sound travels: about the data

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About the data

The map shows one of three charts, picked at the top of the page. Each is fetched for every country ahead of time and refreshed about every three hours, so what you see can be a few hours old — the top bar says how old.

YouTube · trending

The music videos YouTube is showing as trending in each country right now. YouTube ranks these by how fast a video is catching on, not by how much it is watched in total, so new releases stand out and long-running favourites can be missing.

Videos play in YouTube's own player. Playing one means agreeing to the YouTube Terms of Service; see the Google Privacy Policy.

Apple Music · today

The songs played most on Apple Music in each country over about the last day. Countries without Apple Music are left grey.

Songs play in Apple Music's own player: a 30-second preview, or the whole song if you are signed in to Apple Music there.

Deezer · this week

Each country's "Top" chart on Deezer, updated about once a week. Deezer publishes these for fewer countries than the other two, and does not label songs by genre, so the sound picker hides while Deezer is showing.

Songs play in Deezer's own player: a 30-second preview, or the whole song if you are signed in to Deezer there.