The 2025 Goose Jam of the Year Bracket
Welcome to the sixth annual Goose Jam of the Year Bracket, presented by Always Almost There and powered by nugs! We’ve been preparing for months and can’t wait to dive into another bracket full of fun banter, deep discussions, and celebration of the best Goose jams of 2025!
We’d like to begin by thanking everyone for getting involved in the seeding process - the participation has never been bigger and more vibrant and we can’t wait to keep doing this every year!
Special shout-out and thank you to Adam aka 6R0M7, who has once again outdone himself with helping on tons of statistic-related items PLUS creating the seeding formula and spreadsheet!
Without further ado…your 2025 bracket! Download a printable copy here and fill it out at home! See the bottom of this post for a full overall ranked list of jams.
Click here to download a nugs playlist of the bracket IN ORDER OF MATCHUP. Visit the official Goose artist page in the nugs app for a ranked 1-64 playlist!
If you missed our live reveal and breakdown of every first-round matchup, check out the dual-part episode now wherever you listen to podcasts or rewatch any time on YouTube!
When Does the Party Start?
Beginning Monday, January 12th at 12pm ET and continuing every day until the champion is crowned, there will be a poll posted for you to cast your vote. This year, voting will take place RIGHT HERE on aatgoosepod.com - register for an account now and see each day's polls under the "Jam of the Year" tab, plus. Every poll will be open for 24 hours and we will be doing TWO polls per day for the first two rounds of matchups, and then one poll per day from the Sweet Sixteen onward.
Audio of each day’s matchups will be broadcast live by our friends at WTED Radio at noon ET throughout the entire bracket! Tune in live, join the amazing community discussion, and enjoy!
Bracket Challenge
In addition to the daily voting, we are also very stoked to be continuing the tradition of the JOTY Bracket Challenge! Similar to a March Madness pool, everyone will have an opportunity to fill out a complete bracket before the matchups begin. You will earn points for each winner you accurately predict - matchups in the first round are worth one point each, second round are worth two, Sweet 16 are worth four, Elite Eight are worth five, Final Four are worth six, semi finals are worth eight, and guessing the champion will earn ten points. Along with priceless bragging rights, the first-prize winner will receive their very own golden Strange Man figurine - plus one year of an All Access nugs subscription, merch, and more! The deadline to submit your Bracket Challenge picks is 11:30am ET on Monday, January 12! Sign up and enter yours under the "Bracket Challenge" tab right here at aatgoosepod.com!
“But AAT,” you may be asking, “my favourite jam isn’t on the list!”
Thanks to the wide-ranging and diverse pool of submissions from all corners of the Goose community, we were able to capture a more accurate consensus of the 64 most popular, most listened to, most respected, and most loved jams. So, if one of yours didn’t make the cut, it’s simply due to the fact that Goose gave us such a long list of amazing candidates! Check out our “No JOTY For You Pal” playlist of ranks 65-128 here.
Bracket Stats
143 people submitted seeding playlists
430 unique tracks were voted for at least once
6/1 Rosewood Heart is the longest jam in the bracket at 39:18
5/27 Green River is the shortest jam in the bracket at 12:38
5 covers made the bracket - 2/8 and 6/27 Fish in the Sea, 2/13 Mississippi Half-Step, 5/27 Green River, and 6/21 Sinnerman
5 versions of Madhuvan made the bracket, the most of any unique song
6/29 All I Need got the most votes of any jam in the bracket, appearing on 118 lists
Goose Jam of the Year Hall of Fame
2020: 9/16 Madhuvan
2021: 6/15 A Western Sun
2022: 6/15 Madhuvan
2023: 3/24 Echo of a Rose
2024: 6/28 Tumble