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Tech House Charts Based on Listener Engagement

Most Tech House charts DJs check are sales charts: they show what people bought. A chart ranked by listener engagement answers a different question — which new Tech House tracks listeners are actually reacting to — and the two are most useful side by side.

Sales charts and engagement charts measure different things

Store charts such as the Beatport and Traxsource Tech House charts rank tracks by sales in that store, alongside DJ-curated charts. Their strength is that they reflect what DJs are buying for the club. Their limit is that releases with strong label promotion and well-known names tend to dominate, and tracks that are not sold in that store never appear.

An engagement-ranked chart looks at how listeners respond to a track rather than how many copies were sold. It picks up tracks that are connecting before they show up in sales — and it has its own limits: a listener liking a track at home is not the same as a dancefloor reacting to it, and a track only counts if it is public on the platform being measured.

How the PickTrack Tech House chart is built

Source — Tech House tracks published on SoundCloud, from major releases to independent producers.
Ranking signal — Likes and reposts weighed against plays, so a track ranks highly when listeners react to it, not just because it was played a lot.
Qualification — Tracks need real traction to qualify. AI-generated tracks and pitched re-uploads made to dodge copyright detection are filtered out, and nobody can pay for a place.
Ordering — Current-year releases are listed first, and the same artist never appears twice within ten places, so one name cannot fill the top of the chart.
Two lists — A Top 100 and a Hot 100 that favours rising tracks with strong engagement relative to their plays.
Refresh — The whole chart is rebuilt once a month, early in the month. Each month is kept as a permanent page in the Tech House chart archive.

Using it to prepare a set

Tech House usually sits around 124–128 BPM, and long, groove-led blends are where key clashes are easiest to hear. Each track on the chart shows its BPM and Camelot key, so you can see at a glance which tracks sit together.

The Top 15 is free. With PickTrack Pro you get the full Top 100 and Hot 100, filters for BPM range, key (exact or compatible keys) and release year, unlimited playlists with one-tap harmonic sort, and the option to send a finished set to your SoundCloud. When you have a shortlist, buy the files from the store or artist you prefer — PickTrack is a discovery tool, not a download store.

Where else to look for Tech House

Combine the engagement chart with a store chart for what is selling, label pages and their SoundCloud repost channels for new releases, and tracklists from DJs whose sound you like. When one track works, check the artist's other releases and the label's back catalogue.

FAQ

What BPM is Tech House?

Usually around 124–128 BPM, although tracks a little outside that range are common.

Where can I see a Tech House chart ranked by listeners rather than sales?

PickTrack ranks Tech House tracks on SoundCloud by listener engagement every month. The live chart is at picktrack.app/genre/tech_house (Top 15 free) and past months are archived at picktrack.app/charts/tech_house.

Is an engagement chart better than the Beatport Tech House chart?

Neither is better; they answer different questions. A sales chart shows what DJs are buying, an engagement chart shows what listeners are reacting to. Checking both gives a fuller picture.

Published 2026-10-29 · updated 2026-10-29. Product details are from each service's public information; check current pricing on their sites. PickTrack is not affiliated with the other services mentioned.

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