Last.fm ‘Average Age Calculator’
aatw says:
The Average Age Calculator is a simple script that calculates the average age of any Last.fm user’s ‘neighbours’ (people who listen to similar music) or fans of any artist.
The average age of my neighbours is 21. I’m 19.
toldorknown says:
I suspect this is more a function of the average last.fm user’s age than anything else. The average age of my neighbors is also 21. I’m … not 19.
Think I agree with toldorknown. It’s a great idea and I’m really into Last.FM, but not sure this app really gives great results. Average age of my neighbours is 22. While I am actually 21, I listen to a lot of “classic” music, which doesn’t seem to be reflected here.
But I can imagine how useful a fully-functional version of this would be music marketers if it could gather loads of demographic info about who actually listens to a band, rather than who the label thinks should listen to it.
Anyone else tried it? Especially those significantly younger/older than 21 ;-)
(BTW, I’m “bloodyawful” on Last.FM)
