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# TechCrunch Dominates New Hype Machine Chart With A Single Tweet
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/techcrunch-dominates-new-hype-machine-chart-with-a-single-tweet/
- Published: 2009-07-14T06:32:12.000Z
- Updated: 2009-07-14T06:32:12.000Z
- Description: Chart Troubles Continue At The Hype Machine Top tech blog TechCrunch thought that the methodology behind the new Hype Machine Twitter music chart was a bit simplistic; so it decided. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/07/techcrunch-dominates-new-hype-machine-chart-with-a-single-t
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Social Media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

**Chart Troubles Continue At The Hype Machine** 

[![Tech Crunch Hype Machine](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20115720276cb970b-500wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20115720276cb970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com) 

Top tech blog [TechCrunch](http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/11/the-hype-machines-new-twitter-music-chart-is-too-easy-to-rickroll/?ref=hypebot.com) thought that the methodology behind the new Hype Machine Twitter music chart was a bit simplistic; so it decided to test the system. When a single tweet to the writer's 7000+ followers placed a song at #24 on The Hype Machine chart, he decided to tweet a link to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” from the TechCrunch Twitter account which has 916,735 followers. The result was an almost instant #1\. (*click on image to enlarge*) 

This laltest test comes just days after [Hype Machine outed a group of artists](https://www.hypebot.com/hype-machine-outs-artists-for-chart-manipulation/) for trying to manipulate its "popular" chart. As TechCrunch suggests, maybe its time to stick with the [We Are Hunted](http://wearehunted.com/twitter/?ref=hypebot.com) Twitter chart while The Hype Machine adjusts is methodology.