Internet iTunes Registry

Are you an iTunes user? If so, then I’m sure you’re aware that iTunes keeps track of some metadata concerning the music you listen to. There’s the number of times you’ve played a track, and also the last time you’ve listened to it. If you want, you can also add your own ratings to the songs. But have you ever wondered if there’s anything you can do with this stuff? Here’s your answer: the Internet iTunes Registry.

It works fairly simply. You create an account for yourself, and then you upload the file called “iTunes Music Library.xml,” which should be in your iTunes ~/Music directory. Once done, the iTunes Registry has some nice tools to chunk through the data and gleen some insights into your listening habits.

Here’s what it had to say about my music:

Your favorite artist is This Mortal Coil which is weird since you’ve spent more time listening to U2 yet you have more Frederic Chopin than anything else.

Interesting.

The Registry says that I have 6,467 tracks by 761 artists (all legal, by the way). My diversity rating is 3.5647. What did the iTunes Registry say about your music collection?