It doesn't seem so and that's why they don't give us separate numbers for Overrall/On-Demand on the articles. They only do to mention the #1 On-Demand song
They actually do normally separate the numbers for us. I am hoping one of the changes made in the 2015 Chart Year is for On-Demand Streams to count more than YouTube Streams. I did not say they are already weighted differently. I said I hope they will when the formula changes. I would like for one On-Demand Stream to equal three YouTube Streams, so On-Demand Streams would be worth three times what a You Tube stream is worth when compiling points on the Hot 100.
On Demand Streams is a much purer indicator of who is actually listening to the song for the song, instead of someone trying to check out how someone looks in the video who does not care about the song, or a bunch of copycat videos that count toward the streaming total.
If Spotify, Amazon, and other On-Demand services all start charging a monthly fee, this will make the audio streaming even more valid, as it could help win some of the artist back, and because no one has to pay anything to watch a video on YouTube.
On Demand Streams is a much purer indicator of who is actually listening to the song for the song, instead of someone trying to check out how someone looks in the video who does not care about the song, or a bunch of copycat videos that count toward the streaming total.
I still stand by my statement.
If on-demand already gets to be double counted for songs and albums, I don't think it should also get to be skewed higher than other streaming.
