If An AI Decided The Countdown - Week of Oct 24, 2026

Hey guys! Well, after abandoning these posts over a year ago, I decided to bring this back. Basically, I use airplay, and the latest AI reasoning model to predict each week's countdown. But this time I'm doing things a bit differently. Before, I supplied the real countdown to the AI each week. I won't be doing that anymore. Instead, I gave it the real countdown this week, then every other week the AI will build off the previous AI countdown. So eventually, the AI countdown will be totally different from the real countdown. Everything from here on out is written entirely by the AI, including the blurbs at the bottom. I'd like to keep this as a recurring weekly series every Friday night. I'll try to do this every Friday night, as long as the AI cooperates with me. Well, hope you guys enjoy, and feel free to leave feedback in the comments if you want something changed. Alright, enough talking, let's get started!

Exits

• the cure by Olivia Rodrigo
  Last week: #10 · {21w} · PK: #1; 2 total weeks at #1
• brand new chanel$ by Slayyyter
  Last week: #22 · {4w} · PK: #22
• bloodstream by Alyssa Grace
  Last week: #28 · {8w} · PK: #24

Last week’s #1 song

Animal by KATSEYE2 total weeks at #1 through Oct 17, 2026

The Countdown

[+N / −N / =] = movement from last week · {Nw} = cumulative chart weeks · PK = best rank · #1 weeks are cumulative, not necessarily consecutive.

30. 30expectationsOlivia Rodrigo/Chappell Roan{1w} · PK: #30[Debut]
29. 29Dance No MoreHarry Styles{3w} · PK: #27[-2]
28. 28HousewifeTate McRae{1w} · PK: #28[Debut]
27. 27Flower In A HurricaneJUSTICE/Tame Impala/SZA/King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard{1w} · PK: #27[Debut]
26. 26oh yeah?Steve Lacy{7w} · PK: #26[+4]
25. 25Dance With MeBruno Mars{2w} · PK: #25[+1]
24. 24Ain't In LAADÉLA{7w} · PK: #20[=]
23. 23new trickROSÉ{5w} · PK: #23[+2]
22. 22BabydollJamie Miller{2w} · PK: #22[+7]
21. 21EarringsMalcolm Todd{22w} · PK: #19[=]
20. 20Stop The Wedding!Ashe{4w} · PK: #20[+3]
19. 19Hootie FruttiKATSEYE{4w} · PK: #18[-1]
18. 18petalAriana Grande{12w} · PK: #15[+1]
17. 17Joy.RAYE/Amma/Absolutely{5w} · PK: #17[+3]
16. 16Nicole KidmanADÉLA{4w} · PK: #16[=]
15. 15Edge of the EarthThe Beaches{16w} · PK: #13[=]
14. 14Great ExpectationSIENNA SPIRO{5w} · PK: #14[+3]
13. 13I Knew It, I Knew YouTaylor Swift{20w} · 3 total weeks at #1[-8]
12. 12MinibarGracie Abrams/Audrey Hobert{8w} · PK: #12[=]
11. 11LoserTame Impala{11w} · PK: #11[=]
10. 10BostonSTELLA LEFTY{26w} · PK: #7[-2]
9. 9EMERALD EYESAlex Warren{5w} · PK: #9[+4]
8. 8Listen When SadJonas Brothers{8w} · PK: #8[+1]
7. 7Patient ZeroTaylor Swift{4w} · PK: #7[+7]
6. 6Mr. Know It AllTeddy Swims{24w} · 2 total weeks at #1[-4]
5. 5House TourSabrina Carpenter{17w} · PK: #3[-1]
4. 4Bass PersuadesMiley Cyrus{7w} · PK: #4[+3]
3. 3My Body Isn't Readysombr{17w} · PK: #3[+3]
2. 2stupid songOlivia Rodrigo{12w} · PK: #2[+1]
1. 1AnimalKATSEYE{13w} · 3 total weeks at #1[=]

Biggest Jump Of The Week

Babydoll by Jamie Miller (#29 → #22); Patient Zero by Taylor Swift (#14 → #7) · 7 places.

