Having jumped on the Receiptify trend and generated your personalized music receipt, you may have noticed the column marked “AMT” and wondered what it means. Spoiler alert: it does not stand for “quantity” in the usual sense of a shopping bill! Let us analyze what it means on your Receiptify receipt.
AMT and Top Tracks
Your Receiptify shows you your top tracks, in that your “AMT” column shows the duration of each track in minutes and seconds. For example, a song with a duration of 3 minutes and 20 seconds will have “3:20 in column AMT.
AMT and Top Artists
If you decide to generate a Receiptify by your favorite artists, the AMT column gets another significance. For example, an AMT next to each artist indicates the number of times that you have listened to their music over the given period of time. In other words, if you find a “25” in the AMT column right next to your favorite artist, then you have streamed their songs 25 times!
Why the Difference?
The variation in the definition of “AMT” is purely a matter of the kind of data Receiptify can retrieve from your streaming service.
- Song Length: Song durations are easily available on most streaming services, therefore, adding this parameter to track-based receipt is simple for Receiptify.
- Artist Plays: While streaming services track how often you listen to an artist, the exact play count might not be as easily accessible through the API. Because of this, a play count is used as a substitute for the AMT column in an artist-focused receipt.
A Note on Accuracy
While Receiptify is designed to pull your accurate listening data, occasionally the “AMT” numbers for top artists might seem a bit off. There could be a few reasons for this:
- Caching: Streaming services sometimes cache (store data locally) your listening habits, and updates to the main server may lag slightly.
- Data Processing: The way Receiptify calculates play counts could differ slightly from the internal method of your streaming service.
Conclusion
The next time you’re looking at your Receiptify, those “AMT” numbers won’t be a mystery anymore. Remember:
- Top Tracks: AMT represents song length.
- Top Artists: AMT represents an approximate number of plays.