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Last.fm: History, Art, Measurement & Companies

Last.fm is a music website founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. Utilizing a music recommender system known as "Audioscrobbler", Last.fm creates a detailed profile of each user's musical preferences by recording the details of the tracks they listen to, whether from Internet radio stations or from the user's computer or portable music devices. This…

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Last.fm topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Art, Measurement and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Last.fm.

Related topics
103
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
109
Extracted relationships
180
Concept neighborhoods
25
Bridge connections
109

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 64 topics
Overview · 17 topics
Radio stations · 16 topics
Artist pages · 3 topics
Charts · 2 topics
Features · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
United Kingdom
Owner
Independent (2002–2007; 2026–present) CBS Interactive (2007–2021) Paramount Streaming (2021–2025) Paramount Skydance (2025–2026)
Commercial
Yes
Created by
Felix Miller, Martin Stiksel, Michael Breidenbruecker, Thomas Willomitzer, Richard Jones
Current status
Active
Launched
20 March 2002; 24 years ago (2002-03-20)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Features

Artist pages

Charts

Radio stations

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Last.fm connects Entity context

The extracted context around Last.fm shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Last.fm → API, Audioscrobbler, Computer Science, Electronics, Europrix, Felix Miller, FM, Initially, Internet, Jones, Last, Martin Stiksel, Michael Breidenbruecker, Micronesia, Prix Ars Electronica, Richard Jones, Southampton School, The, Thomas Willomitzer, United Kingdom Another extracted example is Last.fm → Adobe Flash, An, August, GNU General Public License, However, HTML5-enabled, It, Last, Linux, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Player, Prior, The, The Last, This. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Last.fm

Top relations

related to Audioscrobbler and Last.fm (2002–2006) · 21
Last.fm → API, Audioscrobbler, Computer Science, Electronics, Europrix, Felix Miller, FM, Initially, Internet, Jones, Last, Martin Stiksel, Michael Breidenbruecker, Micronesia, Prix Ars Electronica, Richard Jones, Southampton School, The, Thomas Willomitzer, United Kingdom
related to Player · 16
Last.fm → Adobe Flash, An, August, GNU General Public License, However, HTML5-enabled, It, Last, Linux, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Player, Prior, The, The Last, This
related to CBS acquisition and redesign (2007–2009) · 15
Last.fm → April, At, CBS, Channel, However, In July, In May, It, Last, May, On, Portishead's, Radio, Third, Worldwide Chart
related to Changes to streaming and access on other platforms (2009–2011) · 15
Last.fm → According, April, Felix Miller, Germany, In, Last, March, Martin Stiksel, On, Radio, Richard Jones, The, This, United Kingdom, United States
related to Artist pages · 13
Last.fm → Additionally, Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike, Edits, GNU Free Documentation License, If, Last, License, Official, Once, This, User-submitted, Users, YouTube
related to Website and desktop application redesigns (2012–2013) · 12
Last.fm → August, February, In March, January, June, Last, LinkedIn, MD5, Myspace, On, The, Tumblr
related to Charts · 11
Last.fm → Additionally, Artist, Audioscrobbler, Each, Last, One, Top Albums, Top Artists, Top Fans, Top Tracks, Users
related to End of radio streaming and redesign (2014–2026) · 10
Last.fm → April, In, In January, Last, March, On, Spotify, With, YouTube, YouTube-powered
related to Independence (2026–present) · 8
Last.fm → BTS, K-pop, Last, May, On, On June, The, This
related to Radio stations · 8
Last.fm → Additionally, April, In May, Last, Stations, This, Users, Visual Radio

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

last fm users radio music tracks player profile website new artists artist also stations may user's cbs played audioscrobbler track

Last.fm relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 180 structured relationships around Last.fm. Examples in this analysis include Last.fm → Commercial → Yes and Last.fm → Created by → Felix Miller, Martin Stiksel, Michael Breidenbruecker, Thomas Willomitzer, Richard Jones. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Last.fmCommercialYes1.00infobox
Last.fmCreated byFelix Miller, Martin Stiksel, Michael Breidenbruecker, Thomas Willomitzer, Richard Jones1.00infobox
Last.fmCurrent statusActive1.00infobox
Last.fmFoundedUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Last.fmLaunched20 March 2002; 24 years ago (2002-03-20)1.00infobox
Last.fmOwnerIndependent (2002–2007; 2026–present) CBS Interactive (2007–2021) Paramount Streaming (2021–2025) Paramount Skydance (2025–2026)1.00infobox
Last.fmRegistrationFree, with optional subscription1.00infobox
Last.fmType of siteOnline music database, music recommendation, events, statistics, social networking service1.00infobox
Last.fmURLlast.fm1.00infobox
Last.fmfounded in20020.95text
Last.fmfounded byFelix Miller0.90text
Last.fmis amusic website founded in the United Kingdom in 20020.90text
Last.fmis asemi-automatic weekly generation and archiving of detailed personal music charts and statistics0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Last.fm bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Last, Music and Radio. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Last.fm
    • Last
    • Music
    • Radio
    • New
    • Announced
    • Website
    • Player
    • Audioscrobbler
    • Profile
    • Users
    • Tracks
    • User
  • last.fm
    • Last
    • Music
    • Radio
    • New
    • Announced
    • Website
    • Player
    • Audioscrobbler
    • Profile
    • Users
    • Tracks
    • User
  • tracks
    • Played
    • Top
    • Artists
    • Radio
    • Users
    • Information
    • Track
    • Stations
    • Artist
    • Available
    • Change
    • Client
  • internet radio
    • Stations
    • Would
    • Announced
    • Website
    • Player
    • Tracks
    • Users
    • Streaming
    • Client
    • Site
    • Played
    • Free
  • music player
    • Player
    • User's
    • Client
    • Radio
    • Profile
    • Site
    • Also
    • Stations
    • Website
    • Users
    • Information
    • Personal
  • apple music
    • Player
    • User's
    • Radio
    • Profile
    • Site
    • Stations
    • Website
    • Information
    • Personal
    • Audioscrobbler
    • Tracks
    • Client
  • last.fm client
    • Last
    • Music
    • Radio
    • Player
    • New
    • Announced
    • Played
    • Website
    • Personal
    • Audioscrobbler
    • Profile
    • Users
  • .fm
    • Last
    • Music
    • Radio
    • New
    • Announced
    • Website
    • Audioscrobbler
    • Profile
    • Users
    • Player
    • Tracks
    • User

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Last.fm, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Last.fm with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Last.fm — History · splits 45 ⟂ 65
Last.fm — Overview · splits 92 ⟂ 18
Last.fm — Radio stations · splits 93 ⟂ 17
Last.fm — Artist pages · splits 106 ⟂ 4
Last.fm — Charts · splits 107 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Last.fm

Nodes110
Edges109
Triples180
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018182
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Last.fm to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Art, Measurement & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Last.fm · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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