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title	date	tags	description	icon	demo_url	source_url	draft
Last.fm Weekly Stats	2026-01-04	javascript api last.fm	Fetch and display your weekly listening stats from Last.fm	lastfm-stats			false

Get your weekly listening statistics from Last.fm's API. Enter your username below to see your top artists and track counts for different time periods.

I made this so I could easily add in listening stats to my weekly posts, if you find it useful please let me know.

{{< lastfm-stats-form >}}

Download the Shell Script

Want to run this locally or integrate it into your own workflows? Here is a bash script I was using to generate this before I decided to make a web version.

#!/bin/bash

# Last.fm Weekly Stats Script
# Fetches your Last.fm listening statistics for the past week
#
# Requirements:
#   - curl (for API requests)
#   - jq (for JSON parsing)
#
# Usage: ./lastfm-week.sh
#
# Setup:
#   Create a .env file with:
#     LASTFM_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
#     LASTFM_USERNAME=your_username_here
#
# Output: Markdown-formatted stats with top artists and track counts
#
# Download from: https://ritual.sh/resources/lastfm-stats/

# Load environment variables from .env file
if [ -f .env ]; then
    export $(cat .env | grep -v '^#' | xargs)
else
    echo "Error: .env file not found"
    exit 1
fi

# Check required variables
if [ -z "$LASTFM_API_KEY" ] || [ -z "$LASTFM_USERNAME" ]; then
    echo "Error: LASTFM_API_KEY and LASTFM_USERNAME must be set in .env file"
    exit 1
fi

API_BASE="http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/"

# Get current timestamp
NOW=$(date +%s)
# Get timestamp from 7 days ago
WEEK_AGO=$((NOW - 604800))

# Fetch top artists for the week
TOP_ARTISTS=$(curl -s "${API_BASE}?method=user.gettopartists&user=${LASTFM_USERNAME}&api_key=${LASTFM_API_KEY}&format=json&period=7day&limit=5")

# Fetch recent tracks to count this week's scrobbles
RECENT_TRACKS=$(curl -s "${API_BASE}?method=user.getrecenttracks&user=${LASTFM_USERNAME}&api_key=${LASTFM_API_KEY}&format=json&from=${WEEK_AGO}&to=${NOW}&limit=1")

# Get total track count
TOTAL_TRACKS=$(echo "$RECENT_TRACKS" | jq -r '.recenttracks["@attr"].total')

# Output in markdown format
echo "## Last.fm Weekly Stats"
echo ""
echo "**Total Tracks:** ${TOTAL_TRACKS}"
echo ""
echo "**Top 5 Artists:**"
echo ""

# Parse and display top 5 artists as markdown links
echo "$TOP_ARTISTS" | jq -r '.topartists.artist[] | "- [\(.name)](\(.url)) - \(.playcount) plays"'

Shell Script Usage

The script fetches your Last.fm stats and outputs them in markdown format.

Requirements:

• curl for API requests
• jq for JSON parsing

Setup:

1. Create a .env file with your credentials:

LASTFM_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
LASTFM_USERNAME=your_username_here

2. Make the script executable:

chmod +x lastfm-week.sh

3. Run it:

./lastfm-week.sh

Output:

The script prints markdown-formatted stats including:

• Total tracks scrobbled this week
• Top 5 artists with play counts
• Direct links to artist pages

Enjoy!