By the Numbers

Genre tags overlap — a song can wear more than one hat

6,631 song entries, 6,619 unique tracks, 567 hours of music across all34 status reports — roughly 23.6 days straight. Everything below is computed from the archive; the how is on the method page.

Top genres across all 34

jazz fusion793
jazz788
progressive rock650
free jazz639
avant-garde580
art rock534
experimental jazz417
psychedelic rock395
jazz funk371
hard bop307
classic rock275
experimental267
noise rock250
rock231
jazz ballads227

A track can wear several tags, so these overlap.

Most-featured artists

Frank Zappa123
King Crimson49
Kanye West25
Rush25
Robert Fripp24
Yes24
Bill Frisell23
Miles Davis22
Lana Del Rey21
Genesis19
Jack DeJohnette19
Pat Metheny19
Bob Dylan18
Charlie Hunter18
Nine Inch Nails18
The Smashing Pumpkins18
Neil Young17
The Rolling Stones17
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band16
Chick Corea16

Each artist counted separately on collaborations. Frank Zappa is in a league of his own — more than double the runner-up.

The extremes

329

songs — PS31 Iran So Far Away, ~27 hrs, the longest

106

songs — PS2 Are We Having Phun Yet, ~8.5 hrs, the shortest

Same two playlists at each end, whether by song count or duration.

Songs per report, 2021–2026

The reports got longer. Issue 2 was 106 songs; issue 31 ran to 329. Pick a column to open that report.

Table view

Issue	Songs	Share
#1	130	2.0%
#2	106	1.6%
#3	135	2.0%
#4	125	1.9%
#5	145	2.2%
#6	139	2.1%
#7	149	2.2%
#8	160	2.4%
#9	141	2.1%
#10	145	2.2%
#11	153	2.3%
#12	144	2.2%
#13	145	2.2%
#14	164	2.5%
#15	149	2.2%
#16	148	2.2%
#17	161	2.4%
#18	155	2.3%
#19	161	2.4%
#20	167	2.5%
#21	179	2.7%
#22	205	3.1%
#23	208	3.1%
#24	201	3.0%
#25	238	3.6%
#26	245	3.7%
#27	275	4.1%
#28	274	4.1%
#29	302	4.6%
#30	328	4.9%
#31	329	5.0%
#32	299	4.5%
#33	324	4.9%
#34	302	4.6%

When the music was made

1940s · 1 tracks1940s’40
1950s · 25 tracks1950s’50
1960s · 238 tracks1960s’60
1970s · 994 tracks1970s’70
1980s · 793 tracks1980s’80
1990s · 1,038 tracks1990s’90
2000s · 741 tracks2000s’00
2010s · 725 tracks2010s’10
2020s · 2,064 tracks2,0642020s’20

Release decade of all 6,619 unique tracks. The 2020s lead with 31% — new music, caught as it came out — and the 1990s are the deepest back catalogue at 1,038.

Table view

Decade	Tracks	Share
1940s	1	0.0%
1950s	25	0.4%
1960s	238	3.6%
1970s	994	15.0%
1980s	793	12.0%
1990s	1,038	15.7%
2000s	741	11.2%
2010s	725	11.0%
2020s	2,064	31.2%

How long the songs run

under 2 min · 283 tracksunder 2<2
2–4 min · 2,710 tracks2,7102–4
4–6 min · 2,087 tracks4–6
6–8 min · 747 tracks6–8
8–10 min · 348 tracks8–10
10–15 min · 282 tracks10–15
15–20 min · 103 tracks15–20
20+ min · 59 tracks20+

Most of the archive is a normal song length, but 444 tracks — 7% — run ten minutes or longer. That is the prog and free jazz showing up in the numbers.

Table view

Length (minutes)	Tracks	Share
under 2	283	4.3%
2–4	2,710	40.9%
4–6	2,087	31.5%
6–8	747	11.3%
8–10	348	5.3%
10–15	282	4.3%
15–20	103	1.6%
20+	59	0.9%