Last.fm

Artist word cloud

Generates an SVG word cloud from your Last.fm top artists. Names are sized logarithmically by play count and packed onto the canvas with a spiral layout, with roughly a fifth of artists rendered vertically for visual variety.

GET /lastfm-wordcloud

Parameters

Parameter Default Description
username RussMckendrick Last.fm username.
width 500 Width of the generated SVG in pixels (height is width / 1.6).
period overall Time range: overall, 7day, 1month, 3month, 6month, 12month.
limit 75 Number of artists to include (25–200).
debug optional — Render bounding boxes around each artist for layout debugging.

Examples

All-time top artists

![Word cloud](https://www.russ.rest/lastfm-wordcloud?username=RussMckendrick&width=900)
Word cloud of all-time top artists

Last 12 months, denser

![Last year](https://www.russ.rest/lastfm-wordcloud?username=RussMckendrick&period=12month&limit=120&width=900)
Word cloud of last 12 months

Embed in a GitHub README

<img src="https://www.russ.rest/lastfm-wordcloud?username=YourUsername&width=900" alt="My most-played artists">