Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940

Re: Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025)

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Post by user_7832 » Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 3:44 PM UTC

matteocantiello wrote: post #29

user_7832 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! I looked at a random 2005 chart. Question, is this data generated by spotify itself, or are you using some other chart-tracking tool?

Nope. I am scraping a number of different sources, mostly un-related to spotify. See https://github.com/matteocantiello/88mph?tab=readme-ov-file#...

Ah thanks, my bad. Looks like the data's from wikipedia for my country then. Off to wiki! Thanks again!

Re: Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025)

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Post by etrvic » Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 3:47 PM UTC

Hi! I noticed that the button open in spotify opens a premade spotify playlist, but the songs seem to be wrong. I also noticed that the covers on the website match the ones of the mismatched songs. Perhaps those songs only don’t exist on spotify? For refrence i opened the 2005 Japan playlist.

Re: Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025)

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Post by matteocantiello » Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 3:59 PM UTC

etrvic wrote: post #32

Hi! I noticed that the button open in spotify opens a premade spotify playlist, but the songs seem to be wrong. I also noticed that the covers on the website match the ones of the mismatched songs. Perhaps those songs only don’t exist on spotify? For refrence i opened the 2005 Japan playlist.

Yeah, I think the matching algorithm is struggling with some non-english speaking countries. I'll have to manually check. If you have the time and want to open an issue here's the link (but no pressure, this is already helpful) https://88mph.fm/suggest

Re: Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025)

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Post by matteocantiello » Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

4ggr0 wrote: post #26

added a whole new country, curious if my stuff will be added... nice project :D

Thanks! Switzerland is now up and running e.g. https://88mph.fm/ch/2000

Re: Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025)

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Post by flashno » Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 4:28 PM UTC

This is amazing! One of the coolest projects I've seen on here tbh

Re: Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025)

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Post by tamimio » Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC

Was this vibe coded? I found a mistake, clicked the suggest correction button and I couldn’t find the country in the list.

It’s cool though, brings back memories.

Re: Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025)

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Post by MelonUsk » Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025)

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Post by Giorgi » Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC

Certified AI slope

Re: Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025)

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Post by Imustaskforhelp » Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 5:44 PM UTC

matteocantiello wrote: post #30

FuriouslyAdrift wrote: post #22

This has a lot of overlap with Radiooooo https://app.radiooooo.com/

Similar idea. This is less of a radio, free and open-source :) https://github.com/matteocantiello/88mph

Proud to be the second person to star this project. This is really great project :)

Re: Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025)

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Post by avgDev » Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC

matteocantiello wrote: post #18

avgDev wrote: post #11

Suggest a chart doesn't allow for selection of other countries not already present it seems like. Otherwise, very nice project.

Thanks! The suggest feature should allow to add lists for new countries (just need to change the type): https://88mph.fm/suggest Let me know if it doesn't work for you

Ah it does! My attention span has been ruined.