Taylor Swift’s “august” first peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. It entered the chart on the week dated August 8, 2020, following the release of Folklore.
The song remained on the Hot 100 for two consecutive weeks. Its chart performance is notable because “august” was not initially released as a traditional lead single, yet the album’s immediate popularity sent every Folklore track into the chart at once.
The number 23 peak is different from the song’s later number 46 peak on the Billboard Global 200. Those are separate charts measuring different markets, so the figures should not be treated as competing versions of the same ranking. The annual August streaming resurgence helped the song continue appearing in international charts after its original release.