The Charts 50 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for indie music artist songs,  Social Media Influencers published monthly by The Charts magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming in the United States.

The monthly tracking period for sales is officially the first of the month to the end of the month with Nielsen and Songstats tracking sales, video streaming, social media streaming officially . This tracking period also applies to compiling  social media  online streaming data. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming, is readily available on a real-time basis.

A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by The Charts on the first of every month.