To scout with free download charts, open Charts (also at hype.aden.space), pick the genre you play or sign, and sort by Climbing or Newest to see what moved today. Then switch to 30D or 90D to check which tracks keep their place, and right-click the ones worth a second listen to add them to your team's demos. Treat a chart place as a lead to listen to, not a verdict: a download isn't a stream.

Why scout on free download charts?

Free download gates are where a lot of producers put remixes, edits, bootlegs and early originals, sometimes well before anything of theirs is on a label. The fans who download them are often DJs and listeners deep in one genre. When a producer's gates keep charting, people are going out of their way to get their music.

Charts puts three of these charts in one list per genre: Aden's own download gates, Hypeddit's download chart and Droploud's chart, plus All, which ranks the three together. Free download charts explained covers how each one ranks. This post is about using them to find things.

How do I find tracks that are rising?

Two sorts do most of the work. The sort sits under Filters, beside the search.

1. Open a chart and pick your genre, for example Tech House on Hypeddit.
2. Sort by Climbing. The tracks that gained the most places since the day before come first.
3. Sort by Newest. The tracks new on the chart today come first, each marked "New".
4. Sort by Top to go back to the chart's own order.

Climbing finds tracks with momentum. Newest finds tracks nobody has seen yet. Check both every few days and you'll see most of what enters your genre.

How do I tell a one-day spike from staying power?

A gate can jump for a day because one big account shared it. That says little about the track. Periods sort this out:

Over a period, each day a track scores 100 points for a #1 down to 1 for a #100, and the days add up. A track that was #1 for a single day has 100 points over 7 days. A track at #30 every day of the week has 71 a day, 497 in total. The 7D chart puts the steady track far ahead, which is usually what you want to know.

Two more signals help:

• All. A track that places on Hypeddit and Droploud both scores on both, so it climbs All. Gates on two platforms with real downloads on each are harder to explain away.
• The same artist, again. On All over 90 days, an artist with three tracks in the Top 100 has done it three times.

How do I search across genres?

Type an artist or a title in the search box. It narrows the chart on screen, and once you stop typing it also lists the tracks that match on the chart's other genres, under In other genres, each with its place there ("#12 in Techno").

That is how you check whether a producer you found in Bass House also charts in Tech House, without opening every genre. Each match links to its chart and plays in the same player.

To look back, every genre and every stored day of a chart is listed under Charts, genres and days below the list. Every day since the charts started is kept.

How do I listen through a chart quickly?

Press a cover to play it in the player bar at the foot of the screen. It skips through the chart as you see it, including your sort and search, and plays the next track when one ends. So you can sort a genre by Climbing, press play on the first track and work through the list with the next button.

The download button at the end of each row, and in the bar, opens the track's free download gate. Open the row to go to the track on its platform.

How do I save a track to my team's demos?

Right-click a track, in the list or in the top three, and pick:

• Add to demos: keep it in your team's demos to listen to later.
• Like or Pass: your call on it, saved with the demo.
• Rate: 1 to 5 stars.

The demo keeps a note of where it charted, like "Charted #4 on All platforms, Oct 27, 2026.", so you remember why you saved it. Once a track is a demo, the same menu shows what your team said about it and opens your demos. Signed out, the menu offers to sign you in and brings you back to the chart.

From there the track goes through your demos with everything else your team is reviewing. Giving track feedback covers how to tell an artist what you think.

How do I share a chart with my team?

Share, beside the chart's title, sends the chart to WhatsApp, Instagram or email, copies its link, or downloads it as a picture or a CSV.

Every chart, genre, period and day has its own address, so the link opens exactly what you were looking at. /charts/mixed/7d is this week's All chart across every genre, and a link without a day always opens the latest one. The CSV gives you position, move, title, artist, count and link, ready for a weekly sheet.

A scouting routine

What the charts can't tell you

Be honest about what a download is.

• Downloads can be pushed by follow requirements. A gate that asks for five follows gets downloads from fans who want to support the artist, not only from people who love the track. A high place shows effort and reach as much as taste.
• A download isn't a stream. Someone downloaded a file. You don't know whether they played it, kept it or put it in a set.
• Genres are what the uploader picked. A track under Afro House is there because the artist chose it, so check the genres around yours too.
• Spellings split rows. All matches a track across platforms by title and first credited artist. Spell either one differently and it shows twice.
• We don't know every formula. Aden shows Hypeddit's and Droploud's positions as they publish them. How exactly they weight downloads is up to them.
• Numbers can be bought. Fake downloads exist, as fake streams do. You cannot game the algorithm covers why we don't trust a spike on its own.

The chart is where you start. The track, the artist's other work and a conversation with them decide the rest. If you're on the other side and want your own track up there, read how to get on the free download charts.

FAQ

How do A&Rs use free download charts?

They pick the genres they sign, sort by Climbing and Newest to see what moved, and check the 30 and 90 day charts to tell one-day spikes from tracks that keep getting downloaded. The tracks worth a closer listen go into the team's demos to review with everything else.

What does the Climbing sort show?

Climbing puts the tracks that gained the most places since the day before first. On a 7, 30 or 90 day chart it compares with the same period ending the day before.

Is a free download a good sign that a track will do well on streaming?

Not on its own. A download means someone got a file, often in exchange for a follow, and says nothing about whether they kept playing it. Use the charts to find tracks to listen to, then judge the music.

Can I add a track from the charts to my demos without an account?

No. Adding to demos, liking, passing and rating need an Aden account and a team. Signed out, the menu offers to sign you in and brings you back to the same chart.

Why is a track charting in a genre I wouldn't file it under?

The genre comes from what the artist picked when they made the gate or the track. Two producers can file similar music under different genres, so it helps to search an artist across genres.