What is the highest Billboard chart category peak recorded by Taylor Swift’s “august”?

Taylor Swift’s “august” reached number 5 on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.

The song simultaneously debuted and peaked at number five on that chart after folklore arrived in 2020. It remained there for 20 weeks, a strong result for an album track that was not promoted as a conventional single.

The ranking reflects the song’s crossover sound: its dream-pop atmosphere, guitar-based arrangement, and soft-rock elements allowed it to fit comfortably beyond a strictly mainstream-pop category. The annual August streaming revival later gave the song additional visibility.

This peak is different from the US Hot 100 peak of number 23 and the Billboard Global 200 peak of number 46. Those rankings measure broader markets, while Hot Rock & Alternative Songs focuses on a genre-defined chart.