What DJs played on Instagram, Oct 26 to Nov 1, 2026
Published Nov 3, 2026
The week in numbers
5783 track IDs from 602 DJs, Oct 26 to Nov 1, 2026 (UTC). 648 DJs published 7650 posts and stories that week; 50% of the IDs came from stories.
Total track IDs identified this week increased to 5783 from 4892. We scanned 7650 posts, up from 7558. The number of distinct DJs rose to 602 from 506. The share of posts from stories was 50 percent, a decrease from 54 percent in the previous week.
Most played
13 DJs played Clown Shoes by Brunello this week, up from 1 the week before.
played by @brunello_mellowcircus, @cactusandcamel, @chriseconomou, @currentsi2ation, @fannysachot +8
played by @adriatique, @cloonee, @demaya.music, @dj_hellena, @minimalemusic +4
played by @auntie._.flo, @aux88_official, @boysnoize, @harryromeroofficial, @house_brigade +4
played by @1001tracklists, @djdavidmorales, @djtoddterry, @housemusic.us, @minimalemusic +3
played by @adriatique, @currentsi2ation, @djdavidmorales, @djrogersanchez, @genefarris +2
played by @harryromeroofficial, @housemusic.us, @iamhexhector, @jay_lumen, @nick.curly +2
played by @dixon_, @indie.dance.collective, @jimi_jules, @kikibotonaki_music, @livakofficial +1
played by @bobsinclar, @brunoantdot, @djdavidpenn, @housemusic.us, @luca_dea_official +1
played by @dannytenagliaofficial, @joshffb, @odd_mob, @rafael___music, @teddpatterson +1
played by @1001tracklists, @avicii, @housemusic.us, @nopra.music, @stayalleined
played by @dubfire, @kamilosanclemente, @svenvaeth_official, @technoroom_, @whomadewho
played by @adriatique, @deeptechminimal, @djdavidpenn, @housemusic.us, @ourgrndofficial
played by @gorgoncity, @intercell_events, @lammermusic, @lockymusic_, @novak_dj
played by @adamten_, @deeptechminimal, @moblackrecords, @reznik_keinemusik, @skorpiomusic
played by @1001tracklists, @deep.in.tech, @djmissmonique, @mortenofficial, @nilegrooves
Brunello leads the chart with "Clown Shoes", played by 13 distinct DJs. Prospa, Cloonee & Sybil come in at number two with "Free Your Mind", played by 9 distinct DJs. Cybotron entered the top three with "Clear", also by 9 distinct DJs, first seen this week. Everything But the Girl & Todd Terry and Armand Van Helden also made the top five.
Breakouts
10 tracks broke out this week. Clear by Cybotron leads with 9 DJs, first seen Nov 1, 2026.
- 019DJs
- 027DJs
- 035DJs
- 044DJs
- 054DJs
- 064DJs
- 074DJs
- 084DJs
- 093DJs
- 103DJs
This week's breakouts include Cybotron with "Clear", played by 9 distinct DJs. Harry Romero first played it on November 1. Cevin Fisher has three tracks on the breakouts list: "The Freaks Come Out (2000 Freaks Mix)" by 7 DJs, "The Way We Used To (The Afterhours Reprise)" by 4 DJs, and "Music Saved My Life" by 4 DJs. @vcalderone first played two of those.
Genre share
Dance leads this week with 36% of the IDs that carry a genre, down from 37%.
- Dance36%1
- House19%2
- Electronic16%2
- Techno6%
- Pop3%1
- Trance3%1
- Afro House3%1
- Hip-Hop/Rap2%
- Other11%
59% of this week's IDs carry a genre; shares are of those.
Dance held the largest share at 36 percent, a slight decrease from its previous 37 percent. House followed with 19 percent, down from 21 percent. Electronic saw an increase, reaching 16 percent from 14 percent. Trance also rose, to 3 percent from 2 percent. The "other" category accounted for 11 percent of all identified tracks.
How we count
An identification is one track matched to one post. We read what the DJ wrote in the caption, what people wrote underneath it, the audio Instagram attaches to the post, and the audio itself, and a track only counts once the evidence lines up. If a record turns up in three posts that is three identifications; the DJ number beside it counts people, not plays.
A DJ here is an account in the CrateWire catalog that we refresh on a schedule. Accounts a signed out visitor typed in once and nobody ever followed are left out of every number on this page. We only print a handle when that account has enough identified tracks to have a public tracklist of its own, so a track can have more DJs behind it than it has names next to it.
The week runs from Monday 00:00 UTC to the following Monday 00:00 UTC, and a post belongs to the week the DJ posted it, not the week we got around to reading it. A DJ added on a Friday whose back catalog we scan that night files under the weeks they actually posted in.
Stories count. They are a large share of what DJs put out and most of them are gone inside a day, so leaving them out would make every total here read low.
The numbers freeze when the report is written. Anything identified after that belongs to the week it was posted in and never gets added back into a published table, because a page whose numbers move is not a page anyone can quote.
Where a track or a genre is marked up or down, the earlier number is the one the published report for Oct 19 to 25, 2026 shows.
Genres come from a public music catalog, one per track where there is a match, and plenty of records never get one. Every share on this page is a share of the identifications that do carry a genre, and the line above the bars says how big that slice is.
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