Music Video Reach

How reach works

Reach

Reach counts countries and territories where a video appeared in a recorded chart during the selected dates. Each country or territory counts once, whether the video appeared on one day or many.

Weighted reach

Each country or territory contributes points using the video's best chart position during those same dates. A #1 adds 1 point, #50 adds 0.51, and #100 adds 0.01. Add those contributions for the total.

Per country: (101 − best rank) ÷ 100.

For example, #1 in one country and #50 in another give a reach of 2 and weighted reach of 1.51.

Longer periods give videos more chances to chart in more countries or achieve a better rank.

These scores describe recorded chart appearances, not how many people watched. Missing observations can reduce measured reach.

About the data

The data shown here comes from the publicly available YouTube Data API and is collected daily at 6am. Supplied Music categories can be inaccurate; documented corrections exclude known non-music channels.

We include records from July 24, 2025 onward. YouTube changed how it populates its charts that month, making earlier records unsuitable for direct comparison.

Some daily charts are missing or have fewer than 100 entries, which can reduce measured reach. Channels without a recorded or researched origin appear as Unknown origin.

Channel origin describes an artist or group's origin, or a channel operator's base. Reach counts recorded charts worldwide. We apply researched corrections for resolved cases. Older recorded origins may be unverified, and unresolved reviews apply no correction. Reviewed curators publishing music by unrelated artists are marked Shared catalog rather than assigned a country.

Shared catalogs keep their worldwide reach scores outside individual country totals. Label channels retain their publisher's country affiliation.

Monthly reports cover completed calendar months within the available observation range. A completed calendar window can still contain collection gaps; each report discloses its coverage.

Rankings use worldwide observations for videos identified as Music (category 10) after documented category corrections, with the same reach calculations and tie rules as the main list. Publication dates do not determine which month a video appears in.

Missing charts are not filled with repeated observations or zeros.