Biggest...DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week

I Knew It, I Knew You by Taylor Swift (#5 → #13) · 8 places.

5 Oldest Songs

The five oldest distinct age groups, with every tied song included.

1. 1. 26 weeksBoston by STELLA LEFTY
2. 2. 24 weeksMr. Know It All by Teddy Swims
3. 3. 22 weeksEarrings by Malcolm Todd
4. 4. 20 weeksI Knew It, I Knew You by Taylor Swift
5. 5. 17 weeksMy Body Isn't Ready by sombr; House Tour by Sabrina Carpenter

AI Notes

A narrow gap, not an automatic handover

Animal stays at #1 for its third total week at the top. The snapshot gives stupid song 91 plays and Animal 88, so I move Olivia Rodrigo up to #2 but let KATSEYE keep the lead. Three plays are enough to sharpen the challenge, not enough for me to discard the incumbent automatically.

The upper tier gets a reshuffle

My Body Isn't Ready and Bass Persuades each climb three places, to #3 and #4, backed by 87 and 81 plays. House Tour eases to #5 with 46 plays. Mr. Know It All has 32, but I prefer a four-place slide to #6 over a sudden collapse: its previous #1 status still matters in this chart's continuity.

Two very different seven-place jumps

Patient Zero goes #14 → #7 with 87 plays, while Jamie Miller’s Babydoll goes #29 → #22 with 46. They share the Biggest Jump Of The Week despite different levels of airplay. I am giving Patient Zero a major fourth-week advance and Babydoll a strong second-week step, not applying a fixed plays-to-positions formula.

New peaks without a total reset

EMERALD EYES climbs four to #9 with 68 plays, and Listen When Sad inches up to #8 with 65. Great Expectation rises three to #14 on 46 plays, while Joy. rises three to #17 on 61. These are deliberate steps along separate chart paths; a larger play count does not automatically erase the history already in place.

The biggest drop keeps its history intact

I Knew It, I Knew You falls eight places to #13 with 28 plays in this snapshot. That is the largest chart drop, not a claim that its airplay fell by any amount compared with last week. Its #1 peak and three total weeks at #1 remain part of the record.

Three exits, including a former #1

the cure leaves from #10 after 21 cumulative weeks and two total weeks at #1. Its 17 plays are the lowest among the 30 songs in the supplied seed. I also remove brand new chanel$ with 26 plays and bloodstream with 31 to make room for three debuts. Those are my chart decisions, not claims that the station stopped playing any of them.

The 31-play tie does not demand a tie

Dance No More and bloodstream both have 31 plays. I keep Harry Styles at #29, down two, because I want to give the newer entry another week to establish itself; bloodstream exits with eight cumulative weeks already recorded. Equal airplay can lead to different editorial choices without pretending one song has a measured upward trend.

Three arrivals, three fresh starting points

Flower In A Hurricane debuts at #27 with 55 plays, followed by Tate McRae’s Housewife at #28 with 54. Olivia Rodrigo/Chappell Roan’s expectations enters at #30 with 37. The first two are already substantial presences in the snapshot, but I am choosing lower debuts so their countdown runs have room to develop.

Reentries and long runs still count

Steve Lacy’s oh yeah? rises four to #26 and reaches seven cumulative weeks; last week’s reentry does not reset its age or become a second reentry this week. Boston is the oldest active song at 26 weeks. The fifth-oldest age group is a tie, so both My Body Isn’t Ready and House Tour appear in the oldest-song section.

Credits and song identities

The airplay source lists Joy. under RAYE and Minibar under Gracie Abrams. I matched each by title and primary artist, then kept the supplied chart’s fuller credits; those collaborators are not independently verified by this source. Jamie Miller’s Babydoll is also kept separate from Dominic Fike’s song with the same title.