Capcom Sound TeamSurfing randomly on last.fm, I found an entry on KingMengHuo journal, what was talking about how to get a kind of mainstream index.
The way to get it is quite simple:
1.- List your top 20 artists and then get the total listeners for each one.
2.- Add up the total of listeners of all your 20 top artists, and get that value between 20, that will be your top mainstream index.
3.- Now, divide your top mainstream index between the total of listeners of Radiohead or Coldplay, who are the two most followed artist on last.fm (Remember, either choice will change your index)
4.- The result is your personal mainstream index, only multiply it for 100 to get it in percentage.
Here we are, the procedure for my top 20
01 - 植松伸夫 - 159,461
02 - Capcom Sound Team - 19,157
03 - 下村陽子 - 54,355
04 - 菅野よう子 - 157,658
05 - 山根ミチル - 2,780
06 - III - 3,233
07 - 近藤浩治 - 52,944
08 - コナミ矩形波倶楽部 - 833
09 - 光田康典 - 42,522
10 - 横田真人 - 55
11 - 高橋雄蔵 - 13
12 - 浜渦正志 - 9,290
13 - soundTeMP - 9,615
14 - 桜庭統 - 33,691
15 - 有澤孝紀 - 356
16 - EtlanZ - 338
17 - エクセルシア - 157+1 (*)
18 - 仲野順也 - 4,675
19 - 青木佳乃 - 1,372
20 - 藤森崇多 - 25
(*) Aclaration: For this artist, I'm taking the romanized total listeners plus me, instead of the one listed, because I'm the only one that prefers "エクセルシア" over "Excelsia", the romanized way.
The Procedure
----------- Overal of Listeners: 552531
----------- Divided by 20: 27626.55
----------- Divided between listeners of Radiohead: 0.01390832448956166441
----------- Multiplied by 100: 1.39%
So, the procedure gives to me that I'm just 1.39% close to mainstream... just totally away from the mainstream!
I know that some may argue that there are several factors that may just change that value, and that is right, but this procedure just gives a quick snapshot about how mainstream you are.
Have fun!
The way to get it is quite simple:
1.- List your top 20 artists and then get the total listeners for each one.
2.- Add up the total of listeners of all your 20 top artists, and get that value between 20, that will be your top mainstream index.
3.- Now, divide your top mainstream index between the total of listeners of Radiohead or Coldplay, who are the two most followed artist on last.fm (Remember, either choice will change your index)
4.- The result is your personal mainstream index, only multiply it for 100 to get it in percentage.
Here we are, the procedure for my top 20
01 - 植松伸夫 - 159,461
02 - Capcom Sound Team - 19,157
03 - 下村陽子 - 54,355
04 - 菅野よう子 - 157,658
05 - 山根ミチル - 2,780
06 - III - 3,233
07 - 近藤浩治 - 52,944
08 - コナミ矩形波倶楽部 - 833
09 - 光田康典 - 42,522
10 - 横田真人 - 55
11 - 高橋雄蔵 - 13
12 - 浜渦正志 - 9,290
13 - soundTeMP - 9,615
14 - 桜庭統 - 33,691
15 - 有澤孝紀 - 356
16 - EtlanZ - 338
17 - エクセルシア - 157+1 (*)
18 - 仲野順也 - 4,675
19 - 青木佳乃 - 1,372
20 - 藤森崇多 - 25
(*) Aclaration: For this artist, I'm taking the romanized total listeners plus me, instead of the one listed, because I'm the only one that prefers "エクセルシア" over "Excelsia", the romanized way.
The Procedure
----------- Overal of Listeners: 552531
----------- Divided by 20: 27626.55
----------- Divided between listeners of Radiohead: 0.01390832448956166441
----------- Multiplied by 100: 1.39%
So, the procedure gives to me that I'm just 1.39% close to mainstream... just totally away from the mainstream!
I know that some may argue that there are several factors that may just change that value, and that is right, but this procedure just gives a quick snapshot about how mainstream you are.
Have fun!
