How to join communities

Communities are themed groups within ChartFM where users with similar musical taste gather to discuss releases, share discoveries and build collective charts. Each community has its own feed, its own weekly chart and its own group of members.

Unlike generic groups on social networks, ChartFM communities are organized around music. There can be communities dedicated to a specific genre (like indie rock or K-Pop), to an artist, to a musical era, to a cultural movement, or to any other musical affinity that makes sense for a group of people.

The big difference compared to other platforms is the collective chart: every week ChartFM freezes a snapshot of members' individual charts (in the same model as the Global 100), generating a ranking exclusive to that community.

Access the Communities page from the sidebar. There you'll find a list of all public communities, organized by member count and recent activity. Use the search bar to filter by name or theme.

When you find a community that interests you, click 'Join'. For public communities, joining is immediate, you start seeing the group's feed and collective chart right away.

You can join multiple communities at the same time. There's no limit. Many users take part in communities of different genres or communities dedicated to specific artists they follow.

The most exclusive feature of ChartFM communities is the weekly collective chart. Every week the system freezes a snapshot of members' individual charts and generates a ranking exclusive to that community, just like the Global 100, an already published week doesn't change afterward.

This ranking uses the community's configured scoring (member chart points or a custom table). Only members' charts at the moment of freezing count; anyone who joins afterward doesn't change past weeks.

This means a jazz fan community's chart will reflect what jazz lovers were listening to that week, not what dominates the global ranking. It's a more precise way to follow trends within a niche.

Inside a community, you can post to the group's feed. Share opinions about releases, discuss the week's ranking positions, present recent discoveries or open discussions about artists and albums.

Community posts are only visible to members, creating a more intimate space for exchange compared to the platform's general feed. Other members can like, comment on and repost your posts within the group.

Also follow other members' activity: see which songs they're charting, which artists are gaining traction within the group and how the collective ranking evolves week by week.

Any user can create a community on ChartFM. Go to 'Create Community' on the Communities page and set a name, description, icon and visual theme colors.

When you create a community, you automatically become the group's administrator. This means you can edit settings, moderate posts and invite new members.

Communities can be public (anyone can join) or private (invite-only). For themed or fan communities, the public model tends to grow faster. For closed groups of friends or colleagues, the private model makes more sense.

A community starts to come alive when its members publish charts regularly. Encourage the people you invite to publish weekly charts, that's what feeds the collective chart and makes the group more dynamic.

See the list of active communities at /communities, learn to build your weekly chart and check out the glossary of terms of ChartFM.