official chart Top 50 YouTube Artists

[T-Swizz]

Of the artists on the Billboard Top 100 this spring, we looked at the 50 that were most watched on YouTube in the United States between January 2016 and April 2017. Each map shows relative popularity in different parts of the country. If one part of a map is lighter, it doesn’t mean people there weren’t watching the artist’s videos; it just means fans were more likely to listen to a variety of other artists.

 

 

1. Future 

2. Rihanna

 

3. Twenty One Pilots

4. Justin Bieber 

5. Kevin Gates

6. The Chainsmokers 

7. Rae Sremmurd

8. Beyoncé 

9. The Weekend

10. Ariana Grande

 

 

The rest

[FutureHive]

hooray for Future i guess

[T-Swizz]

1 minute ago, FutureHive said:

hooray for Future i guess

The West paying him complete dust.

[Smilers]

surprised to see black artists dominating bible belt  

[alexanderao]

Excellent job by the NYT. This confirms a lot of what I see when I post the YouTube weekly recaps (namely, urban music having a huge advantage in the South and a decent one in the Southwest and Eastern Seaboard, and less offensive pop and alt reigning in rural areas/the north Great Plains). 

[brainmaniac]

8 minutes ago, T-Swizz said:

Of the artists on the Billboard Top 100 this spring, we looked at the 50 that were most watched on YouTube in the United States between January 2016 and April 2017. Each map shows relative popularity in different parts of the country. If one part of a map is lighter, it doesn’t mean people there weren’t watching the artist’s videos; it just means fans were more likely to listen to a variety of other artists.

 

 

1. Future 

2. Rihanna

 

3. Twenty One Pilots

4. Justin Bieber 

5. Kevin Gates

6. The Chainsmokers 

7. Rae Sremmurd

8. Beyoncé 

9. The Weekend

10. Ariana Grande

 

 

The rest

Interesting that The Weeknd's popularity in these states is more similar to the white artists than the black artists. I guess he is getting more and more pop 

[Tutankhamun]

Why is The Weeknd so popular in Dakota? 

 

[Pavement Princess]

Cali ****ing with The Weeknd. 

[ISlayForX]

 Interesting. Jason De Rulo and The Weeknd are a special caso of study. Adele is legit global, so is Shakira.

[FutureHive]

16 minutes ago, T-Swizz said:

The West paying him complete dust.

he is a southern rapper

[T-Swizz]

I'm surprised Drake is so low, he's a streaming beast.

[FutureHive]

13 minutes ago, brainmaniac said:

Interesting that The Weeknd's popularity in these states is more similar to the white artists than the black artists. I guess he is getting more and more pop 

time to remove him from my sig he's not black anymore 

[Rap God]

11. Eminem

 

Edited August 7, 2017 by Rap God

[liberalmusiclover]

The South STANNING for Rihanna.  AHH My ****ing region stanning for my ****ing fave.  

[alexanderao]

3 minutes ago, T-Swizz said:

I'm surprised Drake is so low, he's a streaming beast.

His team actually hates YouTube. The last time he's uploaded an official video during a song's chart run was fall 2015 for Hotline Bling.

 

Not only did One Dance not have a video, they actively removed any video that featured the song (except for one– the SNL performance)

[Timber]

1. Rihanna

2. Beyonce

3. Ariana

 

This pattern is the same as the Spotify followers list. Queens of all forms of streaming. 

 

[Tsuko]

lol at Future's and Twenty One Pilots's maps basically being the inverse of each other.

 

And Kevin Gate's map.

[Samson]

very insightful

[yamiyuuuu]

I love this s**t.

[geo]

You can see the black belt in the south

[Solar]

Gaga queen of Alaska 

[NumbSoul]

Rihanna  

[IBeMe]

yass Shakira! 

slay the south and Utah  

Edited August 7, 2017 by IBeMe

[JianJian]

9 hours ago, Rap God said:

11. Eminem

 

White people love Eminem.

[umich]

16. Katy Perry

 

 

"West Coast, represent" indeed.