On Spotify, a message says you are in the “top 0.5%” of listeners for an artist. What does this mean?

• A. Only 0.5% of the artist’s songs are available in your region.
• B. You are in the top 5% of listeners for that artist (at or above the 95th percentile).
• C. You listened to that artist for exactly 0.5% of your total Spotify listening time.
• D. Your total listening time for that artist is higher than that of 99.5% of listeners (you are at or above the 99.5th percentile).

Answer: (D)

Verified step by step guidance

1. Understand the meaning of a percentile in statistics: being in the top 0.5% means your value is higher than 99.5% of the population.
2. Interpret the statement 'top 0.5%' as indicating that your total listening time for the artist exceeds that of 99.5% of all listeners.
3. Recognize that this corresponds to being at or above the 99.5th percentile in the distribution of listening times among all listeners of that artist.
4. Note that this is different from being in the top 5% (which corresponds to the 95th percentile) or listening to exactly 0.5% of your total time.
5. Conclude that the correct interpretation is that your listening time is greater than that of 99.5% of listeners, placing you in the very highest group of listeners for that artist.