Music Charts & Insights

YouTube Charts allow you to view the hottest artists, songs, and music videos from around the world. We occasionally update our Charts criteria — check back here for updates.

Daily YouTube Charts

The following charts are updated daily based on YouTube views.

Trending chart

The Trending chart gives you a look into what’s new and hot in music. Songs are ranked based on popularity upon release. The Trending Chart is updated a few times a day.

Daily Top Music Videos

The Daily Top Music Videos chart refreshes daily and highlights the most viewed official music videos on YouTube.

Daily Top Songs on Shorts

Top Songs on Shorts recognizes song performance across YouTube Shorts. Songs are ranked daily, based on the total number of Shorts created that feature the song.

Weekly YouTube Charts

The following charts are updated based on weekly YouTube views.

Weekly Top Songs

The Weekly Top Songs chart highlights the most played songs on YouTube. This chart combines the total views for each official version of a song, including:
  • The official music video
  • User-made videos with the official song
  • Lyric videos

Weekly Top Artists

The Weekly Top Artists chart celebrates the most popular artists on YouTube. Artists are ranked in this chart using the total view count across an artist’s entire discography, including:
  • Official music videos
  • User-made videos with the official song
  • Official live performances
  • Remixes
  • Lyric videos
  • Album songs
  • Collaborations

Weekly Top Music Videos

The Weekly Top Music Videos chart highlights the most popular official music videos on the platform, based on view count.

Weekly Top Songs on Shorts

Top Songs on Shorts recognizes song performance within YouTube Shorts. Songs are ranked weekly, based on the total number of Shorts created that feature the song.

Learn more about YouTube Charts

Available locations

YouTube Charts is available to 61 countries or regions around the world:

  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Guatemala
  • Germany
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Kenya
  • Luxembourg
  • Mexico
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • Norway
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Serbia
  • South Korea
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Tanzania
  • Turkey
  • Uganda
  • UK
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Uruguay
  • US
  • Zimbabwe

Expect more charts about your favorite songs and artists will roll out soon.

How are YouTube Charts calculated?

YouTube Charts break down the most viewed music on YouTube by song, video, artist, and Shorts.

  • Top Song charts rank song performance on YouTube, based on overall view count. YouTube generates daily and weekly charts for Top Songs by combining official song views across the following video types:
    • The official music video
    • User-generated content that uses the official song
    • Lyric videos
  • Top Music Video charts rank official music performance by video view count. YouTube generates daily and weekly charts for Top Music Videos.
  • Top Songs on Shorts rank the top 50 songs featured in Shorts. Songs are ranked based on the total number of Shorts created that feature the song. YouTube generates daily and weekly charts for Top Songs on Shorts.
  • Weekly Top Artists ranks the top 100 artists by total views. An artist’s total views are based on the combined song views attributed to the artist on YouTube.

To make sure that YouTube Charts reflect the most relevant movements in music, songs that have been charting for a few months and do not show significant viewership growth may be removed from YouTube Charts per our policies.

Note: Paid advertising views on YouTube don’t count toward YouTube Charts.

YouTube Music Insights

Music Insights shows you what’s popular in cities and regions around the world. Use the Insights tool to view top artists in a given location, or to find out where an artist’s music is trending.

Music Insights ranks artists by combining the total view count across official songs, which includes:

  • Official music videos
  • User-generated videos containing the official song
  • Lyric videos
Note: Shorts views are excluded from the total view count.

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