ATLAS

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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 803 listener archives so far.

COREMost commonEDGERarestWarm Current23%Noise Frontier21%Formalists16%Rhythm System16%Dream Archive16%Archive Modernists8%
COREMost commonEDGERarestWarm Current23%Noise Frontier21%Formalists16%Rhythm System16%Dream Archive16%Archive Modernists8%
Centre, most commonEdge, rarest· point size = population
803Listeners indexed 978Canons 20,485Albums 6Families active 7Record boards 33Public Profiles +29Since 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
121 listeners · 16% +6
Noise Frontier
160 listeners · 21% +5
Formalists
128 listeners · 16% +5
Rhythm System
124 listeners · 16% +5
Warm Current
182 listeners · 23% +7
Archive Modernists
65 listeners · 8% +1
Most common: Warm Current Rarest: Archive Modernists Fastest growing: Warm Current +7 since the September 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
96 listeners · 24 top-10
2
In Rainbows
Radiohead
91 listeners · 31 top-10
3
Imaginal Disk
Magdalena Bay
79 listeners · 41 top-10
4
BRAT
Charli xcx
78 listeners · 26 top-10
5
Blonde
Frank Ocean
61 listeners · 26 top-10
6
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
60 listeners · 10 top-10
7
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Chappell Roan
55 listeners · 11 top-10
8
The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
54 listeners · 12 top-10
9
The Life of Pablo
Kanye West
52 listeners · 21 top-10
10
The Bends
Radiohead
50 listeners · 12 top-10
11
To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
49 listeners · 9 top-10
12
Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Lana Del Rey
49 listeners · 20 top-10
13
Currents
Tame Impala
48 listeners · 16 top-10
14
Toxicity
System of a Down
44 listeners · 11 top-10
15
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
44 listeners · 16 top-10
16
AM
Arctic Monkeys
44 listeners · 11 top-10
17
Mercurial World
Magdalena Bay
44 listeners · 25 top-10
18
IGOR
Tyler, The Creator
44 listeners · 9 top-10
19
Blue Rev
Alvvays
43 listeners · 10 top-10
20 New
Graduation
Kanye West
43 listeners · 10 top-10

Top Canon artists

1Radiohead138 listeners
2The Beatles116 listeners
3Charli xcx92 listeners
4Kanye West87 listeners
5Kendrick Lamar87 listeners
6Taylor Swift85 listeners
7Boards of Canada66 listeners
8Various Artists65 listeners
9Lana Del Rey64 listeners
10Lady Gaga61 listeners
11Magdalena Bay59 listeners
12Tyler, The Creator59 listeners
13Ariana Grande58 listeners
14The Smiths56 listeners
15Frank Ocean55 listeners
16My Chemical Romance52 listeners
17Pink Floyd49 listeners
18Linkin Park48 listeners
19Muse48 listeners
20Lorde46 listeners

Most common top-10 albums

1Imaginal Disk · Magdalena Bay41 top-10 Canons
2In Rainbows · Radiohead31 top-10 Canons
3BRAT · Charli xcx26 top-10 Canons
4Blonde · Frank Ocean26 top-10 Canons
5Mercurial World · Magdalena Bay25 top-10 Canons
6OK Computer · Radiohead24 top-10 Canons
7Music Has the Right to Children · Boards of Canada23 top-10 Canons
8I Love My Computer · Ninajirachi23 top-10 Canons
9The Life of Pablo · Kanye West21 top-10 Canons
10Norman Fucking Rockwell! · Lana Del Rey20 top-10 Canons
11Inferno · Boards of Canada20 top-10 Canons
12Parallel Realms · STRFKR20 top-10 Canons
13A La Sala · Khruangbin20 top-10 Canons
14Yeti Season (Deluxe Version) · El Michels Affair20 top-10 Canons
15AMAMA · Crumb20 top-10 Canons
16Geogaddi · Boards of Canada17 top-10 Canons
17Illinois · Sufjan Stevens17 top-10 Canons
18Currents · Tame Impala16 top-10 Canons
19The Queen Is Dead · The Smiths16 top-10 Canons
20Lover · Taylor Swift15 top-10 Canons

