The Final Charts - 1/11/20 - We Cap Off Right About Where We Started: Brony Polka Leads a Sixth Week

It's quite bittersweet to finally let the chart go. For almost 6 years I've cultivated it, seen so much happen, and it's a shame that circumstances won't allow us to look further. However, I remain happy that we were able to cover a majority of the show's run period and witness so many wonderful acts that have come and gone. One that's always somewhat fascinated me was AnimatedJames. While he shifted away from the pony fandom on unamicable terms, his brief foray into music left quite an impact. Snatching a holiday #1 later, he cut his teeth with a mammoth of a track: Brony Polka, a medley of dozens of the fandom's biggest hits up to that point running at over 9 minutes. Leading the chart for four weeks in its nascence, the song was a monster smash, only being fended off from the year-end crown by the similarly eventful final show remix from The Living Tombstone. 2 years later, major pony animator Viva Reverie announced that they would be doing an animation of the entire project, releasing a teaser covering about a quarter of the song. This segment was substantial enough to count towards the song on the chart, granting it another week at #1 and getting it all the way to #29 on 2016's year-end. The project went through years of trials and tribulations, only to finally get launched at the beginning of the absolute final possible tracking period, ensuring that it would happen; it was just too perfect. Naturally, the release was incredibly hyped, the product of years of expectation along with the nostalgia both the animation (which references famous takes on the medleyed songs from animators both still around and long gone) and song bring, and the song comes in with around 24,000 likes and 138,000 views, pulverizing the points. It did so to such a degree that both Octavia (2019) and Discord were able to be returned their third party and legacy uploads respectively: they're not even the runnerup! Instead, that goes to Heavenbound, which absolutely trumps last week's total by several multiples, racking up about 5,500 likes and 60,000 views. The final big news for the week is a top 10 entry for MrMehster and Tw3Lv3 with Work in Progress, which starts at the #10 spot with 460 likes and 3,300 views. Check out this final weekly past the break!

The Final Charts - 1/4/20 - Foozogz & PrinceWhateverer Top Trot 100, 4everfreebrony Debuts, Frozen Night Lands New Top 5, Toby Macarony Returns to Top 10

Thanks to a certain little event that occurred, this will still be the final full week chart of the Trot 100, but there'll be one last chart tied to a midweek, namely ending on December 31, 2019, the last day before my playlist nukes itself with the upcoming YouTube changes. It'll make sense, trust me. Anyway, check out the full chart past the break!

The Final Charts - 12/28/19 - Marcus Warner Lands Another Topper

Marcus Warner makes up for the little time left to chart and gets a new mega-smash: with the aide of promotion on third party network channels, his remake of Octavia featuring Brione Jackson surges 13-1 with a whopping 26,000 points, nabbing a late spot in the all-time list easily. He also has similar efforts going for lead single Friendship is Magic, which entrenches itself at #2, though with a more modest 4,600 points on its side. The top 10 is also bustling with activity, with BlackIce's new single Space Creature starting at #7 and 4everfreebrony's Super Fan returning at #6 (against a peak of #4) after being featured on the Ponies at Dawn channel. Just outside of the zone, Koa's To the Nines hits a new peak (20-11) thanks in part to a remix done by PegasYs. Check out the full chart past the break!

The Final Charts - 12/21/19 - Discord Returns to #1 for Tenth Week

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The Final Charts - 12/14/19 - PrinceWhateverer & Jyc Row Debut at #1, Elias Frost & 4everfreebrony Get Top 10 Debuts

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The Final Charts - 12/7/19 - Discord Returns to #1 for Ninth Week, AnNy Tr3e Hits Top 10

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The End of the Trot 100

After almost 6 years of charts, I must sadly report that the Equestrian Trot 100 will be ending its run soon. There are several factors at play:

• Overall activity has gone down. While the end of the show has briefly boosted numbers, they are already beginning to regress.
• Incoming COPPA regulations appear to be hitting brony content quite hard with autotags. As of January 1, 2020, Made For Kids content will be unable to added to playlists, which is essential for my tracking system. In addition, other engagement options will be disabled and several channels are pulling or plan to pull their content by the date, meaning the Trot 100 will be rather unrepresentative of what's popular in any case.
• I have more obligations now, namely a day job and a major hobby rhythm game project. Alone that wouldn't be enough, but with the rest, it's the straw breaking the camel's back.

