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

3 pointsposted 3 days ago
by matteocantiello

3 Comments

rubenflamshep

3 days ago

Very cool! One small UI grip: When I play a song the control at appears in the bottom of the page blocks the footer on the main page.

I assume you looked into automating the charts for new countries/years. What were the blockers for that?

matteocantiello

3 days ago

Thanks! I'll fix that. Re charts: English-speaking countries were easy to scrape automatically, and recent charts for most countries were findable too. But older charts for non-English markets are a different story. For old Italian top 10s, for instance, I ended up relying on my own judgment and the fact that I speak the language. Trustable repos simply don't exist for a lot of that material. That's why I think crowdsourcing is the right call here, even if it's slower. And honestly, I like the idea of making this a collective exercise.

t23414321

3 days ago

Great ! Great ! And fun ! But.. and you can skip destinations only by 5 years :(

Waiting for more countries (like, in Africa).. and more than first 10 ??