▲ BY THE NUMBERS
48,000
TRACKS.
SORTED FAST.
Tracks heard, caught on the spot and decided in seconds. Most don't make the cut. That's the point.
01
DECISIONS TAKE SECONDS.
6 s
■ KEPT ■ REJECTED · ONE BAR = ONE TRACK
A median of 6 s per track. Return keeps it, Space rejects it, and the next one is up.
02
SOME TAKE LONGER, ON PURPOSE.
48%
0–5 s
22%
5–10 s
12%
10–20 s
8%
20–60 s
10%
60+ s
← LISTENED IN THE
BUILT-IN PLAYER
BUILT-IN PLAYER
SHARE OF DECISIONS BY TIME TO DECIDE
70% of decisions come in under 10 s. 1 in 10 take over a minute, when a DJ plays the track in the built-in player and listens properly before choosing. Fast when it's obvious, careful when it matters.
03
MOST TRACKSDON'T STAY.
SHAZAM CAPTURES · 154 OF 522 KEPT
29.5% KEPT
69.7% REJECTED
0.8% OPEN ■
DJ-SET TRACKLISTS · 498 OF 3,286 KEPT
15.2%
84.8% REJECTED
Hearing a track you like is easy. Deciding it belongs in your sets is a different bar. From tracklists, about 1 in 7 makes it.
04
THE SAME TRACKS COME BACK.
About 1 in 8 tracks get caught again at another set or on another night.