Trending Reports
Get your daily iTunes sales Trending report each week, and see sales by artist, band, song and even city, state, country and Zip Code!
No more waiting 45 days after the end of each month to see how your music is selling on iTunes. Now you can download a weekly Trending report every Wednesday that shows the previous week's sales from iTunes stores throughout the world.
For a special introductory price of only $2.98, you can download one week's Trending Report file and put it into your favorite spreadsheet program (MS Excel, Lotus, the file will work with all spreadsheet software or any text reader). It's a whole week's worth of data just days after the sales activity happened.
Get Your Trending Report
You'll be able to find each week's Trending Report on your My Account page. Simply LOG IN to your TuneCore Account and click "My Account" from the top of any page.
See a Sample Trending Report
To see what a Trending Report looks like, click here.
Fast Facts
Everything you need to know about Trending Reports is on our Frequently Asked Questions. Click here to learn more. Meanwhile, here are some important facts:
Always keep in mind tending reports are NOT royalty and sales statements. Royalty and sales statements, along with payment for your sales, will continue to be reported by the digital stores within 45 days of the end of an accounting period (for more information, click here).
Here is a brief rundown of some key differences between Trending Reports and accounting reports:
| Trending Report | Accounting Report |
|---|---|
| Not 100% accurate | 100% accurate |
| Available weekly (each Wednesday) | Available monthly (each 15th, 45 days after month's end) |
| Shows sales from previous week, by day (Mon-Sun) | Shows sales from month that ended 45 days earlier |
| Period is always 7 days | Period is an iTunes accounting month |
| No money included | Money placed into your account |
| May not reflect returns, "Complete My Album" or other activity | Reflects all activity |
| Includes CITY, STATE, COUNTRY, ZIP/POSTAL CODE and specific day of sale | Month of sale only (no city, state, country, zip/postal code or day of sale) |
| Available only as a downloadable file | Available for download and for review online on your My Account page |
| Costs $2.98 (introductory price) per Trending report | Free |
What does a Trending Report show?
The Trending Report you download has many columns. Here are the column headers and their meanings, left to right:
- Date: The song or album was purchased on this day (Pacific time).
- City: The person who bought your music has an iTunes account with a billing address in this city (see note below).
- State: The person who bought your music has an iTunes account with a billing address in this state (see note below).
- Country: The person who bought your music has an iTunes account with a billing address in this country (see note below).
- Zip: The person who bought your music has an iTunes account with a billing address in this zip/postal code (see note below).
- Units: This many songs or albums sold on this day in this zip/postal code (see note below).
- Album: This is name of your album that sold; if a song sold, this column is "N/A"
- Song: This is the name of the song that sold; if an album sold, this column is "N/A"
- Artist: This is the name of the band or artist that sold.
- Label: This is the name of the label of the song or album that sold.
NOTE: Non-U.S. postal codes won't show city or state: these columns will be "N/A". The country code itself is a 2-character international code. Shortly, the full name of the country will be displayed.