Fun With Big Music Data: We Now Know Who’s Popular Where

The thing about using a streaming music service is that every time you log in, you add more information to that cloud of digital smog that follows you about. The music industry is very interested in your smog because when collated together with everyone else’s, it’s possible to construct some very cool big picture items.

Who, for example, might have guessed that Drake was the most-listened-to artist in Oklahoma, Nevada, Louisiana, New Mexico and Rhode Island? Or that Alt-J is is super-hot in Vermont? Or that Imagine Dragons’ best enclave is South Dakota?

Here’s everything mapped out by Music Machinery. Click the link for even more date.