This graph describes the 5-year rolling average duration of songs in seconds through the years 1960 to 2019. In the 1960s the average duration of songs was approximately 160 seconds, 2.6 minutes. It steadily increased until reaching a peak in the 1990s of approximately 4.6 minutes. The average duration of songs has decreased since then and in 2019 had an average of about 3.6 minutes!