The 5 tickers StockCar users
listened to most this week
Apple took the #1 spot for the first time, nudging Bitcoin down to a tie with Amazon. A silver miner held its place, and a Bitcoin ETF made its debut: two distinct ways to play Bitcoin in the same top 5.
Data from StockCar app usage, week of April 28, 2026. Percentages reflect each ticker's share of episodes among the top 5. Exact counts are withheld.
Top 5 by episode share
% of top-5 episodes generatedAAPL (28%): a stock finally takes the crown
Apple claiming the #1 spot is a milestone in StockCar's data. Last week Bitcoin led by a clear margin. This week, AAPL at 28% of top episodes pushed it to a three-way tie for second. That shift tells a story: Apple just posted a record-breaking Q2 - $111.2B in revenue, iPhone units up 22%, and a Services segment that keeps expanding its margin contribution. When the world's most valuable company drops a blowout quarter, listeners want an episode.
The timing matters. Apple earnings landed in late April - right inside this data window. Earnings weeks reliably boost episode generation for the reporting company as investors check their thesis, and AAPL is held widely enough that even a small bump in per-holder listening activity moves the aggregate number substantially.
AAPL didn't beat Bitcoin on volume alone - it benefited from a perfect-storm week: a record earnings beat, broad portfolio ownership, and the kind of "what does this mean for my position?" moment that drives StockCar usage.
AMZN (24%): matching Bitcoin, different reasons
Amazon tied Bitcoin at 24% - two assets with almost nothing in common except that StockCar users can't stop tracking them. AMZN also reported a strong quarter: AWS hit its fastest growth clip in three years, advertising revenue continued to outpace expectations, and retail margins held up despite macro noise.
Amazon users in StockCar tend to be segment-watchers. The stock doesn't move on a single number - it moves when AWS accelerates, or when retail margin misses, or when ad revenue beats. AMZN episodes pull that narrative together so listeners understand which business line is driving the price move, not just what the price did.
AMZN tied Bitcoin this week - not because it suddenly got more exciting, but because AWS and ad revenue gave listeners a genuine reason to generate an episode and understand the beat.
BTC (24%): still dominant, now sharing the spotlight
Bitcoin slid from its #1 position last week but remains the most-listened crypto in StockCar by a wide margin. At 24%, BTC is down from 29% - a meaningful drop that reflects Apple's earnings surge more than any reduction in Bitcoin interest. The underlying demand is structural: BTC trades 24/7, moves overnight, and gives users a reason to open StockCar any time of day.
What makes this week's data particularly interesting is that Bitcoin shows up twice in the top 5. If you add BTC at 24% and HODL at 8%, Bitcoin-related listening accounts for 32% of the top-5 total - even higher than last week's 29%.
HL (16%): the silver miner holds its ground
Hecla Mining returned to the list with its second consecutive top-5 appearance. At 16%, HL is moving up - it was 14% last week. This isn't noise. The macro backdrop that drew listeners to a silver miner alongside Bitcoin last week hasn't changed: inflation concerns, dollar weakness, and an active precious metals trade are keeping the hard-assets cohort engaged.
What's notable is who HL listeners likely overlap with. Silver miners and Bitcoin have historically attracted the same macro thesis - both benefit from loss of confidence in fiat currency. Add in HODL's debut and you have three hard-asset names in the same top 5. That's a signal about StockCar's user base, not just the market.
HL is back for a second week - and this time its share grew. Silver miners alongside Bitcoin and a Bitcoin ETF in the same top 5 points to a consistent hard-assets investor profile inside StockCar.
HODL (8%): Bitcoin's ETF wrapper makes its debut
The VanEck Bitcoin ETF (ticker HODL) makes its first top-5 appearance this week. It's a landmark data point: users aren't just tracking spot Bitcoin directly, they're also monitoring their ETF exposure and generating episodes on it separately. A StockCar user with both BTC and HODL in their portfolio might generate two different episodes on the same underlying move.
Bitcoin ETFs changed how investors engage with crypto exposure. For some users, HODL is the "safe" wrapper - held in a brokerage account, not a cold wallet. They track it the same way they track SPY: as a portfolio line item that needs a regular check-in. StockCar's format is well suited for that -a quick episode that explains what happened to the underlying asset and what it means for the ETF's NAV.
What this tells us
A stock topped the chart for the first time. AAPL's record Q2 drove a surge in episode generation - showing that earnings weeks materially shift the leaderboard.
Bitcoin's share of listening actually grew when you count both BTC and HODL together: 32% combined vs. 29% last week. Bitcoin remains the dominant use case in StockCar.
The hard-assets cohort is persistent. BTC, HODL, and HL in the same top 5 for a second week points to a real, recurring user segment tracking alternatives to fiat.
StockCar serves multiple investor types simultaneously. Spot crypto holders, ETF investors, blue-chip long-term holders, and hard-asset macro traders all coexist in the same weekly top 5.
Episode data sourced from StockCar app usage for the week of April 28, 2026. Rankings reflect which individual tickers appeared most frequently among the top episode generations during that window. Percentages represent each ticker's share of the top-5 total; exact episode counts are withheld. Data reflects organic user behavior - no tickers were promoted or featured in-app during this period.
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