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[RPS37]

So the cool thing about Spotify is that you can see how many monthly listeners an artist has and even how many plays individual songs have.
I literally obsess over them and watch as my favorite artists completely BLOW UP at times.
Other times I’ll discover a new artist and be baffled that they have like half a million monthly listeners.
Sometimes i’ll keep checking a song that I like, waiting to see if it’s getting traction.

It’s all so weird.

 

[Lasha]

I wasn't even aware that you could see such details. I will continue to use spotify purely for listening to music even in light of this new knowledge.

 

[Dark Star]

It's interesting how many of my favorite bands/artists are big on Spotify, but have a really small following on Youtube, or vice versa.

i'm obsessed with Softcult right now, it's like shoegaze dream/goth pop rock:

 

[RPS37]

It's interesting how many of my favorite bands/artists are big on Spotify, but have a really small following on Youtube, or vice versa.

i'm obsessed with Softcult right now, it's like shoegaze pop rock:

I see some decent numbers there.

 

[Trogdor1123]

No

 

[Tams]

No.

But I like Coldplay, so take my opinion with a bag of salt.

 

[NeoGuff]

Nope

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Not at all. I already have hobbies.

 

[RoboFu]

People build music and music genres way too much into defining their personal psyche. It’s unhealthy really.. it holds a lot of people back in life. Makes it were they can never mature mentally. Don’t do it.

 

[Spaceman292]

No.

But I like Coldplay, so take my opinion with a bag of salt.

A man of culture I see

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Nah man why would I.

Is this a disguised sales thread?

 

[thefool]

I only use youtube (free).

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

shoegaze dream

 

[It's all in the wrist]

Nah. Nobody in real life likes my hyperpop ADHD music anyway.

 

[AJUMP23]

I don’t use Spotify. I don’t even think I stream music that often.

 

[Macattk15]

Nope. Could not care less than I currently do about this.

 

[DGrayson]

Nope.

 

[Kabelly]

I like to look at them. I like seeing if a song I really like on an album has the most plays. Like is it that "radio" song. Or use them to see what other people really like on an album. And like you said it is nice to see one of you're favourite artists get recognition.

 

[PaddyOCanager]

Post some examples please.

Personally, I don't care about following music anymore. I've already heard the best songs that will ever be made. If anything changes in that regard it'll come to my attention one way or another.

 

[WhamBamThankYouMaam]

I really fail to see how that number matters.

 

[TheMan]

Never once occurred to me to even look

 

[k_trout]

I buy CD's lol

 

[AV]

I spend more time on music festival boards than GAF these days so, a little, because we're always talking about who can play where in what slot.

But at the same time Spotify only takes you so far. Many people are just using Youtube if not another streaming service. Also often doesn't reflect an artist's popularity where you live i.e. Rosalia has 40m monthly listeners but the majority of those are gonna be in Spain.