Category: charts

Spotify debuts podcast charts to let you know what’s popular

Post author By Randall
Post date July 14, 2020
Categories In audio, charts, Entertainment, gear, News, podcast, podcast charts, Podcasts, spotify, streaming, Tech

[ad_1] Spotify has made a serious commitment to podcasts over the last few years, and today the streaming service is debuting its newest tool for listeners in 26 markets — including the US, UK, Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, Germany and Australia. Like the company does for music, Spotify will now offer charts that rank the most […]

Billboard 200 charts will include online music videos

Post author By Randall
Post date December 13, 2019
Categories In av, billboard, chart, charts, gear, Google, Internet, Music, streaming, Tech, Youtube

[ad_1] Billboard has included streaming music in its top 200 chart for years, but now it’s ready to consider music videos as well. The industry publication has revealed that it will count official online music video plays from YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify and other services in the Billboard 200, starting with the charts for January […]

YouTube stops counting ad views in its top music charts

Post author By Randall
Post date September 13, 2019
Categories In ads, Advertising, chart, charts, gear, Google, Internet, Music, Privacy, services, streaming, Tech, Youtube

[ad_1] As Rolling Stone observed, the outgoing system effectively let companies pay to climb the charts. YouTube’s TrueView ads let marketers play shortened versions of videos that would count as views if you either watched for long enough or interacted with them. This let artists and labels game the system by purchasing enough ads to […]