{"id":3567,"slug":"african-share-two-period-comparison","title":"African share of Spotify’s daily chart streams, first six collection dates vs eight since","source":"Computed from this desk's african-presence-over-time dataset, 14 collection dates between 13 August and 4 September 2026","source_url":"https:\/\/kworb.net\/spotify\/","source_type":"computed","method":"african-presence-over-time carries one row per date this desk collected the full published Spotify Top 200 panel across all 75 country charts, 13 August to 4 September 2026 (14 dates; collection is irregular, gaps are missed collections not zeros). The series was split at the point industry attention turned to it: the first 6 dates (13, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24 August) against the 8 dates since (25, 27, 28, 30, 31 August, 1, 2, 4 September). mean_african_share_pct is the unweighted mean of the african_share column within each period, in percentage points, not a stream-weighted average. change_vs_period_1_pct is period 2's mean divided by period 1's mean, minus 1, times 100.","unit":"pct","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":"2026-09-04 19:43:07","n":2,"first_party":0,"columns":[{"key":"period","label":"Period","type":"text"},{"key":"date_range","label":"Dates","type":"text"},{"key":"n_dates","label":"Collection dates","type":"number"},{"key":"mean_african_share_pct","label":"Mean African share, %","type":"number"},{"key":"change_vs_period_1_pct","label":"Change vs Period 1, %","type":"number"}],"rows":[{"period":"Period 1","date_range":"13-24 Aug 2026","n_dates":6,"mean_african_share_pct":2.113,"change_vs_period_1_pct":0},{"period":"Period 2","date_range":"25 Aug-4 Sep 2026","n_dates":8,"mean_african_share_pct":1.919,"change_vs_period_1_pct":-9.2}]}