Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-37106624-20190817171110

I’ve mostly relied on YouTube view counts, the US Billboard Hot 100 (getting on the Billboard Hot 100, even a very low spot, is a very, very great honor.), comment counts on QQ Music and NetEase (163) Music, and numbers of Shazams. There are many websites that keep track of music data. What is the best measure of music popularity in terms of he United States and Worldwide? I live in the United States but I believe that people worldwide tend to look up to the US Billboard Hot 100.

Stringing the data together from multiple sources may be difficult.

Bias may occur since something may never popular in one particular geographical region but not others. 