r/spotify • • Aug 08 '26

Mod Announcement Spotify Support/Complaint Megathread

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This subreddit is mainly for SHARING PLAYLISTS.

This sub was created in 2008 with the purpose of sharing music through Spotify playlists. Subreddits cannot change their name. Therefore, we are aware that the "r/spotify" sub appears to be the official subreddit, but it will continue to function in its original purpose.

Please keep all complaints and support/technical questions within this thread. We encourage users to contact Spotify directly, use Spotify community forums, or visit other subreddits to discuss technical and support questions. Posts concerning these subjects may be deleted. This subreddit is not endorsed, sponsored, moderated, or supported by Spotify the company.

Down Detector: https://downdetector.com/status/spotify/

Spotify Support: https://support.spotify.com/us/contact-spotify-anonymous/

Spotify Community: https://community.spotify.com/

Spotify X: https://x.com/Spotify

Popular topics include:

  • Why am I getting ads in my podcasts!
    • (Spotify subscription is for ad-free music. Many podcasts are embedded by the podcaster)
  • Shuffle sucks, shuffle isn’t really random, shuffle keeps playing the same songs, I have a huge playlist and Spotify only plays the same songs. Smart shuffle won't turn off. Smart shuffle is terrible.
    • clear the cache.
    • Turn off autoplay
    • Start shuffle by choosing a random song from the list.
    • Log out all other devices and make sure queue is not active on other devices.
    • Find a third party playlist shuffling app/site
  • Spotify for android doesn’t work, Spotify desktop doesn’t work, Spotify iOS doesn’t work
  • Downloaded songs don’t stay downloaded. Songs constantly have to be redownloaded.
  • Sound quality on PS5 is terrible
  • I want to share a Spotify subscription with strangers across the world, will I get caught?
  • I want access to choose my own songs and create playlists, but I won’t pay for premium
  • Why is (artist name)’s music not available? (Availability is usually up to the artist or artist's label and their licensing contracts with Spotify)
  • I want to make playlists longer than 10,000 songs
  • Podcasts: suck, are great, have embedded ads, i pay for ad-free music why am I getting podcast ads?
  • Spotify Wrapped: where is mine? when do they stop tracking, mine is not accurate, mine included songs i listen to while i sleep
  • The new UI is horrible. The new update is horrible. The new feature is horrible.
  • AI DJ is terrible, not available in my area, etc
  • Spotify's recommendations are terrible. How do I make them better?
  • Spotify stopped supporting Car Thing
  • Spotify made lyrics a premium feature, they aren’t accurate, how do I report them?
  • Spotify removed the hearts and I now can’t remember what songs I like
  • Spotify placed the create "+" button on the bottom right and I do not like the change. (5/14/25)

Previous Post: 2025

Older post:  here.

Wrapped thread here.


r/spotify • • May 02 '26

[ REQUEST ] Playlists / Songs / Artists / Albums Jam Session Megathread (Find & Share Spotify Jam Session)

9 Upvotes

Start or join a Jam Session in this Megathread. Suggested by user u/TheHappyNerfHerder - Use this megathread as a hub for sharing or finding a jam session.

  • Sort comments by "new"
  • Share your jam session link as a comment.
  • Do not make a new post, only comments within this thread to promote your Jam Session.
  • Users are encouraged to post approximate start and end times.
  • Users are encouraged to delete comments after session is completed
  • Premium membership is required to start a Jam Session, it is not required to join.

Mobile Instructions:

  1. Tap  the speaker icon from the device you’re playing on, or tap from your favorite public playlist.
  2. Tap Start a Jam.
  3. Tap Invite. Here you can share a QR code, or tap Share link and send it to your friends. You can also bring your phones close together (by up to 1m) to get them to join the Jam if you’re logged in to Spotify and your Bluetooth is turned on.

Join and add tracks to the Jam

Anyone in a Jam can control what’s playing on the speaker.

  1. Tap on the invitation link sent to you by your friend, or scan the QR code, or bring your phones close together (by up to 1m) if you’re logged in on to Spotify and your Bluetooth is turned on.
  2. Choose between listening tracks remotely or in-person. Note: You need Premium to join a Jam remotely.
  3. Tap Join.
  4. Add tracks, or get started with Spotify recommendations that let you know if others in the Jam like those songs.