As such, my intent is for the final chart to be the one dated January 4, 2020. After that chart is published, a final version of the all-time list will be published, adding in separately weighted points from 2019 and the stub of 2020.

This won't be the absolute end of everything related to the Trot 100. The CrownNote archives will be completed eventually, and the YouTube channel still has some videos to post (along with a correction for a few months at the beginning of the chart year), but this will be the end of new content. I thank everyone who's followed this chart in all of its avenues and I thank all of the musicians whose works made this chart possible throughout the years, with my best wishes to the ones still going to be able to survive the upcoming YouTube landscape.

2019 Chart Year - 11/30/19 - Week 53/53 - Marcus Warner Tops the Trot 100

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2019 Chart Year - 11/23/19 - Week 52/53 - JoinedTheHerd Holds at #1 for Second Week, Feather Debuts in Top 5, JackleApp's Classic Summer Goes Top 5

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2019 Chart Year - 11/16/19 - Week 51/53 - JoinedTheHerd Debuts at #1, 4everfreebrony Debuts at #2, John Kenza Climbs Into Top 10

After years of success under their current alias, JoinedTheHerd finally adds a ceremonial honor to their name: a #1, and a debut at that! Riding off the end of the show, their remix of Magic of Friendship Grows starts off at the summit, amassing 1,780 likes and 14,400 views in its first week. This was just enough to fend off the other big debut of this week: 4everfreebrony's familial turn on Soldiers of the Night, which he originally featured on, bringing along Lil' Everfree, his brother. That track nabs 1,810 likes and 13,300 views, being defeated by only 1.9% in chart points. Most of the top 10 ends up shifting down pretty uniformly, but one song does climb in: John Kenza's Friendship is Magic, shifting 12-10 for its first week in the zone. Check out the full chart past the break!

2019 Chart Year - 11/9/19 - Week 50/53 - BLACKGRYPH0N & Baasik Top With New Charity Single, Toby Macarony Climbs Into Top 5, and Marcus Warner Debuts in Top 10

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2019 Chart Year - 11/2/19 - Week 49/53 - 4everfreebrony Nabs New Leader and New Top 10, Radiarc Debuts at #2, Toby Macarony and Silva Hound & PegasYs Climb Into Top 10

It seems the brony music scene is in a honeymoon state now that the show's concluded, as this week continues the hot streak of one of the most competitive top 10s of the year, with several songs over the 1,000 point mark, and plenty over 500. At our pole position is another one for the all-time books: Who Knows finally crowns the chart on its 37th week. This places it in a tie with Pegasus Device amongst the songs that took the longest to reach that mark:

