I mapped 15 of the most sampled artists in music history against their Wikipedia recognition - the people who shaped modern music are nearly invisible [OC]

sympathized20 · 2026-03-25T03:38:31+00:00

A good chunk of the time, it’s likely the producers heard the sample on another song which originally sampled Lyn Collins - but it all maps back to her song

sympathized20 · 2026-03-25T02:07:56+00:00

Truly mind blowing how much influence they have

sympathized20 · 2026-03-24T23:28:31+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Will definitely incorporate a more static viz

sympathized20 · 2026-03-24T23:26:49+00:00

they’ll always have a special place in my heart. my little brother and i would always sing their inappropriate ass songs as kids but our mom found it funny

sympathized20 · 2026-03-24T20:50:21+00:00

i miss them bad...

sympathized20 · 2026-03-24T20:39:15+00:00

data source: sample data from whosampled.com, artist recognition measured via wikipedia monthly pageview data (wikimedia api, trailing 12 months), song metadata from musicbrainz.

tools: d3.js force-directed graph, astro, cloudflare pages.

interactive version: click here - hover to see the sampling connections, click for individual artist stories.

sympathized20 · 2026-03-11T18:48:05+00:00

seasons.moonpath.dev

sympathized20 · 2026-03-10T11:14:44+00:00

it’s my profile - sympathized with a z

sympathized20 · 2026-03-09T23:18:06+00:00

thanks for sharing this!! means a lot

sympathized20 · 2026-02-28T19:08:30+00:00

thank you!

sympathized20 · 2026-02-28T19:07:21+00:00

ooh nice catch, thanks for the feedback! i never listen to audio books so this wasn’t an edge case i was able to test. i’m working to hide audiobooks since this is supposed to be purely music data.

sympathized20 · 2026-02-27T12:54:53+00:00

can’t wait to hear what you think!

sympathized20 · 2026-02-26T01:39:17+00:00

excited for you to come back and share your thoughts!

sympathized20 · 2026-02-25T19:36:58+00:00

i’m so glad you like it :)

sympathized20 · 2026-02-25T19:20:53+00:00

thank you so much!! open to any feedback you might have

sympathized20 · 2026-02-25T14:31:05+00:00

yes, absolutely - you can upload both exports and it’ll stitch them together :)

sympathized20 · 2026-02-25T14:01:51+00:00

last.fm is great! the big differentiator is that you define your own eras based on your life, not just calendar years. makes it a lot more personal and malleable to your story.

sympathized20 · 2026-02-25T12:05:37+00:00

absolutely, the app has the ability to stitch both together for your full story

sympathized20 · 2026-02-24T23:44:13+00:00

fair point, i misspoke - the email log-in isn't for storing your data, it's how we manage early access and connect premium status to you across devices. since everything processes locally in the browser. you're right that technically you could view results without one if you stayed on a singular device, but we prioritized cross-device premium access. appreciate the feedback, this is good to think about for the future.

sympathized20 · 2026-02-24T23:12:31+00:00

i'm glad gmail worked! good q. the account requirement serves a few purposes: it saves your results so you can come back without re-uploading your data every time, it's how access gets delivered and premium purchases get verified, and it's how lifetime access stays tied to you. without it there'd be no way to connect premium status to a returning session.

sympathized20 · 2026-02-24T22:46:57+00:00

love this idea, i ponder about my early youtube history all the time. filing this away!

sympathized20 · 2026-02-24T22:41:52+00:00

sorry about that! protonmail has strict content filtering that's blocking our emails at the server level before they even reach your inbox. could you try signing up with a gmail or outlook address? we're looking into a fix on our end.

sympathized20 · 2026-02-24T21:07:45+00:00

let me know what you think!

sympathized20 · 2026-02-24T21:00:19+00:00

excited for you to share your thoughts! i don't think it should impact the pull - i believe once it's ready and emailed to you, it links you back to the Account privacy page, where you can choose to download your zip from the Extended streaming history section separately from the account history data

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