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ATLAS is the public map of real listeners: the Taste Family population, Canon consensus and the records that define it. It is tracking 759 listener archives so far.

COREMost commonEDGERarestWarm Current24%Noise Frontier21%Formalists16%Rhythm System16%Dream Archive15%Archive Modernists8%
COREMost commonEDGERarestWarm Current24%Noise Frontier21%Formalists16%Rhythm System16%Dream Archive15%Archive Modernists8%
Centre, most commonEdge, rarest· point size = population
759Listeners indexed 865Canons 19,594Albums 6Families active 7Record boards 28Public Profiles +417Since last snapshot
02The cohort

Nearby Worlds

The six sonic families, live

The current population across the six sonic families. This is the shape of the cohort right now, not a fixed distribution.

Dream Archive
114 listeners · 15% +101
Noise Frontier
151 listeners · 21% +61
Formalists
120 listeners · 16% +64
Rhythm System
116 listeners · 16% +53
Warm Current
173 listeners · 24% +77
Archive Modernists
62 listeners · 8% +58
Most common: Warm Current Rarest: Archive Modernists Fastest growing: Dream Archive +101 since the July 2026 snapshot
03Consensus

Canon Consensus

Based on latest generated Canons

The records and artists ATLAS holds in common. Aggregate only, never tied to a named listener.

Top Canon Albums

1
OK Computer
Radiohead
94 listeners · 23 top-10
2
In Rainbows
Radiohead
88 listeners · 30 top-10
3
BRAT
Charli xcx
78 listeners · 25 top-10
4
Imaginal Disk
Magdalena Bay
77 listeners · 41 top-10
5
Blonde
Frank Ocean
58 listeners · 26 top-10
6
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
57 listeners · 9 top-10
7
The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
53 listeners · 12 top-10
8
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Chappell Roan
51 listeners · 10 top-10
9
The Life of Pablo
Kanye West
50 listeners · 20 top-10
10
The Bends
Radiohead
49 listeners · 12 top-10
11 New
To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
44 listeners · 9 top-10
12 New
Mercurial World
Magdalena Bay
44 listeners · 24 top-10
13 New
Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Lana Del Rey
43 listeners · 18 top-10
14
Currents
Tame Impala
43 listeners · 15 top-10
15
Loveless
my bloody valentine
43 listeners · 12 top-10
16 New
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
42 listeners · 9 top-10
17
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
My Chemical Romance
42 listeners · 11 top-10
18 New
Toxicity
System of a Down
42 listeners · 11 top-10
19 New
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
42 listeners · 15 top-10
20 New
Blue Rev
Alvvays
41 listeners · 10 top-10

Top Canon Artists

1Radiohead135 listeners
2The Beatles108 listeners
3Charli xcx87 listeners
4Kanye West83 listeners
5Kendrick Lamar80 listeners
6Taylor Swift78 listeners
7Boards of Canada64 listeners
8Various Artists62 listeners
9Lana Del Rey58 listeners
10Magdalena Bay57 listeners
11Lady Gaga56 listeners
12The Smiths55 listeners
13Tyler, The Creator54 listeners
14Ariana Grande53 listeners
15Frank Ocean53 listeners
16My Chemical Romance51 listeners
17Pink Floyd49 listeners
18Muse48 listeners
19Linkin Park45 listeners
20Lorde44 listeners