37 Weeks, "Pegasus Device", SlyphStorm, 2015 

37 Weeks, "Who Knows", 4everfreebrony feat. MilkyMomo, EileMonty, & MEMJ0123, 2019  

33 Weeks, "Discord", Eurobeat Brony, 2019  

25 Weeks, "Egomania", Silva Hound feat. BLACKGRYPH0N, 2017

24 Weeks, "Soldiers of the Night", SlyphStorm, 2014

22 Weeks, "Spectacular (The Spectacle)", PrinceWhateverer, 2016

20 Weeks, "Come Alive", Silva Hound feat. Eurobeat Brony, 2015

18 Weeks, "Back to You", Luna Jax feat. 4everfreebrony, 2017

18 Weeks, "Wild Fire", Silva Hound & MandoPony, 2015

17 Weeks, "Strangers", Scratch21 feat. EileMonty, 2015

16 Weeks, "In a Rush", Vylet Pony, 2018

16 Weeks, "The Magic Inside (I Am Just a Pony)", BassBeastJD, 2015

13 Weeks, "Entropy", AwkwardMarina, 2014

It was a stacked week to pull it off, as Who Knows nabbed 8,500 chart points fueled primarily its recent animatic against 3 other songs in between 7,000 and 7,200 points, a sum that would guarantee a victory in most weeks. Leading the charge was Radiarc's Always There, re-entering at #2 (blasting past its #31 peak from its original run in 2018) thanks to its feature in a recent animation. Hot on its tail, Friendship is Magic (2019) climbs 4-3 in its second frame, and The Return of Harmony dips 2-4 while holding mostly even in terms of points. There are 3 other big nuggets: Toby Macarony jumps 18-6 with his remix of The Magic of Friendship Grows, Silva Hound and PegasYs (with StealingShad3Z as a feature) get Hands On to surge 58-8 thanks to a feature on a compilation channel, and 4everfreebrony starts his cover of Aviators' Someone Like Me at #9. Check out the full chart past the break!

2019 Chart Year - 10/26/19 - Week 48/53 - PrinceWhateverer Returns to #1 With Solidarity, Top 10 Experiences Major Shakeup

It's the end of an era: the end of new Friendship is Magic episodes. As expected, this led to a flurry of activity, from remixes of the final song to tribute videos/songs to even a megacollab animation, the beneficiary of the latter being Solidarity (In This Together), which re-entered early last week at #4 and this week surges to #1. Hot off its heels is another posthumous entry for MelodicPony, whose The Return of Harmony orchestral suite was used in a tribute video from a prominent pony videomaker. The song starts at #2. In a more normal viral boost, what would probably go to #1 otherwise, Who Knows surges 33-3 off an animatic released this week, just shy of its original #2 peak. The rest of the top 10, barring Better down 2-6, are all new to the zone: Asunder (17-8) and My Legacy for You (21-9) hit their full force, while the others are debuts. Evening Star returns as Marcus Warner, revamping his Friendship is Magic track to start at #4, Magpiepony taps Jay Man once more, bringing PegasusPitchVA, for Our Happily Ever After (referencing the canon family of Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich) at #5, The Wasteland Wailers, fronted by Brittany Church, get Friendship From Fire to erupt at #7, and BlackIce gets The Fuff to start at #10. Check out the full chart past the break!

NOTE: Due to a correction by YouTube removing about 10,000 views from Rainbow Always Here, it has been decided to amend its chart position. It now debuts at #68 instead of #8, and positions in between have naturally shifted.

2019 Chart Year - 10/19/19 - Week 47/53 - Eurobeat Brony Leads For an Eigth Week, P@D Eternal Brings Wave of Chart Entries

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2019 Chart Year - 10/12/19 - Week 46/53 - Eurobeat Brony Leads For a Seventh Week, Blackened Blue Debuts in the Top 10

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2019 Chart Year - 10/5/19 - Week 45/53 - Eurobeat Brony Leads for a Sixth Week, eksoka Debuts in Top 10

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2019 Chart Year - 9/28/19 - Week 44/53 - Eurobeat Brony Returns Atop for Fifth Week, Faulty & Silver Note Debut in Top 10

One important note: Discord (2019) is now referred to as Discord on the chart and has inherited the original's remixes and 2015 version's weeks. It has been determined that Discord 2019 falls under VIP status as opposed to a rerecord since the base vocal takes remain identical. This also means it benefits from points provided by other versions of the song. (i.e. it's probably gonna be atop the chart for a while) Anyway, check out the chart past the break!

2019 Chart Year - 9/21/19 - Week 43/53 - BLACKGRYPH0N & Baasik Get Third Number One Single Off of Diamond, BLACKGRYPH0N on 5 Singles in Top 10, Jyc Row Debuts in Top 5

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2019 Chart Year - 9/14/19 - Week 42/53 - Eurobeat Brony Tops Trot 100 for Fourth Week, Notion & Vylet Pony Return to Top 10

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2019 Chart Year - 9/7/19 - Week 41/53 - Eurobeat Brony Tops Trot 100 for Third Week, BLACKGRYPH0N & Baasik Claim Half of the Top 10

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