Helping artists navigate the Top 50—across genre, label, and momentum.
Our Mission
Empowering independent and emerging music artists with data-driven insights about global market opportunities.
Combining genre trends, listener preferences, and song-specific features, strategically plan where to release, promote, or tour based on how well your music aligns with regional tastes.
Song Success Predictor
This map shows how many songs from a selected genre appear in each country’s Top 50 playlist, helping you identify where your genre has the strongest presence and potential audience
Filter countries based on how many songs of the selected genre appear in their Top 50 playlist.
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Top Markets
The percentage shown next to each country represents a match score. This score is calculated based on how well your selected genre and song popularity align with listener preferences in that country, factoring in genre frequency and similarity in song count.
Key Takeaways
Latin/Reggaeton’s reach exceeds expectations — Though traditionally centered in Latin America, Reggaeton tracks are charting in countries like the Czech Republic and Austria, suggesting a global appetite for high-energy rhythmic genres.
Pop dominates globally but varies in concentration — While Pop appears in nearly every country’s Top 50, some regions (e.g., Mongolia and Taiwan) show an unusually high density, suggesting strong local affinity or platform curation bias.
EDM is fragmented — Despite being one of the most danceable genres, EDM has a scattered presence and low popularity scores in several countries—implying it’s less mainstream and more subcultural.
Why It Matters
Understanding how your song aligns with genre preferences around the world helps you make data-driven creative and marketing decisions. A Latin artist situated in the US might see that Reggaeton has some presence in countries they would've never thought of like Czech Republic or Austria - guiding them to explore potential marketing opportunities and even tour destinations.
This visualization shows how long tracks in a selected genre tend to stay on the Top 50 charts, along with their average peak positions. Use this tool to explore which genres have staying power and how quickly they rise or fall in popularity.
Genre Performance Summary
Select a genre to see its performance statistics.
Key Takeaways
Hip hop/Rap/R&B spurts spike quickly but fade fast — Many tracks in this genre achieve sharp peaks early but struggle with long-term chart presence, implying fast virality rather than sustained dominance.
Pop and Rock offer longevity — These genres often maintain their position on charts for longer durations, suggesting they benefit from broader, enduring appeal across listener demographics.
Reggaeton often peaks lower but stays longer — While Reggaeton may not always hit top positions, it sustains its momentum, pointing to loyal listenership and gradual growth across territories.
Why It Matters
Understanding how a genre’s momentum—combining chart longevity and peak positions—reveals whether a genre tends to produce quick hits or enduring tracks, helping artists and industry professionals make informed creative and promotion strategies.
This table shows the average popularity, danceability, and energy for each genre based on Spotify’s Top 50 playlists by country. Click a genre row to explore where it appears across countries in the second table below.
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Danceability & Energy vs. Popularity
How do danceability and energy relate to a song's popularity?
Danceability vs. Popularity
This visualization explores the relationship between a genre’s average danceability and its overall popularity in the Top 50 charts. By comparing these two metrics side by side, users can identify whether genres with more danceable qualities tend to achieve higher popularity.
Filters out genres with fewer songs
About the Data: Danceability reflects how suitable a track is for dancing, based on tempo, beat strength, and rhythmic stability. Popularity is a metric from Spotify scored from 0 to 100, based on a song’s recent play count and recency of streams—newer and more-played songs rank higher.
Danceability & Popularity Summary
Sort or filter to see genre highlights and trends.
Key Takeaways
More danceable does not always mean more popular — Some of the highest danceability genres (like EDM) fall short in popularity when compared to less rhythmic ones like Rock, challenging assumptions about mass appeal.
Pop balances all traits — With strong averages in both danceability and popularity, Pop serves as a middle ground, making it the most versatile and chart-consistent genre.
Outliers matter — Genres like Hip hop/Rap/R&B have extreme values in danceability and energy, but lower popularity, suggesting that sound profile alone doesn’t predict chart success—cultural context and platform promotion also play key roles.
Why It Matters
Understanding the connection between danceability and popularity helps artists and producers identify which genres are more likely to resonate with broader audiences. It’s a strategic lens into how sonic traits might influence chart performance.