Most Common Top-10 Albums

1Imaginal Disk · Magdalena Bay41 top-10 Canons
2In Rainbows · Radiohead30 top-10 Canons
3Blonde · Frank Ocean26 top-10 Canons
4BRAT · Charli xcx25 top-10 Canons
5Mercurial World · Magdalena Bay24 top-10 Canons
6OK Computer · Radiohead23 top-10 Canons
7Music Has the Right to Children · Boards of Canada23 top-10 Canons
8I Love My Computer · Ninajirachi22 top-10 Canons
9The Life of Pablo · Kanye West20 top-10 Canons
10Parallel Realms · STRFKR19 top-10 Canons
11A La Sala · Khruangbin19 top-10 Canons
12Yeti Season (Deluxe Version) · El Michels Affair19 top-10 Canons
13AMAMA · Crumb19 top-10 Canons
14Norman Fucking Rockwell! · Lana Del Rey18 top-10 Canons
15Inferno · Boards of Canada18 top-10 Canons
16Geogaddi · Boards of Canada17 top-10 Canons
17Illinois · Sufjan Stevens17 top-10 Canons
18Currents · Tame Impala15 top-10 Canons
19The Queen Is Dead · The Smiths15 top-10 Canons
20Big city life · SMERZ14 top-10 Canons

Most Common #1 Albums

1Imaginal Disk · Magdalena Bay23× #1
2The Beatles · The Beatles7× #1
3BRAT · Charli xcx5× #1
4Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not · Arctic Monkeys4× #1
5Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You · Big Thief4× #1
6Twin Fantasy · Car Seat Headrest4× #1
7Metaphorical Music · Nujabes4× #1
8In Rainbows · Radiohead4× #1
9Illinois · Sufjan Stevens4× #1
10Trench · Twenty One Pilots4× #1
11COWBOY CARTER · Beyoncé3× #1
12Music Has the Right to Children · Boards of Canada3× #1

Canon Gravity

Placements across all Canons

Which artists carry the most weight in the archive. Placements count every album an artist lands in any Canon, so depth matters as much as reach.

Most Canon Placements

1Taylor Swift405 albums · 81 Canons
2Radiohead390 albums · 148 Canons
3The Beatles368 albums · 107 Canons
4Kanye West311 albums · 90 Canons
5Charli xcx227 albums · 106 Canons
6Lana Del Rey210 albums · 74 Canons
7Various Artists191 albums · 73 Canons
8Kendrick Lamar180 albums · 86 Canons
9Boards of Canada179 albums · 68 Canons
10Ariana Grande172 albums · 54 Canons
11Lady Gaga166 albums · 64 Canons
12The Smiths156 albums · 63 Canons
13Arctic Monkeys153 albums · 63 Canons
14Nine Inch Nails149 albums · 50 Canons
15My Chemical Romance136 albums · 67 Canons
16Tyler, The Creator134 albums · 63 Canons
17Magdalena Bay128 albums · 82 Canons
18Muse127 albums · 44 Canons
19Sufjan Stevens124 albums · 53 Canons
20Pink Floyd123 albums · 64 Canons

Strongest Average Placement

1Combatavg #1.5 · 2 Canons
2edITavg #2.0 · 2 Canons
3Hatchieavg #2.5 · 2 Canons
4Matt Berryavg #3.0 · 2 Canons
5Promessaavg #3.0 · 2 Canons
6FROMSOFTWAREavg #3.5 · 2 Canons
7Good Luckavg #4.5 · 2 Canons
8Square Enix Musicavg #5.3 · 3 Canons
9Milkyavg #5.5 · 2 Canons
10Miguelavg #5.7 · 3 Canons
11Fiveavg #5.8 · 3 Canons
12Polkadot Stingrayavg #6.0 · 2 Canons
13RAAHiiMavg #6.0 · 2 Canons
14The Head and the Heartavg #6.0 · 2 Canons
15Set It Offavg #6.2 · 2 Canons
16Ambleavg #6.5 · 2 Canons
17Arcaneavg #6.5 · 2 Canons
18Hurray For The Riff Raffavg #6.5 · 2 Canons
19The Organavg #6.5 · 2 Canons
20Bartika Eam Raiavg #6.8 · 2 Canons

Average Canon rank of the artist's albums, across listeners who hold them. Minimum two Canons.

The Cohort's Shape

Scenes and eras across all Canons

1,636 distinct genres, clustered into 10 recognisable scenes. Read from the latest Canon of every indexed listener.

