Observatory
The Observatory is tracking 340 listener archives, 363 generated Canons and 1,202,847 archived plays. The wider map of the listening world, and where your Canon sits inside it.
First Observatory snapshot captured 2026-06-10. Movement appears from the next snapshot.
Find your place in the listening world.Generate your Canon to receive a Canon Number, a Taste Family and your place in the Observatory.
Build your CanonFirst Observatory snapshot captured 2026-06-10. From the next monthly snapshot, this section shows what moved: listeners indexed, new consensus entries, family population shifts and new Hall of Records entries. Nothing here is estimated, deltas only appear once two real snapshots exist.
The current population across the six sonic families. This is the shape of the cohort right now, not a fixed distribution.
The records and artists the Observatory holds in common. Aggregate only, never tied to a named listener.
Top Canon Albums
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Top Canon Artists
Most Common Top-10 Albums
Most Common #1 Albums
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
Strongest Average Placement
Average Canon rank of the artist's albums, across listeners who hold them. Minimum two Canons.
1,059 distinct genres, clustered into 10 recognisable scenes. Read from the latest Canon of every indexed listener.
Scene Weight
Most Represented Eras
Most Represented Release Years
Albums held by a single Canon, ranked inside its top 5. The archive's quietest strong signals. Rarity here is a feature, not a verdict.
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#1707 albums currently sit in exactly one Canon's top 5.
Generate your Canon to see the records and artists that make your own signal rare.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Most total plays inside one calendar month.
Record Boards require timestamped Last.fm history. Boards reflect available archives, so deeper backfills appear more often.
Most distinct artists inside one calendar year.
Record Boards require timestamped Last.fm history. Boards reflect available archives, so deeper backfills appear more often.
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.
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