What BPM is techno?
The most common tempo for techno is 120 to 130 BPM. Across 19,077 techno songs with verified tempo in the TempoTunes library, the median is 128 BPM and half of all songs fall between 121 and 136 BPM.
- Most common
- 120 to 130BPM
- Median
- 128BPM
- Songs
- 19,077verified tempo
Techno songs across the tempo scale
Songs per 10 BPM. Orange marks the busiest stretch.
Techno is a tight genre: 43% of it sits between 120 and 130 BPM, so a playlist in that pocket will feel like one continuous set.
One caution when you read any tempo chart: the same groove can be counted at half or double time, so a techno song at 128 BPM can also read as 64 BPM. That is why many genres show a second, smaller hump.
The busiest techno tempos
Drive techno: 120 to 150 BPM
14,179 techno songs at this pace: dance-floor and workout energy.
MYSM
TYGAPAW
130 BPM
Lustig
Smash?
128 BPM (1994)
Kleines Bubu
Paul Kalkbrenner
127 BPM (2011)
Seething
Max Cooper
123 BPM (2014)
Yesterday Faded
Daniel Avery
129 BPM (2021)
Sex Ball
Shaka Ponk
130 BPM (2011)
The Riddle
Gigi D'Agostino
127 BPM
Play It Loud!
Marco Carola
124 BPM (2011)
Fast techno: 150 to 200 BPM
1,028 techno songs at this pace: running cadence and full-sprint songs.
Shiza Radio
Shaka Ponk
150 BPM (2011)
Under the Tallest Arch
Daniel Avery
150 BPM (2019)
Your Love
Diddy – Dirty Money
150 BPM (2010)
Le Gilet rouge
Sexy Sushi
150 BPM (2010)
Oracle
Spiral Tribe
150 BPM (2008)
Big Orgus
DJ Furax
150 BPM (2003)
Liège
Para One
150 BPM (2006)
badthiings
Brutalismus 3000
150 BPM
Other genres by BPM
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