Scene Weight

Rock & Indie
8051 albums · 26%
Pop & Songwriting
4943 albums · 16%
Punk, Hardcore & Metal
4666 albums · 15%
Hip-Hop & Rap
2680 albums · 9%
Electronic & Dance
2633 albums · 8%
Ambient & Dream
1594 albums · 5%
Soul, R&B & Funk
923 albums · 3%
Experimental & Noise
588 albums · 2%

Most Represented Eras

2020s3959 albums 2010s3623 albums 2000s2715 albums 1990s1445 albums 1980s600 albums 1970s464 albums

Most Represented Release Years

2024841 2025784 2023573 2022543 2021508 2019500 2020466 2018466 2017406 2015389
04Difference

What Sets You Apart

The signals held by almost no one

Across the cohort

Albums held by a single Canon, ranked inside its top 5. The archive's quietest strong signals.

#1
CII: Second Son
17 Pygmies
Held by 1 Canon, ranked #1 in it
#1
Hardhood Classics Vol. 3
A-Team
Held by 1 Canon, ranked #1 in it
#1
1830m
AKB48
Held by 1 Canon, ranked #1 in it
#1
SILENT HILL3 （Original Soundtrack）
Akira Yamaoka
Held by 1 Canon, ranked #1 in it
#1
"Watch Out!"
Alexisonfire
Held by 1 Canon, ranked #1 in it
#1
Ghost world
Alison Wonderland
Held by 1 Canon, ranked #1 in it
#1
Into the Rush
Aly & AJ
Held by 1 Canon, ranked #1 in it
#1
Born Against
Amigo The Devil
Held by 1 Canon, ranked #1 in it
#1
Swiss Army Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Andy Hull and Robert McDowell
Held by 1 Canon, ranked #1 in it
#1
Twin Peaks Archive
Angelo Badalamenti
Held by 1 Canon, ranked #1 in it
#1
Time Skiffs
Animal Collective
Held by 1 Canon, ranked #1 in it
#1
The Invisible Comes to Us
Anna & Elizabeth
Held by 1 Canon, ranked #1 in it

1112 albums currently sit in exactly one Canon's top 5.

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Your Shape in Motion

Based on latest monthly Rotations
This month's Rotation map is still forming. It populates as listeners generate their monthly Rotation.
05Evidence

Hall of Records

Record Boards require timestamped Last.fm history

The deepest listening feats in the ecosystem. These rank records, not people. Boards reflect the timestamped histories available, so deeper Last.fm backfills appear more often.

Deepest Album Obsession

Highest album-equivalent plays inside a fixed window.

Record Boards require timestamped Last.fm history. Boards reflect available archives, so deeper backfills appear more often.

1
Alice in Chains / Jar of Flies
Year · Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Private listener
115.00 per track
2
George Clanton / Ooh Rap I Ya New
Year · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
CyberSilverfishCAИON No. 311
88.44 per track
3
BT / Ima New
Year · Feb 2005 - Jan 2006
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
81.80 per track
4
Magdalena Bay / Imaginal Disk New
Year · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
CyberSilverfishCAИON No. 311
79.86 per track
5
Katarsis / Žiedlapis tau New
Year · Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Private listener
71.70 per track
6
shedfromthebody / Everything Out There Has Teeth New
Year · Jun 2025 - May 2026
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
68.87 per track
7
Katarsis / Dausos New
Year · Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Private listener
68.60 per track
8
Rush / A Farewell to Kings New
Year · Aug 2025 - Jul 2026
Private listener
63.83 per track

Biggest Artist Run

Most plays on a single artist inside a fixed window.

Record Boards require timestamped Last.fm history. Boards reflect available archives, so deeper backfills appear more often.

