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98% of Spotify users never take any action other than “press play” on a radio station

2% take some kind of agency (create a playlist, like a song)

A vanishingly small amount create personal or public curated playlists

Yes, that very small amount may also listen passively sometimes, but the difference matters. Imagine if Spotify was just a radio station.




Is this true, or just an invented number based on your intuition?


I hate that new Spotify radios play nearly the same songs from your existing playlists and listening history. Little variety and mostly an echo chamber.


It works for me: Discover weekly + song radio + similar artists + genre and user playlists. I can listen to new songs until I'm tired. I love Spotify.


Those numbers are most certainly made up. I didn't even know about radios on Spotify for the longest time.


Well this just isn't true




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