The Galgalatz chart, explained
Updated 2026-10-19
If you ask an Israeli what is "on the radio" this week, there is a good chance the answer comes from Galgalatz. Here is what the station is, what its charts are, and what they can and cannot tell you.
What Galgalatz is
Galgalatz (גלגלצ) is the music-and-traffic channel of Galei Tzahal, Israel's Army Radio. It is a general-audience station that is widely listened to well beyond the army, which is why its playlists have long been treated as a barometer of Israeli pop taste. It plays Hebrew songs alongside international hits, and it publishes separate charts for each.
Two charts, two questions
Charty follows both. The Hebrew chart (גלגלץ ישראלי) ranks Hebrew-language songs; the International chart (גלגלץ בינלאומי) ranks the non-Hebrew songs the station is leaning on. Because a radio station is a curator, these charts tell you what Israeli radio is pushing as much as what listeners have chosen. A song that climbs steadily is usually one the station believes in and keeps in rotation; a song that vanishes quickly was often a short-lived add.
How the dates work
The chart is published weekly and carries a date range, such as "27-03/09/2026" — the station's own label for the period, which Charty shows exactly as published. When a new range appears, Charty archives the previous chart on the History page, so you can see how a song's position changed from one week to the next.
What we don't claim
Charty reproduces the order Galgalatz publishes. The station does not publish a detailed formula that we can cite, so we avoid describing exactly how positions are calculated. Treat the chart as an informed snapshot of what Israeli radio is currently playing, not as a count of listeners or sales.
Using it next to other charts
The most useful habit is comparison. A Hebrew song that is high on Galgalatz and being identified a lot on Shazam has both institutional backing and audience pull. A song that is high on radio but invisible on Shazam may be familiar-sounding and reliable rather than new and exciting. Charty's weekly digest lists the songs that appear on more than one chart, and our guide to reading a chart explains the vocabulary.
Why some songs don't play in Charty
Every Galgalatz entry is matched to a YouTube video. Rights holders sometimes block embedding outside YouTube; in that case Charty offers a direct "Watch on YouTube" link instead. The How it works page has the details.