Kworb is a fast, free scoreboard for public charts and Spotify stream counts. artist.tools explains the movement: which playlists drove it, whether the growth is real, and who to pitch next.
Checked October 2026
| Kworb | artist.tools | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Charts | All-in-one |
| Starting price | Free | Free; from $15/month |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Bot detection | No | Yes |
| Curator contacts | No | 158K+ |
| History | Yes | 4+ years |
Including where Kworb wins
What it does well, and where it falls short
Pros
Cons
Kworb is a free, fast public reference for music rankings. It covers Spotify daily and weekly charts by country, iTunes charts for each main market, worldwide charts, artist rankings, song and artist pages with running stream totals, YouTube views, and US radio. It’s especially good when you want a number without creating an account.
That simplicity is the product. Kworb answers “how many?” and “where does this rank?” with dense tables and almost no friction.
Spotify stats, artist analytics and track history on artist.tools connect a headline number to what happened over time: monthly listeners, followers, streams and playlist placements, day by day, with 4+ years of history.
Use it when the decision isn’t just whether a number moved, but whether to spend more, look into a spike, compare releases or watch a developing artist.
Kworb doesn’t cover playlists. artist.tools adds playlist analytics, curator details, placement history, estimated listeners and artificial-streaming detection.
That matters because the same jump in streams can come from healthy discovery, a big but weak playlist, a short-lived placement or bot traffic. The chart is the signal; the playlist history explains it.
Use Kworb for free worldwide chart tables, public Spotify counts, iTunes movement, YouTube totals or a quick artist ranking. It’s faster and broader for that exact job.
Use artist.tools when you need an ongoing Spotify workflow: follow artists and tracks, trace placements, check playlist quality, research curators, save your work and get alerts. The two overlap on numbers but answer different questions.
Start on Kworb when the public leaderboard is the question. Move to Spotify stats or artist analytics when you need history and context, and open playlist analytics when a placement seems to be driving the change.
You don’t have to replace Kworb. Use the free scoreboard, then look into the movement before you act on it.
Plainly answered
Yes. Kworb is free and needs no account. artist.tools has a free plan too; paid plans start at $15/month for curator contacts and alerts.
No. Kworb covers charts and stream totals, not playlists. artist.tools shows every playlist an artist or track is on, with followers and estimated listeners: see playlist analytics.
No. It shows totals, not where they came from. artist.tools checks playlists, artists and tracks for bot activity, and the bot checker is free.
Yes. Use Kworb as the free scoreboard, then artist.tools to find out what caused a movement before you act on it.