Most common #1 albums

1Imaginal Disk · Magdalena Bay24× #1
2The Beatles · The Beatles7× #1
3BRAT · Charli xcx5× #1
4Currents · Tame Impala5× #1
5Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not · Arctic Monkeys4× #1
6Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You · Big Thief4× #1
7Twin Fantasy · Car Seat Headrest4× #1
8In Rainbows · Radiohead4× #1
9Illinois · Sufjan Stevens4× #1
10THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY · Taylor Swift4× #1
11Trench · Twenty One Pilots4× #1
12COWBOY CARTER · Beyoncé3× #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 Swift434 albums · 87 Canons
2Radiohead400 albums · 153 Canons
3The Beatles371 albums · 110 Canons
4Kanye West328 albums · 96 Canons
5Lana Del Rey245 albums · 80 Canons
6Charli xcx243 albums · 111 Canons
7Kendrick Lamar201 albums · 93 Canons
8Various Artists198 albums · 76 Canons
9Boards of Canada181 albums · 71 Canons
10Lady Gaga181 albums · 67 Canons
11Ariana Grande179 albums · 58 Canons
12Nine Inch Nails162 albums · 50 Canons
13The Smiths160 albums · 63 Canons
14Arctic Monkeys159 albums · 67 Canons
15Tyler, The Creator145 albums · 68 Canons
16The Strokes142 albums · 57 Canons
17My Chemical Romance136 albums · 68 Canons
18Magdalena Bay131 albums · 85 Canons
19Linkin Park131 albums · 53 Canons
20Muse129 albums · 46 Canons

Strongest average placement

1Combatavg #1.5 · 2 Canons
2edITavg #2.0 · 2 Canons
3Lovageavg #2.0 · 2 Canons
4Matt Berryavg #3.0 · 2 Canons
5Promessaavg #3.0 · 2 Canons
6Woods of Ypresavg #3.0 · 2 Canons
7FROMSOFTWAREavg #3.5 · 2 Canons
8Hatchieavg #4.0 · 2 Canons
9Good Luckavg #4.5 · 2 Canons
10Square Enix Musicavg #5.3 · 3 Canons
11Milkyavg #5.5 · 2 Canons
12Miguelavg #5.7 · 3 Canons
13Fiveavg #5.8 · 3 Canons
14Polkadot Stingrayavg #6.0 · 2 Canons
15RAAHiiMavg #6.0 · 2 Canons
16Set It Offavg #6.2 · 2 Canons
17Kevin Ayersavg #6.3 · 2 Canons
18Ambleavg #6.5 · 2 Canons
19Arcaneavg #6.5 · 2 Canons
20Hurray For The Riff Raffavg #6.5 · 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

1,691 distinct genres, clustered into 10 recognisable scenes. Read from the latest Canon of every indexed listener.

Scene weight

Rock & Indie
8373 albums · 25%
Pop & Songwriting
5302 albums · 16%
Punk, Hardcore & Metal
5071 albums · 15%
Hip-Hop & Rap
2917 albums · 9%
Electronic & Dance
2754 albums · 8%
Ambient & Dream
1636 albums · 5%
Soul, R&B & Funk
994 albums · 3%
Experimental & Noise
622 albums · 2%

Most represented eras

2020s4644 albums 2010s4097 albums 2000s2986 albums 1990s1543 albums 1980s675 albums 1970s530 albums

Most represented release years

2024960 2025933 2023652 2022644 2021593 2019567 2020560 2018502 2017471 2015429
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
Voyage
ABBA
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
Felicilandia
Alvaro Diaz
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

