diff --git a/src/lib/music/HoursChart.svelte b/src/lib/music/HoursChart.svelte
index de34185..234cb4d 100644
--- a/src/lib/music/HoursChart.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/music/HoursChart.svelte
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 		title: string;
 		hours: number;
 		plays?: number;
+		/** Axis label at this bar (e.g. the day on an hourly chart), drawn with a faint divider. */
+		mark?: string;
 		/** Stacked parts (bottom first); the rest of `hours` is drawn in the base colour. */
 		segments?: ChartSegment[];
 	};
@@ -42,6 +44,11 @@
 		`${h.toLocaleString('en-GB', { minimumFractionDigits: 1, maximumFractionDigits: 1 })} h`;
 	const shift = (pos: number) => (pos < 0.15 ? '-10%' : pos > 0.85 ? '-90%' : '-50%');
 	const pct = (h: number) => (h / max) * 100;
+	// Dense charts (e.g. 168 hourly bars) drop the gap so bars stay visible on phones.
+	const dense = $derived(bars.length > 60);
+	const marks = $derived(
+		bars.flatMap((b, i) => (b.mark ? [{ i, label: b.mark, key: b.key }] : []))
+	);
 
 	function move(event: KeyboardEvent, i: number) {
 		if (event.key === 'Escape') {
@@ -64,7 +71,9 @@
 
 <div class="relative">
 	<div
-		class="flex {height} items-end gap-px rounded-md border border-[var(--site-border)] p-2"
+		class="flex {height} items-end {dense
+			? 'gap-0'
+			: 'gap-px'} rounded-md border border-[var(--site-border)] p-2"
 		role="group"
 		aria-label={label}
 		onpointerleave={(e) => {
@@ -77,7 +86,10 @@
 			<button
 				type="button"
 				bind:this={buttons[i]}
-				class="group flex h-full min-w-0 flex-1 cursor-default flex-col-reverse rounded-sm focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-1 focus-visible:outline-[var(--site-text)]"
+				class="group flex h-full min-w-0 flex-1 cursor-default flex-col-reverse rounded-sm {bar.mark &&
+				i > 0
+					? 'border-l border-[var(--site-border)]'
+					: ''} focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-1 focus-visible:outline-[var(--site-text)]"
 				tabindex={i === tabIndexAt ? 0 : -1}
 				aria-label="{bar.title}: {exactHours(bar.hours)}{bar.plays != null
 					? `, ${bar.plays} plays`
@@ -151,7 +163,15 @@
 		</div>
 	{/if}
 </div>
-{#if startLabel || endLabel}
+{#if marks.length}
+	<div class="relative mx-2 mt-1 h-4 text-xs text-[var(--site-muted)]" aria-hidden="true">
+		{#each marks as m (m.key)}
+			<span class="absolute whitespace-nowrap" style="left: {(m.i / bars.length) * 100}%"
+				>{m.label}</span
+			>
+		{/each}
+	</div>
+{:else if startLabel || endLabel}
 	<div class="mt-1 flex justify-between text-xs text-[var(--site-muted)]">
 		<span>{startLabel}</span><span>{endLabel}</span>
 	</div>
diff --git a/src/lib/server/music/stats.ts b/src/lib/server/music/stats.ts
index 0f059d5..0776716 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/music/stats.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/music/stats.ts
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ async function computeStats(range: Range) {
 		genres,
 		tagged,
 		genreTimeline,
-		sources
+		sources,
+		hourly
 	] = await Promise.all([
 		totalsOf(cur),
 		prevFrom ? totalsOf(prev) : Promise.resolve(null),
@@ -341,7 +342,21 @@ async function computeStats(range: Range) {
 			from bx join (${tagShare()}) tw using (artist_id)
 			where tw.tag in (select tag from top) group by 1, 2`,
 		sql`select f.source, count(*)::int as plays from music.play_facts f where ${cur()}
-			group by f.source order by plays desc`
+			group by f.source order by plays desc`,
+		// 7 days only: one bucket per local (Amsterdam wall-clock) hour, empty hours as 0, so
+		// always 7 × 24 = 168 points (a DST fall-back hour folds into its wall-clock bucket).
+		range === '7d'
+			? sql`
+				with h as (
+					select generate_series(${from}::date::timestamp, ${today}::date::timestamp + interval '23 hours',
+					       interval '1 hour') as bucket)
+				select to_char(h.bucket, 'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24') as bucket,
+				       coalesce(x.plays, 0)::int as plays, coalesce(x.ms, 0)::float8 as ms
+				from h left join (
+					select f.local_day + make_interval(hours => f.hour) as bucket, count(*) as plays, sum(f.ms) as ms
+					from music.play_facts f where ${cur()} group by 1) x using (bucket)
+				order by h.bucket`
+			: Promise.resolve(null)
 	]);
 
