Chart Arcs

A simple visualization of music listening behavior over time: How frequently do you change your listening habits? How mainstream is your taste?

Point size corresponds to the combined reach of artists that inhabited this chart position.

Point color signifies chart entry- and exit-points: The green color component of a point corresponds to the number of times this chart position was an entry point for a rising artist, and the red color component the number of times this chart position was an exit point for a falling artist.

Arcs are directional and drawn clockwise: In the left half of a graph they point from bottom to top, in the right half from top to bottom.

Arc strength corresponds to the combined reach of artists that moved from the source to the target position.

Last.fm Team

crshamburg
crshamburg
fionapinkstars
fionapinkstars
flaneur
flaneur
hannahdonovan
hannahdonovan
hoff
hoff
InvisibleA
InvisibleA
joanofarctan
joanofarctan
Jonty
Jonty
julians
julians
lumberjack
lumberjack
mainstream
mainstream
martind
martind
mischa
mischa
MissHimi
MissHimi
mokele
mokele
muesli
muesli
mustaqila
mustaqila
nova77LF
nova77LF
pete_bug
pete_bug
RJ
RJ
RNR
RNR
Russ
Russ
sharevari
sharevari
sideb0ard
sideb0ard
skr
skr
spencerhyman
spencerhyman
vincro
vincro

martind 2006-10-08.

The graphs were created with Processing.

The visualization concept is based on visualizations by Martin Wattenberg.