Topic: Weird Archive.org Question

[Matt Quinn]

Someone on PT today pointed out that the most downloaded Disco Biscuits show on Archive is 2007-05-20, which is sorta weird, since it's not all that popular amongst fans. The really weird part is it supposedly has 141,778 downloads....when most shows have about 20k or less. There's only one other that has topped 100k, and it's a pretty epic/legendary show, 9/1/01.

Could the download count be wrong?

[greenone]

Nope, download counts are accurate. Someone most likely has the player embedded in a popular page. Same thing is the reason the most-downloaded item on the LMA is an OAR show with 2.4 million downloads while the next ones are in the 300k range.

[Neilyboy]

So is that how the download count is totaled? If anyone even streams one song from the page it is considered a download?
It makes sense just always wondered that myself.

Neil

[greenone]

Yes. Any download (or downloads) from one page over a 24-hour period from one IP address counts as one download. So if you go to a show and stream the whole thing one day, that's one single download. If you go back the next day and just listen to one track, that's one download. If you go back the day after that and view the text file, that's one download.

[Neilyboy]

I see, thanks for the info.

Neil