Which Songs Will Be Billboard #1 in October? — Patient Zero - Taylor Swift

This market will settle to Yes if Patient Zero by Taylor Swift is the #1 song on any Billboard Hot 100 chart dated in October 2026. Outcome sourced from Billboard. Billboard typically updates the Billboard Hot 100 chart each Tuesday (with adjusted release schedules on some holiday weeks), reflecting data from the previous week (Friday-Thursday). Each Billboard chart is then dated Week of (date of the upcoming Saturday). Under this framework, the charts dated October 3, October 10, October 17, October 24, and October 31 would qualify.