Editing Triple J Hottest 100 (section)

== Impact ==

=== In popular culture ===
The Hottest 100 has been branded a "national institution" and "the world's greatest music democracy".<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Clarke |first=Tom W. |title=Shoulda Been Higher: A Celebration of 30 Years of Triple J's Hottest 100 |publisher=Melbourne Books |year=2023 |isbn=9781922779076 |location=Melbourne}}</ref> The countdown receives millions of votes every year– in 2019, a record of 3.2 million were cast.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 January 2020 |title=Hottest 100 Voting Record Smashed: ‘We Didn’t Think It Was Possible’ |url=https://themusic.com.au/news/triple-j-hottest-100-2019-voting-record/0kLOxMfGycg/22-01-20 |access-date=26 January 2025 |work=[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]]}}</ref> In 2022, one in two Australians engaged with the Hottest 100 campaign, and 3.6 million people listened on the day, according to national ratings.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 March 2022 |title=1 in 2 Australians engaged with the Hottest 100 in a record-breaking year |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/1-in-2-australians-engaged-with-the-hottest-100-in-a-record-breaking-year/ |access-date=26 January 2025 |work=RadioInfo}}</ref> 
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Musicians who have taken out the number one spot have often seen a popularity boost after the annual countdown. Following [[Alex Lloyd]] winning the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2001|2001 countdown]] with "[[Amazing (Alex Lloyd song)|Amazing]]", it became the most played song on [[List of radio stations in Australia|Australian radio]] for the next year. The singer said [[Commercial broadcasting|commercial stations]] only started playing it after his win on Triple J; from royalties then received, he was able to buy a house.<ref name="SMHhouse">{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Thomas |date=24 January 2025 |title=‘Helped me buy a house’: What does it mean to win the Hottest 100? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/helped-me-buy-a-house-what-does-it-mean-to-win-the-hottest-100-20250123-p5l6ta.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250124055014/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/helped-me-buy-a-house-what-does-it-mean-to-win-the-hottest-100-20250123-p5l6ta.html |archive-date=24 January 2025 |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref> Alternative rock band [[the Rubens]] won the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2015|Hottest 100 of 2015]] and immediately had to upgrade the venues for their upcoming tour due to an influx of new fans.<ref name="SMHhouse" />

