{"id":9455,"slug":"african-export-share-monthly-means-aug-nov-2026","title":"African music’s Spotify chart share and export share, monthly means, August to November 2026","source":"kworb.net Spotify daily country charts, artist origin from MusicBrainz and this desk's editorial overrides","source_url":"https:\/\/kworb.net\/spotify\/","source_type":"computed","method":"Every reading in this desk's african-presence-over-time series (58 collection dates, 13 August to 5 November 2026) grouped by calendar month of the collection date, then each column averaged unweighted across the readings in that month. Unweighted means every collection date counts once regardless of how many streams the panel carried that day, which is the conservative choice because it stops a single high-volume Friday from setting a month's level. readings is the number of collection dates falling in that month, and the months are of unequal length: August covers 13 August onward and November covers only 2, 3 and 5 November, so the November row is three readings and is labelled as such rather than being presented as a settled monthly level. export_share_mean is the share of African-origin artists' own charted streams that was earned on charts outside the four African markets Spotify publishes a daily chart for. change_vs_august_pct and change_mom_pct are computed on export_share_mean only. Spotify's global chart is excluded throughout because it aggregates the country charts and would double count.","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":"medium","retrieved":"2026-11-08 01:51:05","n":4,"first_party":0,"columns":[{"key":"month","label":"Month","type":"text"},{"key":"readings","label":"Collection dates","type":"number"},{"key":"export_share_mean","label":"Export share, mean %","type":"number"},{"key":"change_vs_august_pct","label":"Export share vs August, %","type":"number"},{"key":"change_mom_pct","label":"Export share month on month, %","type":"number"},{"key":"african_share_mean","label":"African share of all charted streams, mean %","type":"number"},{"key":"markets_mean","label":"Markets carrying any African artist, mean","type":"number"},{"key":"artists_mean","label":"African artists charting, mean","type":"number"}],"rows":[{"month":"August 2026","readings":11,"export_share_mean":2.296,"change_vs_august_pct":0,"change_mom_pct":0,"african_share_mean":2.324,"markets_mean":10.727,"artists_mean":106.273},{"month":"September 2026","readings":21,"export_share_mean":1.697,"change_vs_august_pct":-26.1,"change_mom_pct":-26.1,"african_share_mean":2.362,"markets_mean":8.191,"artists_mean":113.905},{"month":"October 2026","readings":23,"export_share_mean":1.335,"change_vs_august_pct":-41.9,"change_mom_pct":-21.3,"african_share_mean":2.542,"markets_mean":7.783,"artists_mean":111.609},{"month":"November 2026","readings":3,"export_share_mean":1.14,"change_vs_august_pct":-50.4,"change_mom_pct":-14.6,"african_share_mean":2.542,"markets_mean":7.667,"artists_mean":110.333}]}