Badge and status glossary
Quick reference for every badge, status label, and metric indicator used across artist.tools.
Bot detection labels
Badge | Meaning |
|---|---|
Clean | Consistent with normal organic growth |
Suspicious | Moderate anomalies detected |
Flagged | Clear indicators of bot activity |
Undetermined | Insufficient data to make a reliable assessment |
Data status labels
Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
Unchecked | Entity was added automatically; some metrics haven't been calculated yet |
Queued | Data is being fetched from external APIs |
N/A | Data is not available for this entity or metric |
SEO badges
Badge | Meaning |
|---|---|
Easy | Low competition — most top playlists under 50K followers |
Moderate | Balanced opportunity and difficulty |
Crowded | Many playlists competing — harder to rank |
Dominated | Top positions held by large, established playlists (200K+) |
Breakout | Rapid acceleration in follower growth |
Surging | Strong upward growth momentum |
Steady Growth | Moderate, reliable growth over time |
Stable Base | Flat — neither growing nor declining significantly |
Declining | Decreasing interest — playlists losing followers |
Huge Demand | Highest search interest |
High Demand | Strong search interest |
Steady Demand | Moderate, consistent searches |
Low Demand | Limited search interest |
AI badge states
State | Meaning |
|---|---|
Possibly AI | AI signals were detected in the audio chain by a DSP |
No AI | No AI metadata or forensic indicators detected |
Could not verify | Insufficient data or the track was not scanned |
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