{"id":8157,"slug":"african-chart-coverage-connected-2026-robustness","title":"Robustness of Spotify daily chart coverage of 25 African markets, by population, internet users and GNI, 2025\/2026 (connected_population)","source":"Recomputed from african-chart-coverage-connected-2026","source_url":"","source_type":"computed","method":"Sensitivity check on \"connected_population\" in the dataset african-chart-coverage-connected-2026, 25 rows carrying a value. Rows sorted by that column, then the totals recomputed with the largest rows dropped one scenario at a time, and again with named rows excluded. sum_change_pct and mean_change_pct are each scenario against the full set. A finding that moves sharply when a single row leaves is a finding about that row.","unit":"","license":"Afrobeats Wire's compilation and analysis are licensed CC BY 4.0. Rights in the underlying source data remain with the source named above.","confidence":"high","retrieved":"2026-10-25 13:46:30","n":25,"first_party":0,"columns":[{"key":"scenario","label":"Scenario","type":"text"},{"key":"n","label":"Rows","type":"number"},{"key":"sum","label":"Total","type":"number"},{"key":"mean","label":"Mean","type":"number"},{"key":"top_share_pct","label":"Largest row share, %","type":"number"},{"key":"sum_change_pct","label":"Change in total, %","type":"number"},{"key":"mean_change_pct","label":"Change in mean, %","type":"number"}],"rows":[{"scenario":"All rows","n":25,"sum":522822710,"mean":20912908.4,"top_share_pct":18.72,"sum_change_pct":0,"mean_change_pct":0},{"scenario":"Excluding the top 1 (Nigeria)","n":24,"sum":424937511,"mean":17705729.625,"top_share_pct":20.79,"sum_change_pct":-18.72,"mean_change_pct":-15.34},{"scenario":"Excluding the top 3 (Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa)","n":22,"sum":285841297,"mean":12992786.2273,"top_share_pct":12.85,"sum_change_pct":-45.33,"mean_change_pct":-37.87},{"scenario":"Excluding the top 5 (Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, Morocco)","n":20,"sum":214068016,"mean":10703400.8,"top_share_pct":13.88,"sum_change_pct":-59.06,"mean_change_pct":-48.82}]}