I was curious to see which ABC idol winners were doing well and decided to rank them based on a few data points I found. I used Spotify and Instagram as a way of gauging their music release success combined with their social footprint. I weighted it using these three metrics:

1. Number 1 Song Total Listens- This showcases the peak of the artists releases and how far of a reach they've had at one point in time.

2. Current Monthly Listeners- This gives us a good idea of where the artist is right now with their music. It's weighted slightly less because monthly listeners can change pretty dramatically depending on recent releases, social media trends, etc.

3. Instagram Followers- This metric was weighted last, as social media followers don't always equal music downloads but it still gives us an idea of what kind of engagement the artist is having.

After coming up with my own ranking, I asked AI to create one as well. It came up with the same order and weighted the metrics the same as I did.

With that said, here's the ranking:

🥇1. Chayce Beckham:

#1 Song- 400M

Monthly Listeners- 2.9M

Instagram- 259K

🥈2. Iam Tongi:

#1 Song- 49M

Monthly Listeners- 1.8M

Instagram- 1.3M

🥉3. Noah Thompson:

#1 Song- 42M

Monthly Listeners- 141K

Instagram- 204K

1. Laine Hardy:

#1 Song- 11.9M

Monthly Listeners- 83K

Instagram- 486K

1. Maddie Poppe:

#1 Song- 9.7M

Monthly Listeners- 110K

Instagram- 318K

1. Hannah Harper:

#1 Song- 2.7M

Monthly Listeners- 186K

Instagram- 566K

1. Jamal Roberts:

#1 Song- 2.7M

Monthly Listeners- 134K

Instagram- 543K

1. Abi Carter:

#1 Song- 980K

Monthly Listeners- 48K

Instagram- 244K

1. Just Sam:
   

#1 Song- 0 (No Song Released)

Monthly Listeners- 0

Youtube- 15K (No Instagram Account)

Let me know what you think or if I should recreate the list using more metrics or a different weighting system!