METHODOLOGY & SOURCES
To find the most listened-to artist in each country in 2022, we located each country's page on the YouTube Video Music Charts and isolated the top artist and country ranked by the number of views in the last 12 months.
The most listened-to song in each country in 2022 was similarly found by filtering for the last 12 months on each country's page on the YouTube Video Music Charts.
To find the most listened-to artist of each genre in each country, we first compiled a seed list of the most popular old-school artists in the rock, hip-hop, classical and country music genres. Each artist on the seed list was then searched on the YouTube Video Music Charts to find their individual page, e.g., for
2Pac. Then we set the time frame filter for "12 months" and the location filter for "global." We could then find view counts for that artist in each country.
Finally, we ranked the top 10 global songs and artists by combining views across countries for top songs and by using an artist's total view count for the past 12 months as listed on their YouTube Charts page.
It should be noted that view counts for top songs on YouTube (those listed on the country pages on Youtube Charts) are sometimes smaller than view counts on Youtube Charts. More information on how views are calculated can be found on the
Music Charts and Insights page.
Our data was collected between the 24th and 28th of October 2022.
