README.md

# Spotify Tracks Dataset - EDA Analysis

**Student:** Adi Toledano  
**Dataset Source:** maharshipandya/spotify-tracks-dataset  
**Goal:** Analyze what features influence a song's popularity on Spotify
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## Dataset Overview


- **Rows:** 113,397 songs
- **Columns:** 19 features
- **Source:** HuggingFace - maharshipandya/spotify-tracks-dataset

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## Research Questions & Key Findings

### 1. What is the distribution of song popularity?
- Average popularity: 33.3
- Most songs have low popularity, few reach the top

![Popularity Distribution](https://huggingface.co/datasets/adiprog14/spotify-eda-analysis/resolve/main/popularity_distribution.png)

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### 2. Which genres are most popular?
- 🥇 Pop-Film: 59.3
- 🥈 K-Pop: 57.0
- 🥉 Chill: 53.7

![Top Genres](https://huggingface.co/datasets/adiprog14/spotify-eda-analysis/resolve/main/top_genres.png)

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### 3. Do danceability and energy affect popularity?
- Danceability correlation: 0.034 (almost none)
- Energy correlation: -0.000 (none)
- Surprising finding: audio features barely affect popularity!

![Danceability and Energy](https://huggingface.co/datasets/adiprog14/spotify-eda-analysis/resolve/main/danceability_energy.png)

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### 4. Strong correlations found:
- Energy ↔ Loudness: 0.76
- Energy ↔ Acousticness: -0.73
- Danceability ↔ Valence: 0.48

![Correlation Heatmap](https://huggingface.co/datasets/adiprog14/spotify-eda-analysis/resolve/main/correlation_heatmap.png)

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### 5. Are explicit songs more popular?
- Explicit songs: 36.5 average
- Non-explicit songs: 33.0 average
- Explicit songs are slightly more popular

![Explicit Popularity](https://huggingface.co/datasets/adiprog14/spotify-eda-analysis/resolve/main/explicit_popularity.png)

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### 6. Who are the most popular artists?
- 🥇 Sam Smith & Kim Petras: 100
- 🥈 Bizarrap & Quevedo: 99
- 🥉 Manuel Turizo: 98

![Top Artists](https://huggingface.co/datasets/adiprog14/spotify-eda-analysis/resolve/main/top_artists.png)

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## Conclusion
Genre and artist identity matter more than audio features 
when it comes to a song's popularity on Spotify!

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## Files
- `spotify_eda.ipynb` - Full analysis notebook
- `spotify_cleaned.csv` - Cleaned dataset