Song Popularity Can Be Predicted Like Disease Infection

Song Popularity Can Be Predicted Like Disease InfectionTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1718, Segment 5

Oct 27, 2021 • 7m

Have you heard Adele’s new hit – Easy on Me? It broke Spotify’s record for the most streams on a single day. Now it’s number one on the Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart. Why do some songs go so big so fast? Mathematical analyst Dora Rosati has some new published work that finds new music spreads in a way that’s similar to the spread of an infectious disease.

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