Feature request: “Full album listens” metric (normalized by track count)

Hi stats.fm team, I’d like to suggest a feature that I think would add a lot of value to album stats: a way to see how many times I’ve listened to an album as a whole (i.e., “full album listens”), not just the total track plays. Right now, stats.fm already shows the number of plays/reproductions for an album, but that number can be misleading because it scales with the album’s track count. For example, if an album has fewer tracks, it will naturally generate fewer total plays even if I listened to it many times—while a longer album can show a similar play count with far fewer full listens.

Here’s a concrete example: I have 283 plays on Octane by Don Toliver, and the album has 18 tracks. If I divide 283/18, I get about 15.7, meaning I listened to the album roughly 15–16 times from start to finish. This is a really useful metric for comparing albums and understanding which ones I truly had on repeat.

A second example shows why this matters:

Album A has 8 tracks. If I listen to it 10 times, that’s 80 plays

Album B has 24 tracks. It reaches 80 plays with only about 3.3 full listens

Looking only at total plays, both albums appear “equal,” but the normalized metric would clearly show that I listened to Album A much more.

Implementation idea: on an album page, display something like Full album listens (estimate) =album plays/number of tracks, with sensible rounding (e.g., one decimal) and maybe an info tooltip explaining it’s a normalization. If you support time ranges, it would be great to show this per selected period as well. I think this would be a simple but powerful addition to help users understand their listening habits and compare albums more fairly. Thanks for considering, and happy to clarify anything if needed.

Best regards,

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About 1 month ago

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Zezocazezoquinha

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