So... what are we called?!?

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   Before the internet, I was unaware that there were so many chart geeks who obsessively followed Billboard and various countdown shows.  

I knew about the "Listener who wants to know" letters that would flood in in to Casey, and I was aware of Paul Grein's ChartBeat column which would end with the "We Get Letters" section, full of chart obsessed missives and corrections.

But not until message-boards and Social Media did I really understand that there was a hobby / subculture of pop music statistics(I bet Paul Haney knew, though!)

But what is this hobby called?  Is there a term for those of us who wait with baited breath for the new chart each week?  It can't just be "Music Fans" or "Chart Watchers"... could it?

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	Before the internet, I was unaware that there were so many chart geeks who obsessively followed Billboard and various countdown shows. I knew about the "Listener who wants to know" letters that would flood in in to Casey, and I was aware of Paul Grein's ChartBeat column which would end with the "We Get Letters" section, full of chart obsessed missives and corrections. But not until message-boards and Social Media did I really understand that there was a hobby / subculture of pop music statistics(I bet Paul Haney knew, though!) But what is this hobby called? Is there a term for those of us who wait with baited breath for the new chart each week? It can't just be "Music Fans" or "Chart Watchers"... could it?