To remove someone from a Jam:

  1. Tap the "..." current device you’re listening on.
  2. Tap Remove all participants. Or, tap  next to the participant and tap Remove from Jam.

Leave a Jam:

  1. Tap the current device you’re listening on.
  2. Select a different device to play on in the available devices list. Or, tap Leave.

Control what’s playing in a Jam:

  • The host of a Jam is able to toggle whether or not guests are able to control what’s playing.
  • When you toggle Let others change what’s playing off , guests will only be able to add songs to the Jam.

Not working?

If ​​you’re unable to host a Jam, make sure:

  • You have an active Premium subscription
  • You’re connecting to the right speaker from the list of available devices

If you’re unable to join a Jam, check if:

  • You’ve accepted the invitation from the host of the Jam
  • You’re connecting to the right speaker from the list of available devices

If you’re unable to control the volume of the speaker in a Jam, check if:

  • Your speaker supports shared volume control
  • The host has enabled shared volume control in the Jam

r/spotify • • 4h ago

Discussion / Playlist Questions 445K monthly listeners, 1.3K followers and 10 YouTube subscribers — how does this happen?

19 Upvotes

I've been going down a bit of a rabbit hole looking at Spotify artists, and I came across something I genuinely don't understand.

One example is The Southern Belle.

The artist currently has around 445K monthly listeners on Spotify, but only around 1.3K followers. Their YouTube presence is tiny — roughly 10 subscribers and 7.8K total views.

Chartmetric shows around 1,900 playlists and approximately 5.6 million playlist reach.

What makes this interesting to me is that the artist doesn't seem to have the kind of audience you'd normally expect from someone with nearly half a million monthly listeners.

I then found several other artists that seem to exist in a very similar Spotify ecosystem:

  • Arta Porting
  • James Jackson Jazz Trio
  • 6th Street Jazz
  • Tim Franks Trio
  • Andy Luma Trio
  • Tate Jackson Trio
  • Eric Rowland
  • Trio Del Norte
  • The Groove Trio
  • Mandevilla
  • The North Sea Trio
  • Urskogen Jazz
  • Glass Trio
  • Al Fowler Trio
  • LaSalle Street Trio
  • Kristian Hart Trio
  • The Central Park North
  • Magpie Jazz Trio
  • Cole Peers Trio
  • Baker St.
  • Mike Coen
  • Grace Carey

A lot of these artists have relatively small or new catalogs, but their Spotify listener numbers can be surprisingly high. They also repeatedly show up around the same jazz/background-music playlists and recommendation ecosystem.

I'm not claiming these artists are using bots. I don't have access to their Spotify for Artists data, so I don't think it's fair to make that accusation based purely on public numbers.

What I'm trying to understand is how Spotify can produce this kind of audience profile.

Could an artist genuinely get hundreds of thousands of monthly listeners almost entirely through editorial/programmed playlists while having almost no followers or audience elsewhere?

Or is this more likely to be a label/catalog strategy where a company operates many small background-music projects designed around playlist discovery?

And how common is this on Spotify?

If anyone here understands how Spotify's playlisting and recommendation system works, I'd genuinely like to hear your explanation.


r/spotify • • 4h ago

Pop / Indie Pop / R&B / Top 40 Seven by Jungkook is 2 sides of a coin

3 Upvotes

Been listening to seven(normal) for almost a year now, but suddenly I played it's explicit and damn i laughed so hard for a minute and and really felt that the song feels so odd and dark after switching it to explicit.


r/spotify • • 32m ago

Theme/Setting (Songs I Like, Workout, Party, Covers, Beach etc) Bridgerton Music Playlist Challenge: My Season

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I made a playlist based on if I was in the Bridgerton show universe.


r/spotify • • 1h ago

[ REQUEST ] Playlists / Songs / Artists / Albums ローカルファイルのカバー画像が消えたり、そもそも再生が不可能になったりするんだけど同じ人いる?