1142 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
Slayyyter / WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
Year · Oct 2025 - Sep 2026
Private listener
302.35 per track
2
Charli xcx / Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat New
Year · Jun 2024 - May 2025
Private listener
257.34 per track
3
Taylor Swift / 1989 (Taylor's Version) New
Year · Nov 2023 - Oct 2024
Private listener
226.50 per track
4
Rose Gray / Louder, Please New
Year · Jan-Dec 2025
Private listener
211.66 per track
5
Lady Gaga / MAYHEM New
Year · Mar 2025 - Feb 2026
Private listener
164.85 per track
6
Poppy / Negative Spaces New
Year · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Private listener
140.53 per track
7
Madonna / CONFESSIONS II New
Year · Oct 2025 - Sep 2026
Private listener
138.90 per track
8
Slayyyter / STARFUCKER New
Year · Nov 2023 - Oct 2024
Private listener
133.33 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
Taylor Swift
Year · Nov 2023 - Oct 2024
Private listener
10,050 plays
2
Charli xcx New
Year · Jun 2024 - May 2025
Private listener
9,962 plays
3
Kylie Minogue New
Year · Jul 2024 - Jun 2025
Private listener
5,417 plays
4
Slayyyter New
Year · Oct 2025 - Sep 2026
Private listener
5,222 plays
5
Madonna
Year · Oct 2025 - Sep 2026
Private listener
4,592 plays
6
Tori Amos
Year · Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
Private listener
4,028 plays
7
Rush
Year · Aug 2025 - Jul 2026
Private listener
3,713 plays
8
Bob Dylan
Year · Oct 2025 - Sep 2026
Private listener
3,660 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
Charli xcx / Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat
Year · Jun 2024 - May 2025
Private listener
9,007 plays
2
Slayyyter / WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
Year · Oct 2025 - Sep 2026
Private listener
4,233 plays
3
Taylor Swift / 1989 (Taylor's Version)
Year · Nov 2023 - Oct 2024
Private listener
3,624 plays
4
Taylor Swift / THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY
Year · Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
Private listener
3,621 plays
5
Madonna / CONFESSIONS II
Year · Oct 2025 - Sep 2026
Private listener
2,778 plays
6
Rose Gray / Louder, Please
Year · Jan-Dec 2025
Private listener
2,540 plays
7
Lady Gaga / MAYHEM
Year · Mar 2025 - Feb 2026
Private listener
2,308 plays
8
Poppy / Negative Spaces
Year · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Private listener
2,108 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
Charli xcx / 360
Year · Jun 2024 - May 2025
Private listener
489 plays
2
Charli xcx / Von dutch
Year · Mar 2024 - Feb 2025
Private listener
450 plays
3
Charli xcx / B2b
Year · Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
Private listener
426 plays
4
Charli xcx / Club classics
Year · Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
Private listener
423 plays
5
Charli xcx / I might say something stupid
Year · Jun 2024 - May 2025
Private listener
416 plays
6
Charli xcx / Sympathy is a knife
Year · Jun 2024 - May 2025
Private listener
416 plays
7
Charli xcx / Talk talk
Year · Jun 2024 - May 2025
Private listener
399 plays
8
Charli xcx / Everything is romantic
Year · Jun 2024 - May 2025
Private listener
385 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
23-29 Aug 2024
Week
Private listener
2,554 plays
4
18-24 Oct 2024
Week
Private listener
2,535 plays
5
25-31 Oct 2024
Week
Private listener
2,383 plays
6
6-12 Jun 2025
Week
saschauxCAИON No. 025
2,132 plays
7
7-13 Nov 2025
Week
saschauxCAИON No. 025
2,028 plays
8
1-7 Nov 2024
Week
Private listener
1,859 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
Oct 2024
Month
Private listener
7,803 plays
5
Aug 2024
Month
Private listener
7,538 plays
6
Nov 2024
Month
Private listener
7,267 plays
7
Jan 2025
Month
Private listener
7,239 plays
8
Nov 2025
Month
saschauxCAИON No. 025
7,057 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
2026
22,208 plays
Private listener
7,788 artists
3
2024
70,629 plays
Private listener
7,474 artists
4
2026
50,307 plays
saschauxCAИON No. 025
7,008 artists
5
2025
37,136 plays
Private listener
6,545 artists
6
2025
17,847 plays
Private listener
6,443 artists
7
2024
20,696 plays
kynocerosCAИON No. 221
6,241 artists
8
2025
61,709 plays
saschauxCAИON No. 025
6,030 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.

Angèle & Soulwax
Trop
Not yet held in a Canon
The Avalanches
All The Time In The World (feat. Vegyn, Baby Marlboro & Rivers Cuomo)
Held in 24 Canons
TOMORA, AURORA & Tom Rowlands
Hold Me Let Go
Not yet held in a Canon
Shygirl
Mantra
Held in 4 Canons
Spiral XP
Faith Electric
Not yet held in a Canon

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Archive movement

Against the September 2026 snapshot

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

Listeners indexed
+29
Up since the September 2026 snapshot.
Canons generated
+86
New artefacts in the archive.
Plays archived
+1,187,697
Timestamped plays added to the ledger.
Albums indexed
+596
Distinct albums now held across all Canons.

New to the consensus top 20

New
Graduation
Kanye West
Held by 43 Canons

New Hall of Records entries

Charli xcx / Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat 257.34 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
Taylor Swift / 1989 (Taylor's Version) 226.50 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
Rose Gray / Louder, Please 211.66 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
Lady Gaga / MAYHEM 164.85 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
Poppy / Negative Spaces 140.53 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
Madonna / CONFESSIONS II 138.90 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
Slayyyter / STARFUCKER 133.33 per trackDeepest Album Obsession
Charli xcx 9,962 playsBiggest Artist Run
Kylie Minogue 5,417 playsBiggest Artist Run
Slayyyter 5,222 playsBiggest Artist Run

New consensus artists: Lorde. New shared #1s: THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY (Taylor Swift).

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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