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Wednesday, November 02, 2005

How iTunes determines the TOP 100

Been wondering how the iTunes Music Store determines the TOP 100?

Here's what my source heard from someone inside Apple:
"Number of subscribes during the past week (I think), with subscribes from yesterday worth the most, and subscribes from a week ago worth the least. But there's also some magic in there somewhere, because people tried gaming the system at first and we somehow stopped it."