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The poll regularly attracts about 200,000 voters. It began as a write-in poll; it then progressed to phone in, then they started listing the songs for the year so it could be done automatically via SMS and web voting. In the most recent poll, it was only possible to vote on the Triple J web site, and registration was required.
A compilation CD featuring about 35 of the songs in the countdown is released a few months after the count - it is massively popular and a huge moneyspinner for the station - to give some idea of their popularity the first CD is still available a decade after its release in 1993.
The top ten tracks from previous Hottest 100s - there have been eleven to date, 1993-2003 - are listed below: