Don’t Need You’ (262)
Azure Ryder – ‘Dizzy’ (261)
Headie One – ‘Ain’t It Different’ (feat. AJ Tracey & Stormzy) (260)
Dominic Fike – ‘Chicken Tenders’ (259)
San Cisco – ‘Reasons’ (258)
Beddy Rays – ‘Sobercoaster’ (256)
The Smith Street Band – ‘I Still Dream About You’ (251)
DMA’S – ‘The Glow’ (249)
KIAN – ‘Every Hour’ (248)
Fisher – ‘Freaks’ (245)
MAY-A – ‘Green’ (241)
Lime Cordiale – ‘Addicted To The Sunshine’ (240)
London Grammar – ‘Baby It’s You’ (239)
Joji – ‘Gimme Love’ (238)
Sonny Fodera – ‘Moving Blind’ (236)
Eiffel 65 – ‘Blue’ – Flume Remix (235)
Joji – ‘Daylight’ (233)
Ocean Alley – ‘Tombstone’ (232)
Ball Park Music – ‘Spark Up!’ (229)
Duke Dumont – ‘Love Song’ (229)
Ocean Alley – ‘Hot Chicken’ (229)
Illy – ‘Loose Ends’ (feat. G Flip) (227)
JUICE WRLD – ‘Righteous’ (226)
Spacey Jane – ‘Skin’ (226)
Spacey Jane – ‘Straightfaced’ (224)
Choomba – ‘La Luh’ (214)
Mia Rodriguez – ‘Psycho’ (213)
Bring Me The Horizon – ‘Parasite Eve’ (212)
Kita Alexander – ‘I Miss You, I’m Sorry’ (211)
Jack Harlow – ‘WHATS POPPIN’ (208)
Hockey Dad – ‘Itch’ (207)
Tkay Maidza – ‘Shook’ (207)
Kita Alexander – ‘Against The Water’ (205)
Tame Impala – ‘Is It True’ (205)
Billie Eilish – ‘My Future’ (202)
deadmau5 – ‘Pomegranate’ (202)
JUICE WRLD – ‘Come & Go’ (with Marshmello) (201)
Sycco – ‘Nicotine’ (199)
Hockey Dad – ‘Good Eye’ (196)
Vera Blue – ‘Lie To Me’ (196)
The Avalanches – ‘Wherever You Go’ (feat. Jamie xx, Neneh Cherry & CLYPSO) (194)
Gracie Abrams – ’21’ (193)
Hayden James – ‘Right Time’ (192)
Shannen James – ‘Arrows’ (192)
Disclosure – ‘My High’ (191)
George Alice – ‘Stuck In A Bubble’ (191)
Halsey – ‘You should be sad’ (191)
Nothing But Thieves – ‘Is Everybody Going Crazy?’ (191)
Lastings – ‘No Time’ (191)
Glass Animals – ‘Tangerine’ (188)
Run The Jewels – ‘JU$T’ (feat. Pharrell Williams & Zack De La Rocha) (188)
Hayley Williams – ‘Simmer’ (187)
Harper Bloom – ‘Walk My Way’ (186)
Joji – ‘Run’ (183)
The Weeknd – ‘In Your Eyes'(183)
Alex the Astronaut – ‘I Think You’re Great’ (180)
Ocean Alley – ‘Way Down’ (180)
Tame Impala – ‘Breathe Deeper’ (180)
Allday – ‘OTT’ (177)
The Kid LAROI – ‘GO’ (feat. Juice WRLD (174)
CLYPSO – ‘Sidestep’ (173)
Stand Atlantic – ‘Blurry’ (172)
Boston Manor – ‘Plasticine Dreams’ (170)
Wafia – ‘Pick Me’ (170)
Baker Boy – ‘Move’ (168)
Ziggy Alberts – ‘Together’ (167)
BENEE – ‘Night Garden’ (feat. Kenny Beats & Bakar) (166)
DMA’S – ‘Life Is A Game Of Changing’ (166)