After some number crunching, which song took the crown?
I’m Andrew, a senior data analyst for BuzzFeed, and aSwiftie!
Now let’s get to the data part!
The methodology (feel free to skip if you don’t like math!
For example, the set of neighboring albums forRedareSpeak Now,Red, and1989.
A positive “neighboring albums” score means the song was streamedbelowthe median, contributing to it being underrated.
- For every song, I assigned acritical acclaimscore.
I used an average of six rankings of Taylor’s discography from media publications.
For context, “All Too Well” scored the highest critical acclaim with this data.
Thank you toRolling Stone,BuzzFeed,NME,Vulture,Paste, andTheCoolist!
Spotify streaming data was pulled as of 2/2/2024.
After adding each part of the formula together, I was able to rank from most to least underrated.
Using this formula, “Holy Ground” took the title of most underrated.
Though only one method of ranking, I thought the results were promising!
Interestingly, every album exceptTaylor Swifthad a song that made the top 25.
For more Taylor Swift data, check out myanalysisof the most similar and different Taylor’s Versions!
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For now, goshow these tracks some love!
