The iTunes Israel Top 25, explained
Updated 2026-10-19
Of Charty's four charts, the iTunes Top 25 is the shortest and the quickest to change. Here is how to read it and where it fits next to the others.
What the chart is
Apple publishes public feeds of the most popular songs in each country's iTunes Store. Charty reads the feed for Israel and shows the top 25. Apple does not publish the exact formula behind the ranking, so we simply mirror what the feed returns rather than guessing how it is built. What we can say is that it reflects what listeners on Apple's platforms are choosing right now, in a store context.
Why it is short and fast
With only 25 places, every position matters, and one strong day for a new release can move a song several places. Compared with a 200-song Shazam list, the iTunes chart is a sharp, narrow window onto what is hot today rather than what is steadily popular. Because it can change quickly, Charty archives a new snapshot to History only when the order of the chart actually changes, rather than on every daily check.
What it favours
A store chart rewards fans who take an action — buying, downloading, adding to a library — so it often rewards artists with committed audiences: a new release from a favourite Israeli pop act can land high within hours. It tends to be less responsive than Shazam to songs that people merely overhear, and less tied than radio to what stations choose to broadcast.
Reading it with other charts
Because each chart measures a different behaviour, differences between them are informative. A song that is high on iTunes but missing from Galgalatz is probably driven by fans rather than radio. A song that is on iTunes and Shazam at once is being both sought out and discovered. The weekly digest points out these overlaps each week, and our guide on reading a chart covers the general ideas.
A note on accuracy
Chart data is collected automatically and occasionally a title or artist is formatted oddly. If something looks wrong, use the Contact link and it will be corrected.