 	const t = totals[0];
@@ -434,6 +449,14 @@ async function computeStats(range: Range) {
 			plays: r.plays as number,
 			hours: hoursOf(r.ms)
 		})),
+		/** 7d only: 168 hourly buckets keyed `YYYY-MM-DDTHH` (Amsterdam time); null otherwise. */
+		hourly: hourly
+			? hourly.map((r) => ({
+					bucket: r.bucket as string,
+					plays: r.plays as number,
+					hours: hoursOf(r.ms)
+				}))
+			: null,
 		clock: clock.map((r) => ({
 			dow: r.dow as number,
 			hour: r.hour as number,
diff --git a/src/routes/trackers/music/+page.svelte b/src/routes/trackers/music/+page.svelte
index c9f48ee..2c88602 100644
--- a/src/routes/trackers/music/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/trackers/music/+page.svelte
@@ -46,13 +46,29 @@
 	const changeClass = (now: number, before: number) =>
 		now >= before ? 'text-[#1db954]' : 'text-red-500';
 
+	// 7 days: one bar per hour (bucket `YYYY-MM-DDTHH`, Amsterdam time), day names on the axis.
+	const hourTitle = (bucket: string) => {
+		const h = Number(bucket.slice(11, 13));
+		const pad = (n: number) => String(n).padStart(2, '0');
+		return `${date(bucket, { weekday: 'short', day: 'numeric', month: 'short' })}, ${pad(h)}:00–${pad((h + 1) % 24)}:00`;
+	};
 	const hoursBars = $derived<ChartBar[]>(
-		s.chart.map((b) => ({
-			key: b.bucket,
-			title: bucketTitle(b.bucket),
-			hours: b.hours,
-			plays: b.plays
-		}))
+		s.hourly
+			? s.hourly.map((b) => ({
+					key: b.bucket,
+					title: hourTitle(b.bucket),
+					hours: b.hours,
+					plays: b.plays,
+					mark: b.bucket.endsWith('T00')
+						? date(b.bucket, { weekday: 'short', day: 'numeric' })
+						: undefined
+				}))
+			: s.chart.map((b) => ({
+					key: b.bucket,
+					title: bucketTitle(b.bucket),
+					hours: b.hours,
+					plays: b.plays
+				}))
 	);
 	const genreColor = $derived(
 		Object.fromEntries(s.genres.series.map((g, i) => [g, GENRE_COLORS[i % GENRE_COLORS.length]]))
@@ -217,14 +233,14 @@
 
 	<section class="mb-12" aria-labelledby="chart-heading">
 		<h2 id="chart-heading" class="mb-3 text-xl font-semibold tracking-tight">
-			hours per {unitName}
+			hours per {s.hourly ? 'hour' : unitName}
 			<span class="text-sm font-normal text-[var(--site-muted)]"
 				>({s.range === 'all' ? 'all time' : `last ${periodName}`})</span
 			>
 		</h2>
 		<HoursChart
 			bars={hoursBars}
-			label="hours listened per {unitName}"
+			label="hours listened per {s.hourly ? 'hour' : unitName}"
 			startLabel={s.chart[0] ? bucketShort(s.chart[0].bucket) : ''}
 			endLabel={s.unit === 'day' ? 'today' : s.unit === 'week' ? 'this week' : 'this month'}
 		/>