05 — Cadence
A weekly public index
The public chart refreshes every week on top of live platform metrics. Internal checks catch anomalies, and paid products stay firewalled from the score.
See who’s moving
Hiffi Hip-Hop 500 — How it works
The Hip-Hop 500 ranks artists by a blended YouTube and Instagram score: scale, velocity and growth. It measures signal, not artistic greatness, and rank is never for sale.
What makes the score
01 — Pipeline
Every artist in the Hiffi inventory is scored from YouTube and Instagram, blended into one final score.
The live chart orders up to 500 artists by that final score. It’s the board you land on.
Cities with at least five Hiffi 500 artists get their own board, listing those artists in chart order.
Artists claim their profile to verify links and upload videos. Claiming never changes the score.
02 — Score weights
Every input is normalized across the tracked artists, so the chart balances established scale with current movement. The weights are the same for every artist.
03 — Boards
Every board shows Hiffi 500 artists only. Overall is the full 500, Biggest risers shows its biggest climbers, and city boards show the 500 artists from one city.
04 — On the board
The chart and each artist’s card show these fields. Anything without data yet is hidden rather than shown as zero.
05 — Cadence
The public chart refreshes every week on top of live platform metrics. Internal checks catch anomalies, and paid products stay firewalled from the score.
See who’s moving06 — Eligibility
Only inventory artists with a successful rank are eligible, and this page lists the top 500 only. Everyone else keeps a percentile band like Top 5% on their Artist Index profile. Independent index, not affiliated with YouTube or Instagram.
For artists
01
Find your page
Search your artist name. Most artists are already indexed.
02
Claim it
About 2 minutes, then a quick review by the Hiffi team.
03
See your rank
Your exact position, what moves it, and paid opportunities.
Independent index. Not affiliated with YouTube or Instagram. Figures may lag the platforms.