Mega Top 30 is a Dutch music chart compiled by SoundAware and broadcast every Saturday from 14:00 - 16:00 on NPO 3FM.[1] It originally started on November 30, 1963, as the Tijd voor Teenagers Top 10. Throughout the years, the chart has had several names and lengths:
| From | To | Name | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 November 1963 | 29 January 1966 | Tijd voor Teenagers Top 10 | Top 10 | |
| 5 February 1966 | 17 May 1969 | Parool Top 20 | Top 20 | |
| 24 May 1969 | 26 March 1971 | Hilversum 3 Top 30 | Top 30 | |
| 2 April 1971 | 20 June 1974 | Daverende Dertig | Top 30 | |
| 27 June 1974 | 3 June 1978 | Nationale Hitparade | Top 30 | |
| 10 June 1978 | 21 February 1987 | Nationale Hitparade | Top 50 | |
| 28 February 1987 | 9 December 1989 | Nationale Hitparade | Top 100 | |
| 16 December 1989 | 30 January 1993 | Nationale Top 100[2] | Top 100[3] | |
| 6 February 1993 | 21 December 1996 | Mega Top 50[4] | Top 50 | |
| 28 December 1996 | 28 December 2002 | Mega Top 100[5] | Top 100 | |
| 4 January 2003 | 31 August 2019 | Mega Top 50 | Top 50 | |
| 7 September 2019 | present | Mega Top 30 | Top 30[6] |
The first broadcast in its current format was on Friday May 23, 1969. The show was presented by Joost den Draayer. Desmond Dekker & The Aces were the chart toppers at that time with "The Israelites". From December 4, 1970, the chart was compiled by the NOS. Den Draayer kept presenting the show until April 2, 1971, when Felix Meurders replaced him. From 1978 until 2005 the year end charts were based on sales.
The radio-broadcast remained on Radio 3 and since 5th. December 1985 the chart has been broadcast by the TROS. Only during the period of 1993–1995, the show was broadcast by other broadcasting organizations, including Veronica.[7] From 2007 until November 2014 the chart was hosted by Bart Arens. His place was taken by Paul Rabbering. Barend van Deelen was the presenter from 2015 until 2017. The current presenter is Olivier Bakker.
On television, the chart was used by TopPop from 1974 until 1978 and from 1982 until 1988. In the period 2000-2006 Top of the Pops NL used the public chart.
In January 2003, Music & Media reported that the although positions one to 50 of the Mega Top 100 would remain based purely on sales, that positions 51 to 100 would reflect a combination of sales and airplay data.[8] However, since May 2004, Music Factory, MTV and NPO 3FM airplay data has been used in the composition of the full Mega Top 50 chart and one year later, digital downloads were also included. The chart that made use of single sales figures only kept on existing though, under the name of B2B Single Top 100. Since 2012 streaming data has been included in the composition of the Mega Top 50 chart.
The chart is compiled by SoundAware. Current composition is based on:[9]
| Year | Title | Author(s) | Description of the content | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Mega Charts Jubileumeditie | Ed Hoogeveen | Jubilee edition; treats the first ten years of Mega Charts (in Dutch) | ||
| 2013 | Mega Top 50 presenteert: 50 Jaar Hitparade | Bart Arens, Edgar Kruize, Ed Adams | The complete history of the Dutch public charts from 1963 until 2014 (in Dutch) |