1
Rush New
Year · Aug 2025 - Jul 2026
Private listener
3,713 plays
2
Taylor Swift New
Year · Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Private listener
2,565 plays
3
Magdalena Bay New
Year · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
CyberSilverfishCAИON No. 311
2,101 plays
4
Katarsis
Year · Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Private listener
2,085 plays
5
Alice in Chains
Year · Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Private listener
1,963 plays
6
Linkin Park
Year · May 2025 - Apr 2026
Private listener
1,718 plays
7
Enter Shikari
Year · Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Private listener
1,709 plays
8
Led Zeppelin
Year · Feb 2005 - Jan 2006
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
1,709 plays

Biggest Album Run

Most plays on a single album inside a fixed window.

Record Boards require timestamped Last.fm history. Boards reflect available archives, so deeper backfills appear more often.

1
Hayley Williams / Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Year · Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Private listener
1,315 plays
2
Magdalena Bay / Imaginal Disk
Year · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
CyberSilverfishCAИON No. 311
1,198 plays
3
Viktor Vaughn / Vaudeville Villain
Year · Mar 2008 - Feb 2009
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
871 plays
4
Alice in Chains / Jar of Flies
Year · Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Private listener
805 plays
5
George Clanton / Ooh Rap I Ya
Year · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
CyberSilverfishCAИON No. 311
796 plays
6
The Warning / Keep Me Fed
Year · Jul 2024 - Jun 2025
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
764 plays
7
Doja Cat / Vie
Year · Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Private listener
757 plays
8
Katarsis / Žiedlapis tau
Year · Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Private listener
717 plays

Biggest Track Run

Most plays on a single track inside a fixed window.

Record Boards require timestamped Last.fm history. Boards reflect available archives, so deeper backfills appear more often.

1
Portishead / Threads
Year · Apr 2008 - Mar 2009
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
312 plays
2
Moloko / Should've Been, Could've Been
Year · Feb 2009 - Jan 2010
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
268 plays
3
Coldplay / God Put a Smile Upon Your Face
Year · Sep 2008 - Aug 2009
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
263 plays
4
Massive Attack / Black Milk
Year · Nov 2009 - Oct 2010
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
256 plays
5
Iress / Wolves
Year · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
235 plays
6
The Dead Weather / I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)
Year · Aug 2025 - Jul 2026
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
226 plays
7
Lisa Hannigan / Courting Blues
Year · May 2009 - Apr 2010
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
221 plays
8
Bad Omens & Poppy / V.A.N
Year · Aug 2025 - Jul 2026
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
221 plays

Strongest Week

Most total plays inside one Friday-to-Thursday listening week.

Record Boards require timestamped Last.fm history. Boards reflect available archives, so deeper backfills appear more often.

1
11-17 Feb 2005
Week
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
26,766 plays
2
11-17 Feb 2005
Week
kynocerosCAИON No. 221
14,498 plays
3
6-12 Jun 2025
Week
saschauxCAИON No. 025
2,132 plays
4
7-13 Nov 2025
Week
saschauxCAИON No. 025
2,027 plays
5
13-19 Mar 2026
Week
saschauxCAИON No. 025
1,843 plays
6
20-26 Mar 2026
Week
saschauxCAИON No. 025
1,798 plays
7
6-12 Mar 2026
Week
saschauxCAИON No. 025
1,755 plays
8
27 Mar - 2 Apr 2026
Week
saschauxCAИON No. 025
1,731 plays

Strongest Month

Most total plays inside one calendar month.

Record Boards require timestamped Last.fm history. Boards reflect available archives, so deeper backfills appear more often.

1
Feb 2005
Month
Se7enty-Se7enCAИON No. 474
28,542 plays
2
Feb 2005
Month
kynocerosCAИON No. 221
14,548 plays
3
Mar 2026
Month
saschauxCAИON No. 025
7,986 plays
4
Nov 2025
Month
saschauxCAИON No. 025
7,055 plays
5
Jan 2026
Month
saschauxCAИON No. 025
6,371 plays
6
Oct 2025
Month
saschauxCAИON No. 025
6,077 plays
7
Apr 2026
Month
saschauxCAИON No. 025
5,975 plays
8
May 2026
Month
saschauxCAИON No. 025
5,862 plays

Widest Year

Most distinct artists inside one calendar year.

