What is this?

Cultural Borders is an interactive map showing what people are actually listening to across different countries, regions, and cities. The data comes directly from YouTube Music Charts, which publishes real-time top 20 charts for around 4,700 locations worldwide. Tap any territory on the map to see the local charts for that place.

Modes

Switch between views using the bar at the bottom of the map.

• Tracks Map coloured by the #1 song in each territory. Tap to see the full local top 20.
• Artists Same idea but for artists — which artist dominates each territory.
• Discover One song per territory picked for being locally unique — something that barely charts anywhere else. Tap a country and it plays immediately.
• Languages Map coloured by the dominant language in each territory's top 20. Tap to see the full breakdown with percentages.

Colours

Each territory is coloured by whatever is #1 there. Territories that share the same #1 entry share the same colour, so you can see at a glance where tastes converge. The legend (top-left corner on desktop) lists the most widespread entries.

In Languages mode the colour reflects the majority language across the full top 20, not just the #1 song.