0–100 for how popular your artists are, from their Last.fm listener counts: ten thousand is about 40, a million about 60, ten million about 70.
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Last.fm Mainstream Score Calculator
How mainstream is your taste? A username in, a score from 0 to 100 and your listening archetype out. Last.fm's retired Mainstream-O-Meter, rebuilt.
What the mainstream score measures
How big the artists you actually play are: each one's global Last.fm listener count on a log scale, averaged across your top tracks.
| Artist's Last.fm listeners | Contributes |
|---|---|
| 10,000 | ~40 |
| 100,000 | ~50 |
| 1,000,000 | ~60 |
| 10,000,000 | ~70 |
The five listening archetypes
- Underground OracleYour taste is truly unique. Mainstream under 33, rarity 65+.
- TastemakerAhead of the curve. Mainstream under 50, rarity 55+, diverse library.
- Niche CollectorYou dig deeper than most. Mainstream under 50, a few artists dominate.
- Balanced ExplorerA mix of popular and hidden gems. Everything in between.
- Crowd PleaserYou ride the mainstream waves. Mainstream 65+.
A score is a mirror. Your friends are a window.
Whohears finds the tracks the people you follow on Last.fm play that you've never heard, and you collect them by listening.
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Mainstream score questions
Same idea, computed live, with a rarity percentile and an archetype alongside.
1–99: how much of your listening is music most people never scrobbled.