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Nneka Obi

Nneka Obi covers measurement for Afrobeats Wire: what the charts, panels and registries actually record about African music, and what they leave out. She builds the datasets her pieces run on, and every figure she publishes is downloadable.

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Data November 14, 2026

Nigeria’s Mobile-Cellular Rate Ranks 22nd of 25 Tracked African Markets. Eighteen of the 21 With No Spotify Chart At All Rank Above It

Nigeria has 70.76 mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 people, the 22nd-highest rate of 25 tracked African markets. Eighteen of the 21 African markets with no published Spotify…

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Africa’s Banked Export Share on Spotify’s Charts Has Taken Only Two Values in 20 Readings. One French Chart Row Decides Which

November 13, 2026

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Eight African artists are in Spotify’s all-time top 1,000, and their catalogues grow 1.5 times faster than the board

November 12, 2026

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Nigeria’s Lead Credits Have Banked Zero Spotify Chart Streams Outside Africa. Its Featured Credits Have Banked 2,009,466,248, 21.3 Times the Measured Export Column

November 12, 2026

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South Africa’s Spotify Chart Posted Its First Weekly Drop in African-Origin Share in Six Readings Since 17 August, Down 0.73 Points to 17.90 Per Cent. One Artist Holds 24.05 Per Cent of the African Total

November 12, 2026

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Spotify and Deezer Chart the Same Four African Markets. 87.7 Per Cent of What’s on Deezer Never Appears on Spotify the Same Day

November 11, 2026

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56.7 Per Cent of New Entries on Africa’s Daily Music Charts Are Records That Had Already Charted There. On Spotify’s Four African Charts It Is 76.9 Per Cent

November 10, 2026

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On Their Own Spotify Charts, 52.40 Per Cent of African-Origin Entries Have Outlasted This Desk’s Entire 83-Day Chart Record. Only 38.06 Per Cent of Imports Have

November 9, 2026

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Deezer’s African Number One Turns Over on 80 Per Cent of Days. Shazam’s Turns Over on 10.9425 Per Cent. Same 8 Feeds, Same Window, 7.3109 Times Apart

November 9, 2026

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South Africa’s Spotify Panel Streams Rose 38.73 Per Cent in a Day. Two Artists Absent the Day Before Explain 63.41 Per Cent of It

November 9, 2026

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