Mainstream-O-Meter: how mainstream are you?
March 28th, 2007 by musicinterfaces
Or to put it another way, how underground are you? Fun for Last.fm subscribers. I eagerly entered my own Last.fm ID and learnt that I’m 10.01% mainstream. Should I be overjoyed, disappointed or indifferent? I was apparently “compared to an average of 530447.1 listeners in the Last.fm top 10″ - I have no idea what that means by the way. I’d certainly encourage you to click on the links to the most undergrounders users - some of the artist names are brilliant (Chocolate Billy, The Chicken Masters or Cosmic Wurst anybody?)
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March 28th, 2007 at 11:54 am
10% is a lot lower than what I got. Did you notice the user who’s 104% mainstream? I guess the Beatles are the least common denominator on last.fm.
Btw, nice blog!
March 28th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Hm… I don’t think this accounts enough for the vast range of artists I listen to. I got 55.27% on the calculator of top artists, most of whom have stayed artists from a few years ago when I binged on a select few artists. Oh well.
Btw, you have been friended.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
It is all a bit puzzling, not as straightforward as I might have hoped. Elias - you’re probably right about Beatles and Last.fm, I wonder what the average music is that early net adopters listen to. Zach - I think you can delete some songs in last.fm, but I’m not certain, maybe worth rooting around.
March 29th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
3.19%, Im ‘hip’ with the ’street’… or is it the other way around??
March 30th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
I’m VERY tempted to set myself up with another last.fm a/c and just play one mp3 by obscure Japanese koto player Etsuko Gunji - just so I can be the most obscure…