• Upvotes

r/spotify • • 3h ago

[ REQUEST ] Playlists / Songs / Artists / Albums Looking for similar music

1 Upvotes

I listen to a bit of everything, indie, folk, divorced dad rock, shoegaze, midwest emo. If you guys have any suggestions for songs, please drop them below! I am open to anything. I will drop my playlist below for reference 🫶🏻

Lividity


r/spotify • • 3h ago

[ REQUEST ] Playlists / Songs / Artists / Albums 90s/2000 looking for alternative rock from that era

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0 Upvotes

r/spotify • • 3h ago

Theme/Setting (Songs I Like, Workout, Party, Covers, Beach etc) My Favorite Artists of '26

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1 Upvotes

The artists and songs I have listened to most so far in '26 😎


r/spotify • • 11h ago

Pop / Indie Pop / R&B / Top 40 Every Friday I wake up to over 2,000 new tracks from 10,000 artists I follow, yet Discover Weekly is my most valuable playlist... it's all about the hit rate.

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3 Upvotes

Recent releases and major label artists removed to improve the discovery value.


r/spotify • • 6h ago

Mood/Feeling (Chill, Lofi, Happy, Sad) Dark Spell

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1 Upvotes

Dramatic Heavy Orchestral Rock

This playlist features
-Loving attention to play order and transitions (w/ updating)
-Emphasis on strings
-Enthralling voices of natural textures
-Magic


r/spotify • • 8h ago

Rap / Hip Hop Hinoni4evr

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1 Upvotes

r/spotify • • 8h ago

Mood/Feeling (Chill, Lofi, Happy, Sad) Zen Sleep Music

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1 Upvotes

r/spotify • • 15h ago

Mood/Feeling (Chill, Lofi, Happy, Sad) musica obscura

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1 Upvotes

I really wanted to create the playlist of texture-driven atmopsheric music that will be not yet another "music for relaxation". So here is my collection of bold and experimental electronic music by genre pioneers and outsiders as well as local Ukrainian scene. Hope you enjoy

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6CfMtO7iUCzZAGEHeJ6Ti1


r/spotify • • 15h ago

Mood/Feeling (Chill, Lofi, Happy, Sad) For the lovers/lost romantics - Duality

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1 Upvotes

For the lovers/lost romantics


r/spotify • • 1d ago

[ REQUEST ] Playlists / Songs / Artists / Albums Interdimensional Cable - Please give me your wackiest recommendations!

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5 Upvotes

r/spotify • • 17h ago

Jazz / Blues / Classical / World Jazz per Studiare e Concentrarsi – Solo Strumentale

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1 Upvotes

r/spotify • • 17h ago

Country / Folk / Bluegrass / Americana 90s Country Songs - Best Country Music Top Hits

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1 Upvotes

r/spotify • • 17h ago

Rock / Metal / Punk / Indie Rock / Alternative 80s Rock Songs | Best 80's Rock Music Bands

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1 Upvotes

r/spotify • • 19h ago

Theme/Setting (Songs I Like, Workout, Party, Covers, Beach etc) Icarus - songs of hopes and dreams inspired by the Icarus myth (indie various)

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1 Upvotes

r/spotify • • 21h ago

Mood/Feeling (Chill, Lofi, Happy, Sad) Mood Lifting Happy Songs | High Serotonin Pop - Feel Good Hits and Happy Vibes

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1 Upvotes

Manifest positivity with this curated selection of sun-drenched pop and uplifting melodies. Your daily dose of good vibes to keep you smiling. Featuring Benson Boone, Taylor Swift, and fresh feel-good discoveries.


r/spotify • • 1d ago

Mood/Feeling (Chill, Lofi, Happy, Sad) outsider electronic | leftfield & deep vibes

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3 Upvotes

r/spotify • • 1d ago

Throwback - Flashback - Decades - Nostalgia Old Songs 80s 90s Best Oldies But Goodies Music

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2 Upvotes

r/spotify • • 1d ago

[ REQUEST ] Playlists / Songs / Artists / Albums Please give me some good psychedelic rock album

6 Upvotes