# Are your last.fm charts exponential or logarithmic? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 24, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012 "2024-09-24T12:50:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zeus](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/zeus/32/89310_2.png) [@zeus](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/zeus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/1 "2024-09-24T12:50:27Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/1))_ This one’s pretty simple. Here’s a visualization: This would be an example of an exponential listening habit, courtesy of @wing. ![image](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/e/6e35e858f8a8269fa48b4103ecab03166e5a2b2e.png) Something linear courtesy of @Missa ![image](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/e/aed54bfad17688d94731be7f8f1dd2ec936583d4.jpeg) And my charts, which are logarithmic and quite unusual ![image](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/1/911c5c6eef0dc9e74d78809b2b597eb78ebac5e7.png) We limited it to the last year. What’s yours? ---
**Author:** ![etrange](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/etrange/32/27730_2.png) [@etrange](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/etrange)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/2 "2024-09-24T14:00:20Z")
It just looks good… ![IMG_0790](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/f/cff2bd528db7cdb6105aa60b6704a418f696dac8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![seelentau](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/seelentau/32/778_2.png) [@seelentau](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/seelentau)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/3 "2024-09-24T14:32:48Z")
like this, for the last 365 days: ![grafik](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/b/9b0c215f60d86de19c9fbfc3a0c720a2e7c44cb9.png) ---
**Author:** ![JohnN](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/johnn/32/15798_2.png) [@JohnN](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/JohnN)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/4 "2024-09-24T15:35:05Z")
![IMG_20240924_173348](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/8/d8702b0fc352a538cc7467f8349a5a2757d1b8eb.jpeg) It seems for me it’s dependent on the volume of material for some bands ---
**Author:** ![Rena](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/rena/32/84321_2.png) [@Rena](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Rena)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/5 "2024-09-24T15:44:44Z")
![1000035378](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/0/505465479059577e259b02c19d6e256e8cd6b71b.jpeg) I think that’s exponential ---
**Author:** ![zeus](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/zeus/32/89310_2.png) [@zeus](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/zeus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/6 "2024-09-24T18:04:56Z")
I charted mine out in Excel: ![image](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/8/f8a24366c33c1391862ccb8a37ad36eeb1d6612b.png) ---
**Author:** ![blacktooth](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/blacktooth/32/83015_2.png) [@blacktooth](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/blacktooth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/7 "2024-09-24T23:11:20Z")
You tempt me greatly. ---
**Author:** ![zeus](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/zeus/32/89310_2.png) [@zeus](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/zeus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/8 "2024-09-24T23:32:31Z")
I’m waiting to find someone whose charts are as densely packed as mine. What’s also pretty cool is that I calculated the trend line. So x is the rank the artist comes in for the year, and the answer y is an approximation of how many plays I should have racked up for them. I took 30 as a good starting point. -95.84ln(30)+394.17 is roughly 68. ![image](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/0/00c16c0d360f18d78ed24acf425b1f71097d0527.png) Not a bad estimation! And the trend line is indeed just barely above the dot on my graph so it lines up. ---
**Author:** ![badymaru](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/badymaru/32/62166_2.png) [@badymaru](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/badymaru)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/9 "2024-09-25T04:15:25Z")
![image](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/1/4186328b77b2d1e79eb8feffc4cb7ab7abf8518a.jpeg) Wish there was an easy way to clean up my last.fm metadata without paying for pro, some of my scrobbles are a mess 😔 I think this would be considered Linear? ---
**Author:** ![Yukina](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/yukina/32/77536_2.png) [@Yukina](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Yukina)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/10 "2024-09-25T04:40:31Z")
![image](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/2/c2d25dd5c35d7e03fe40bf1977961747266ac2e1.png) I never thought about it lol ---
**Author:** ![blacktooth](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/blacktooth/32/83015_2.png) [@blacktooth](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/blacktooth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/11 "2024-10-05T02:01:53Z")
![Scrobbles vs. Artist](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/a/4a7ed4c958059b0f6526e9528d6f92fb8c1d98ac.png) If not for my top two artists the logarithmic trend would be a really good fit. ![Top 48 Artists (less deg and c≠g)](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/5/852497b98e11ad83ff372d8aa50a9e71dde8b55b.png) Okay it’s not that different. ---
**Author:** ![foccius](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/foccius/32/48160_2.png) [@foccius](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/foccius)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/12 "2024-10-05T16:16:58Z")
I think I like Buck-Tick ![1000045661](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/1/018f0dc34da0130af92ae3a6d85a1fdc724395d7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ExistentialDread](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/existentialdread/32/46026_2.png) [@ExistentialDread](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/ExistentialDread)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/are-your-lastfm-charts-exponential-or-logarithmic/12012/13 "2024-10-06T18:24:27Z")
I guess it’s linear ![IMG_20241006_202351](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/4/84c9f4c4103d18e797db8f52f83747bf94e79452.jpeg)