---
title: "The Beatles: Here, There, Everywhere"
description: "Half of all Americans like the Beatles a lot, placing them at the top of a 20-artist popularity contest."
date: "2009-08-28"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2009/08/28/the-beatles-here-there-everywhere/"
categories:
  - "Comparison of Generations"
---

# The Beatles: Here, There, Everywhere

Though most Americans (79%) still believe a generation gap persists in America, there is one area of culture that members of every generation can agree upon: music, and more specifically, the Beatles. Roughly half of all Americans say they like the Beatles a lot (49%), and eight-in-ten like them at least a little. This gives the Beatles more support from music listeners than any of the other 20 musical performers included in a survey by Pew Research. The reason that the Beatles remain so popular is that they are liked across generations. Those ages 16 to 25 (45% like the Beatles a lot) are just as likely to be fans of the Fab Four as those ages 65 and older (43% like the Beatles a lot). Americans who grew up in the middle of Beatlemania, those ages 50 to 64, are still the biggest fans (65% like them a lot). [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/1309/gentler-generation-gap-music-tastes)