How long is Library of Congress Audio Collections?
Library of Congress Audio Collections is 36000 hours of music — 6 albums spanning 2025–2025.
The Library of Congress holds over 3.6 million sound recordings spanning 130+ years — the largest audio archive in the world. This includes the American Folklife Center, National Recording Registry, Veterans History Project, and StoryCorps partnership. The digitized and publicly accessible portion alone exceeds 36,000 hours.
Listen Time Overview
Total Time
36000 hours
Albums
6
Non-stop Days
1500.0
Genre
Oral History / Folklore / Music
How many commutes to finish?
72000 commutes (one-way)
At different playback speeds
1x (normal)
36000h
1.5x speed
24000h
2x speed
18000h
Discography
For perspective...
That's 1500.0 days non-stop — over 50 months of 24/7 listening. At 2 hours a day, it would take 49 years.
About This Discography
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For Perspective...
That's 4800.0 flights from New York to London
Same as binging 720.0 seasons of Game of Thrones
You could walk 108000 miles while listening
That's 144000 cups of coffee worth of sipping time