=== Voter turnout and fundraising ===
Since the 2015 countdown, Triple J has annually partnered with an Australian organisation to donate all funds raised from Hottest 100 merchandise – usually a [[T-shirt]] branded with the countdown's logo. In total, these fundraisers have raised over $3.3 million for a variety of causes that the broadcaster deems "most important" to listeners each year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moskovitch |first=Greg |date=2015-12-08 |title=Triple J Announce First-Ever Hottest 100 Partnership |url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/triple-j-announce-first-ever-hottest-100-partnership/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Tone Deaf |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-12 |title=Here's what your Hottest 100 donations can do |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/hottest-100-donations/11757994 |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Triple J |language=en-AU}}</ref>{{Table alignment}}
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|+ List of votes counted and fundraising history since 2013
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Votes cast
! class="unsortable" scope="col" | {{Abbr|VR|Voting Record}}?
!Charity partner
!Amount raised
! class="unsortable" scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|2013
|1,490,000
|
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Page |first=Emma |date=27 January 2014 |title=Northern Beaches music artist Flume caps off successful year, taking fifth place in Triple J's Hottest 100 with Drop The Game |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/northern-beaches/northern-beaches-music-artist-flume-caps-off-successful-year-taking-fifth-place-in-triple-js-hottest-100-with-drop-the-game/news-story/0d5f44c0f600783be8f0556f52a13860 |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|2,099,707
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jenke |first=Tyler |date=22 December 2021 |title=Revisiting triple j’s Hottest 100s of years gone by: 2014 |url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/revisiting-triple-j-hottest-100-2014/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |website=Tone Deaf |publisher=[[Brag Media]]}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|2,094,000
|
| rowspan="3" |Australian Indigenous{{Br}}Mentoring Experience
|$100,000
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Ruby |date=26 January 2016 |title=Triple J Hottest 100 voters set record for 2016 music poll |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-26/triple-j-hottest-100-voters-set-new-record/7112504 |access-date=15 January 2024 |work=ABC News |publisher=}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Napier |first=Kim |date=2016-09-13 |title=Triple J's Hottest 100 partners with AIME |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/triple-js-hottest-100-partners-aime/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=RadioInfo Australia |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|2,255,110
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|$250,000
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 January 2017 |title=Triple J's Hottest 100: Everything you need to know |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-25/everything-you-need-to-know-about-triple-js-hottest-100/8211272 |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=ABC News}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2016-09-13 |title=Triple J to keep 2017 Hottest 100 on Australia Day, but 'future years under review' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/13/triple-j-hottest-100-australia-day-future-years-under-review |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|2,286,133
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|$250,000
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Zanda |date=23 January 2018 |title=2017 is officially Triple J’s most voted-in Hottest 100 of all time |url=https://radiotoday.com.au/2017-triple-j-hottest-100-officially-participated-countdown-ever/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=Radio Today}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Mack |first=Emmy |date=2018-03-12 |title=Here's How Many People Tuned Into The Triple J Hottest 100 This Year |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/heres-many-people-tuned-triple-j-hottest-100-year/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Music Feeds}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|2,758,584
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|[[Lifeline (crisis support service)|Lifeline]]
|$631,000
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 January 2019 |title=Triple J’s Hottest 100 of 2018: Live Updates |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/triple-js-hottest-100-of-2018-live-updates/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=[[Music Feeds]]}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2019-01-27 |title=Hottest 100 By The Numbers |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/triple-j-hottest-100-2018-countdown-by-the-numbers-stats-facts/10746010 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Triple J |language=en-AU}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|3,211,596
|{{MaybeCheck}}
|[[Greening Australia]]
|$250,000
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 January 2020 |title=Triple J's Hottest 100 cracks 3 million votes |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/triple-js-hottest-100-cracks-3-million-votes/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=RadioInfo Australia}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2020-01-30 |title=Triple J's Hottest 100 raises $250k for Greening Australia |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/triple-js-hottest-100-raises-250k-for-greening-australia-615042 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Mumbrella |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2020s
|1,869,659
|
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rogers |first=Samantha |date=14 March 2020 |title=Tame Impala’s The Less I Know The Better wins Triple J Hottest 100 of the Decade |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/music/tame-impalas-the-less-i-know-the-better-wins-triple-j-hottest-100-of-the-decade-ng-b881489614z |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=[[PerthNow]]}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|2,790,224
|
| rowspan="2" |Lifeline
|$653,000
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Newstead |first=Al |date=23 January 2021 |title=Hottest 100 by the numbers: Stats fakin’ me out |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/hottest-100-of-2020-by-the-numbers-stats-facts-trivia/13085394 |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=Triple J}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|2,700,000
|
|$1,200,000
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Neal |first=Matt |date=20 January 2022 |title=The changing face of Triple J's Hottest 100 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-20/the-changing-face-of-triple-js-hottest-100/100705764 |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=ABC News}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=9 March 2022 |title=2021 Triple J Hottest 100 breaks records for the station |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/2021-triple-j-hottest-100-breaks-records-for-the-station/ |website=Mediaweek}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|2,436,565
|
|[[Australian Conservation Foundation|Australian Conservation]]{{Br}}[[Australian Conservation Foundation|Foundation]]
|$550,000
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Winter |first=Velvet |date=28 January 2023 |title=Flume and May-a take out the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2022 — as it happened |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-28/hottest-100-live-blog-triple-j-2022/101887152 |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2023 |title=Hottest 100 supports Australian Conservation Foundation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/gives/hottest-100-acf/102957284 |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=ABC Gives}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|2,355,870
|
|[[Headspace (organisation)|Headspace]]
|$502,000
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fry |first=Courtney |date=27 January 2024 |title=Movers, shakers and history makers: Here's your Hottest 100 in numbers and trends |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/hottest-100-2023-trends-overview/103397316 |access-date=15 January 2025 |website=Triple J}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite news |last=Welsh |first=Caitlin |date=27 January 2024 |title=Triple J Hottest 100: Doja Cat tops poll with Paint the Town Red as G Flip breaks record for most entries |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/27/triple-j-hottest-100-doja-cat-tops-poll-with-paint-the-town-red-as-g-flip-sets-record-most-entries |access-date=6 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|2,489,446
|
|We Are Mobilise
|$312,000
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 January 2025 |title=Chappell Roan tops triple j's Hottest 100 |url=https://radiotoday.com.au/chappell-roan-tops-triple-js-hottest-100/ |access-date=26 January 2025 |work=Radio Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Winter |first=Velvet |date=25 January 2025 |title=Chappell Roan voted number one in the 2024 Triple J Hottest 100 countdown — as it happened |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-25/triple-j-hottest-100-2024-live-updates/104855230 |access-date=26 January 2025 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]}}</ref>
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