{"id":9482,"slug":"spotify-chart-capture-independent-denominator-oct-nov-2026","title":"Every capture share recomputed on an independent denominator, 12 African artists, 8 October to 5 November 2026","source":"kworb.net Spotify all-time artist totals, captured by this desk on 20 dates","source_url":"https:\/\/kworb.net\/spotify\/artists.html","source_type":"computed","method":"The denominator in spotify-chart-capture-by-artist-oct-nov-2026 is the Daily column of Spotify's all-time artist table. This dataset rebuilds every capture share without relying on that column's level. The same table reports each artist's cumulative all-time stream total, which updates in steps rather than every day, so it cannot be differenced day by day for an individual artist; across the full 28 calendar days from the first collection date, 8 October 2026, to the last, 5 November 2026, it can. implied_window_streams is the artist's cumulative total on 5 November minus the same total on 8 October. reported_window_streams is the mean of the artist's 20 Daily readings multiplied by the same 28 days. independent_ratio_pct is the first as a percentage of the second, and is a per-artist measure of how far the Daily column departs from the cumulative total it should sum to. independent_denominator rescales the artist's 20-date reported_daily_streams by that ratio, and capture_pct_independent is chart_streams divided by that rescaled denominator. The All 12 artists row sums the component columns and recomputes the ratios from those sums. Both denominators come from the same source page, which carries its own warning that the section is under construction, so this is an internal consistency check and not independent confirmation from Spotify.","unit":"","license":"Afrobeats Wire's compilation and analysis are licensed CC BY 4.0. 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