{"id":9405,"slug":"itunes-apple-purchase-streaming-gap-corrected-2026-robustness","title":"Robustness of iTunes Store Top Songs slots that never reach the same African market’s Apple Music streaming chart, 17 markets, 16 August to 6 November 2026 (never_slots)","source":"Recomputed from itunes-apple-purchase-streaming-gap-corrected-2026","source_url":"","source_type":"computed","method":"Sensitivity check on \"never_slots\" in the dataset itunes-apple-purchase-streaming-gap-corrected-2026, 17 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":"count","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":"2026-11-07 13:48:57","n":17,"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":17,"sum":79190,"mean":4658.2353,"top_share_pct":7.9,"sum_change_pct":0,"mean_change_pct":0},{"scenario":"Excluding the top 1 (Namibia)","n":16,"sum":72937,"mean":4558.5625,"top_share_pct":8,"sum_change_pct":-7.9,"mean_change_pct":-2.14},{"scenario":"Excluding the top 3 (Namibia, Kenya, Egypt)","n":14,"sum":61329,"mean":4380.6429,"top_share_pct":9.34,"sum_change_pct":-22.55,"mean_change_pct":-5.96},{"scenario":"Excluding the top 5 (Namibia, Kenya, Egypt, Uganda, Zimbabwe)","n":12,"sum":50342,"mean":4195.1667,"top_share_pct":10.35,"sum_change_pct":-36.43,"mean_change_pct":-9.94}]}