Rotation

The insight

Oasis “Wonderwall” roughly doubled its daily streams during the 2026 World Cup.

Global Spotify rank went from 13 on 11 Jul to 1 on 15 Jul.

It was the second most Shazammed song in the world, across 54 markets.

The likely cause

England’s run is the obvious explanation, and we are still looking for a source that proves it. Until one turns up, the movement stands on its own: measured across 48 markets, dated, and checkable line by line.

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5M4M3M2M1M08 JUL10 JUL12 JUL14 JUL16 JUL17 JULBefore the knockouts, 2.4M a day4.6M. Number one in the world.

The Rotation chart · unedited

How it is calculated

Ranked by momentum: how fast a song is gaining ground across markets. Computed from the velocity ledger every morning and published exactly as computed. 25 of 50 shown.

  1. RankMoveTrack / ArtistScore
  2. 016WonderwallOasis76.9
  3. 0223IrisThe Goo Goo Dolls72.3
  4. 0320Self AwareTemper City71.5
  5. 0423End of BeginningDjo71.0
  6. 0528EoOBad Bunny70.9
  7. 0613Movin' To The SunHUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté70.8
  8. 079The One That Got AwayKaty Perry70.7
  9. 0818Love Me NotRavyn Lenae70.6
  10. 0920Sign of the TimesHarry Styles69.9
  11. 109Janice STFUDrake69.5
  12. 1139hate that i made you love meAriana Grande69.3
  13. 129RaindanceDave & Tems69.0
  14. 1313back to friendssombr68.8
  15. 1422EarringsMalcolm Todd68.0
  16. 1519FREAKED OUTFat Papi & prodshushy67.8
  17. 1628the cureOlivia Rodrigo66.2
  18. 1729SWIMBTS66.0
  19. 1816Man I NeedOlivia Dean65.0
  20. 19Newkiss meAriana Grande64.8
  21. 2046NORMALBTS64.8
  22. 2119Die With A SmileLady Gaga & Bruno Mars64.7
  23. 22912 to 12sombr64.4
  24. 2326Viva La VidaColdplay64.0
  25. 2420CreepRadiohead64.0
  26. 2516stupid songOlivia Rodrigo63.9
EARLY ON

The second axis

Ranked by concentration, not breadth: what is breaking hard in a few markets before the world has noticed. The chart above rewards a song for spreading; this one rewards a song for not having spread yet.

  1. RankTrack / ArtistConcentration
  2. 01Rey Sin ReinaJulión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda37.7Breaking incrgthnnisv
  3. 02MARULEZJnr Spragga37.3Breaking ingbzw
  4. 03WETJ.Y. Park35.9Breaking inbtcn
  5. 04Violence (feat. Kweku Smoke)Sarkodie35.0Breaking inbrghus
  6. 05Tú No Lo AmasAnuel AA34.8Breaking inarclcodoechnnipapepyuyve
  7. 06A las NueveNo Te Va Gustar34.5Breaking inarpyuy
  8. 07Un CocoBad Bunny33.8Breaking inechnsv
  9. 08IntroNinho32.1Breaking incofrsn
REVIVAL

The third axis

Ranked by movement weighted against the age of the recording. A new single climbing is what new singles do; a 1981 record reversing its trajectory is an event, and something caused it. The chart above has no notion of age and structurally cannot tell those apart.

  1. RankTrack / ArtistRevival
  2. 01IrisThe Goo Goo Dolls71.3recorded 1998, 28 years ago and climbing again
  3. 02CreepRadiohead70.2recorded 1992, 34 years ago and climbing again
  4. 03YellowColdplay67.0recorded 2000, 26 years ago and climbing again
  5. 04NumbLinkin Park64.8recorded 2003, 23 years ago and climbing again
  6. 05Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana62.8recorded 1999, 27 years ago and climbing again
  7. 06RosasLa Oreja de Van Gogh62.7recorded 2003, 23 years ago and climbing again
  8. 07Viva La VidaColdplay61.2recorded 2008, 18 years ago
  9. 08Billie JeanMichael Jackson59.8recorded 1999, 27 years ago and climbing again
WONDER

The fourth axis

Ranked by how many markets are asking what a song is. Shazam is a chart of NOT KNOWING: every row is somebody who heard something and had to ask. It moves on the day of the event rather than two days later, which makes it the earliest signal here.

  1. RankTrack / ArtistWonder
  2. 01DIGIDI DIGIDIDJ.ILHAM78.7asked about in 58 markets, best rank #2
  3. 02Mi Chico (Jason Derulo x Melody Version Slowed Down)DJ Goja, Jason Derulo & Melody78.5asked about in 57 markets, best rank #1
  4. 03180Db_ [130]Aphex Twin77.4asked about in 52 markets, best rank #1
  5. 04worry (Instrumental Slowed)LONOWN & riserayss77.4asked about in 52 markets, best rank #1
  6. 05(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me [Radio Version] [feat. Keyshia Cole]Sean Paul featuring Keyshia Cole74.5asked about in 41 markets, best rank #2
  7. 06TitaniumJulien Cohen74.4asked about in 41 markets, best rank #6
  8. 07OutroM8374.2asked about in 41 markets, best rank #11
  9. 08Brooklyn (Everyday Struggle Remix)Antal74.0asked about in 39 markets, best rank #1

Method

The Rotation chart ranks how fast a song is gaining ground across markets, not how big it is. Every score decomposes into named signals; every entry carries published receipts.

Data: Spotify, Shazam, Apple Music, YouTube · Chart: Rotation

Sources

  • applemusic
  • boomplay
  • deezer
  • flo
  • jiosaavn
  • kugou
  • netease
  • qq
  • shazam
  • spotify
  • turntable
  • youtube
What this chart cannot see
  • No TikTok measurement: the public sounds chart was removed in the TikTok One migration, and no vendor sells sound-level play counts because the platform does not publish them.
  • Geography is a Spotify-only signal. Every other source confirms that a song is moving, not where.

Published 2026-08-08 11:24 UTC