Record Boards require timestamped Last.fm history. Boards reflect available archives, so deeper backfills appear more often.

1
2024
23,620 plays
Private listener
7,960 artists
2
2025
17,847 plays
Private listener
6,443 artists
3
2026
16,410 plays
Private listener
6,390 artists
4
2024
20,696 plays
kynocerosCAИON No. 221
6,241 artists
5
2026
42,197 plays
saschauxCAИON No. 025
6,093 artists
6
2025
61,684 plays
saschauxCAИON No. 025
6,028 artists
7
2025
35,857 plays
Private listener
5,519 artists
8
2025
18,663 plays
kynocerosCAИON No. 221
5,464 artists

On the Channel

Where the channel meets the archive

The latest Multiplicity uploads, read against the map. When a channel artist is already held in listener Canons, the two surfaces are hearing the same thing.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Kill For The Steel
Held in 20 Canons
DIIV
The Fountain
Held in 6 Canons
Cult Member
Funeral Amor
Held in 23 Canons
The Avalanches
Can’t Get Over Losing You (feat. Portraits of Tracy)
Held in 23 Canons
Dosem
Morning Runner
Not yet held in a Canon

Open the channel hub for the full crossover.

Archive Movement

Against the July 2026 snapshot

What changed since the last snapshot. ATLAS captures one aggregate snapshot per month, so movement here is measured, not estimated.

Listeners indexed
+417
Up since the July 2026 snapshot.
Canons generated
+491
New artefacts in the archive.
Plays archived
+9,379,152
Timestamped plays added to the ledger.
Albums indexed
+8,561
Distinct albums now held across all Canons.

New to the consensus top 20

New
To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
Held by 44 Canons
New
Mercurial World
Magdalena Bay
Held by 44 Canons
New
Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Lana Del Rey
Held by 43 Canons
New
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
Held by 42 Canons
New
Toxicity
System of a Down
Held by 42 Canons
New
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Held by 42 Canons
New
Blue Rev
Alvvays
Held by 41 Canons

New Hall of Records entries

George Clanton / Ooh Rap I Ya 88.44 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
BT / Ima 81.80 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
Magdalena Bay / Imaginal Disk 79.86 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
Katarsis / Žiedlapis tau 71.70 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
shedfromthebody / Everything Out There Has Teeth 68.87 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
Katarsis / Dausos 68.60 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
Rush / A Farewell to Kings 63.83 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
Rush 3,713 playsBiggest Artist Run
Taylor Swift 2,565 playsBiggest Artist Run
Magdalena Bay 2,101 playsBiggest Artist Run

New consensus artists: Magdalena Bay, Muse, Linkin Park, Lorde. New shared #1s: Imaginal Disk (Magdalena Bay), Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (Big Thief), Metaphorical Music (Nujabes), In Rainbows (Radiohead), Illinois (Sufjan Stevens), COWBOY CARTER (Beyoncé).

06Method

Reading ATLAS

How the comparison works

What your position is measured against

  • The cohortEvery position is relative to the current reference cohort, not to all music listeners. This is the frozen reference, rebuilt as the cohort grows, so it can trail the live count of listeners indexed and positions can shift.
  • Taste FamilyA stable, lifetime placement read from your saved Canon, set by where you rank highest relative to the population on each sonic signal. Evidence-led, not a quiz, and never a uniqueness score.
  • Your sourceBuilt from your active music profile. Family and consensus read from any source; the Hall of Records needs timestamped Last.fm history, so Apple Music and Spotify libraries place on fewer boards.
  • MovementATLAS captures one aggregate snapshot per month. Anything shown as a change is measured against a real prior snapshot, never estimated.

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