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State of ListenBrainz 2023

Where Music Meets Data

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- lucifer

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411

pull requests since last summit

23.7 K

all time users

67

releases since last summit

4.3 K

new users registered this year�(so far)

145 M

new listens submitted this year (so far)

all time listens

759 M

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ListenBrainz website on 2022-10-07 :-)

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ListenBrainz website on 2023-10-02 :-D

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GSoC Projects 2022

  • Had final touches pending at the time of last summit
  • All have now been integrated completely
  • Timezone preferences - yuzie
  • Personal recommendations - riksucks
  • MLHD+ - Pratha-Fish
  • Fresh Releases - chinmay

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GSoC Projects 2023

  • Dataset Hoster Improvements - pixelpenguin
  • Apple Music Integration - vscode
  • Similar Artists Visualizer - arsh
  • All are currently a WIP but hope to integrate them soon

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New Data Dumps

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Spotify Metadata Cache

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  • Local cache of entire spotify catalog metadata

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  • Used in exporting LB recommendations/ playlists to Spotify

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  • Apple metadata cache under development on similar lines

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Manual MBID Mapping

  • Automatic mapping doesn’t always work

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  • Some users want precise mappings

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  • Allow users to manually link their listens to preferred recordings

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Listener Stats

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Similarity �Datasets

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Popularity Datasets

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ListenBrainz Art Creator

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SoundCloud Integration

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Year in Music

  • Many improvements over the inaugural edition
  • Moar cover art
  • Easier sharing options
  • Older YIM reports (2021) still available

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Statistics

  • Handle artist credits better
  • Add cover art to track and album stats
  • Use release-groups for album stats

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Playlists

  • All recommendations now delivered in form of playlists
  • Daily Jams, Weekly Jams, Weekly Exploration
  • Export to JSPF, Export to Spotify

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ListenBrainz Radio

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Miscellaneous

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  • Listen Table Schema Migration
  • Make ListenCard options consistent across website
  • Listen Submission API validation improvements
  • React 18, Typescript 4, Python 3.11 upgrades

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Miscellaneous

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  • Use Kombu as RabbitMQ client
  • Update MB Metadata Cache incrementally
  • Improve docker build performance
  • Remove artist msids and release msids

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thank you!

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