Beatport chart history: how to see what's new on a chart
Beatport charts update daily but don't keep their own history. How to spot new entries, save snapshots and see what has arrived or dropped off.
On this page
- What a Beatport chart shows
- Why the history is hard to read anyway
- Use the release date as a shortcut
- DJ charts are snapshots already
- Keep your own snapshots
- A Beatport playlist
- A spreadsheet
- A tool that remembers for you
- A worked example: two weekly snapshots
- Turn chart changes into a shortlist
- Doing this with CatchIt!
Beatport's charts don't show their own history. Beatport's support center says the Top 100 and genre Top 100 charts update every day based on sales, but the chart pages we checked show only the current list, with no previous-position column or archive of earlier weeks. To see what's new on a chart, you compare it against your own record of the last time you looked: a snapshot in a spreadsheet, a Beatport playlist, or a tool that remembers the chart for you. The release date on each row is the quickest shortcut to spotting genuinely new tracks.
What a Beatport chart shows
A Beatport chart row on the Top 100 pages we captured on 3 October 2026 showed:
- Position in the chart.
- Title and mix name, such as Original Mix or Extended Mix.
- Artists, label and remixers.
- Genre, BPM and key. Genre pages show sub-genre instead.
- Release date.
- Price, and on some rows an Exclusive tag.
What's missing is movement: no arrow for climbers, no "new" badge, no last week's position. Beatport's app can share a graphic of a track's current Top 100 position; its App Store release notes describe "a custom graphic that displays the current chart position." That's the present, not a history.
Why the history is hard to read anyway
Beatport says its Top 100 and genre Top 100 charts "get updated every day, based on sales." That has two effects:
- Daily movement is noisy. A track can jump on a weekend sale spike and fall back on Monday. Comparing day to day mostly shows noise.
- Sales reflect buyers, not quality. A chart tells you what's selling in a genre, which is useful for spotting labels and artists, not a verdict on whether a track suits your sets.
A weekly comparison is usually more useful. It's long enough for real arrivals to show up and short enough that you don't miss them. That's a suggestion; adjust it to how fast your genre moves.
Use the release date as a shortcut
The fastest way to spot new music on a chart is the release date column. On the Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) Top 100 on 3 October 2026, the top ten included tracks released in May, July, August and September 2026. Sort them mentally into three groups:
- Released in the last week or two. Genuinely new; the ones to check first.
- Released in the last few months. Still selling; you may already know them.
- Older. Long-running sellers. Useful context, but rarely new to you.
The Hype charts are another shortcut. Beatport's page for labels says Hype is open to labels with sales of less than $25,000 in the past 12 months, with their own charts on home and genre pages. Smaller labels mean fewer tracks you've already heard everywhere. How to use Beatport charts explains the chart types in full.
DJ charts are snapshots already
Not every Beatport chart moves. The Top 100 and genre charts are sales charts, but a DJ chart is a list a DJ builds and publishes. Beatport's guide to creating one says a DJ chart holds 10 to 20 tracks, can include pre-orders, and can't be edited or removed once it's published. A published DJ chart is a fixed record of what that DJ picked at that moment.
So for DJ charts, the only history worth keeping is a note of which ones you've already been through, so a new one stands out.
Keep your own snapshots
If you want to know exactly what's arrived and what's gone, record the chart each time you check it.
A Beatport playlist
Beatport's support center describes a + button that creates a new playlist from the Beatport Top 10, and the same button adds any EP to a playlist. Name the playlist with the date. Next week, compare the new Top 10 against it. This only covers the Top 10, but it's quick and stays inside Beatport.
A spreadsheet
For a full Top 100 or a genre chart, copy the rows into a spreadsheet with one tab per date. Keep the position, artist, title, mix name and release date. Then compare tabs:
- New entries: in this week's tab, not last week's.
- Still charting: in both. Note big moves if you care.
- Dropped off: in last week's tab, not this week's.
It's manual, but after two or three weeks you'll have a picture of which labels and artists keep turning up in your genre.
A tool that remembers for you
Some tools record a chart each time you refresh it and mark what changed. That saves the copying, as long as you remember the comparison is only as frequent as your refreshes.
A worked example: two weekly snapshots
As an illustration, say you copied a genre's Top 10 into a spreadsheet last Saturday and again this Saturday. Comparing the two tabs gives three short lists:
| Group | Count | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| New this week | 3 | Listen first, and check the release dates |
| Still charting | 6 | Skip any you've already judged |
| Dropped off | 1 | Nothing, unless it was on your list to hear |
If the release dates show one of the new entries came out this week and the other two months ago, all three go on your list, but hear the fresh one first.
Turn chart changes into a shortlist
Knowing what's new is only useful if it ends in decisions. A routine that works:
- Check your charts on a set day each week.
- Pull out new entries and anything recent you haven't heard.
- Add them to your one list with everything else you've found that week, from mixes, Shazam and links.
- Listen properly and keep or reject each track.
- Buy the keepers and mark them bought.
If you play techno, finding new techno tracks shows how charts combine with labels and podcasts, and How to find and buy the tracks from a DJ set covers the same keep-or-reject step for tracklists. Is Beatport worth it? covers prices once you're ready to buy.
Doing this with CatchIt!
CatchIt! is a Mac app with a free iOS companion, and following a Beatport chart is one of its import types. It works as the "tool that remembers" described above.
- Follow a chart. Add the Top 100, Hype 100, a genre's Top 100 or Hype 100, or a DJ chart from the Add sheet's Chart card or the + in the sidebar's CHARTS section. The chart names itself.
- Refresh to compare. Press Refresh and CatchIt! re-reads the chart, updates positions, adds new tracks and marks those that dropped off. A message reports how many are new, how many are still charting and how many left the chart.
- See it at a glance. Each chart in the sidebar reads, for example, "↻ 3d ago · 4 new". Tracks that dropped off show left in the position column and sort last, and chips switch between All, Charting and Left.
- Manual only. There's no scheduled refresh. The comparison is always against your last refresh.
- Decide in the Inbox. Chart rows land in the Inbox with everything else: Return keeps a track and Space rejects it.
See Importing tracklists.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I see past Beatport charts?
- On the chart pages we checked, Beatport shows the current chart only, without a column for previous positions or an archive of earlier weeks. Beatport's app can share a graphic of a track's current Top 100 position. To compare over time, keep your own snapshots.
- How often do Beatport charts change?
- Beatport's support center says the Top 100 and genre Top 100 charts get updated every day, based on sales.
- How can I tell which tracks on a Beatport chart are new releases?
- Use the release date on each row. Beatport's chart pages list a release date next to every track, so you can sort out recent releases from older tracks that are still selling.
- What's the easiest way to snapshot a Beatport chart?
- Beatport's support center describes a + button that creates a new playlist from the Beatport Top 10. For longer charts, copy the rows into a spreadsheet with the date, or use a tool that records the chart each time you check it.
- Do Beatport DJ charts change after they're published?
- No. Beatport's guide to creating DJ charts says a chart can't be edited or removed once it's published, so each one stays a fixed list of 10 to 20 tracks.
Sources
- Beatport Support: How often do the Beatport Top 100 and Genre Top 100 charts get updated?
- Beatport: Top 100
- Beatport: Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) Top 100
- Beatport Support: New Add to Playlist Button
- App Store: Beatport: Music for DJs App
- Beatport for Labels: Hype
- Beatport Support: How do I create a DJ Chart / a Beatport Streaming Playlist?