Listen. Compare. Rank. Discover.
The official Top 100 is driven by qualified head-to-head battle results. Playlist likes are a separate signal: they can help a song appear more often inside genre Playlist, but they do not directly change official battle Elo.
Qualified listening
Battle voting requires genuine listening progress on both songs. Skipping or replaying already-counted portions does not create extra qualified listening time.
Head-to-head Elo
When a battle reaches the configured decision requirements, the winning song gains rating and the losing song gives up rating. The official Top 100 is ordered by this ladder rating.
Playlist discovery
Genre Playlist favors stronger-ranked songs while deliberately mixing in middle and discovery pools. Verified likes provide a limited Playlist boost without rewriting official battle results.
Why mix in lower-ranked songs?
If a playlist only played the current #1, #2 and #3 tracks, those songs would receive nearly all future exposure. AI Arena reserves part of Playlist rotation for artists who have not yet reached the top, helping independent music get heard instead of creating a permanent popularity loop.