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Consistent streams from playlist listeners are the strongest signal. Tunebump gets your track in front of curators in your genre, and every curator listens and responds.
Every track and artist on Spotify carries a score from 0 to 100. It is not a lifetime stream counter: recent streams, save rates, skip rates, playlist additions and listener retention all feed into it, and recent activity weighs far more than old streams. That makes it a momentum meter. A track with 100,000 engaged streams this month scores higher than one with a million streams from last year. We break the whole system down in our guide to the Spotify algorithm and popularity score.
Around a score of 30, Spotify's algorithm starts actively recommending a track through Discover Weekly, Radio and autoplay. That typically takes a few hundred consistent daily streams with healthy engagement. Below that line you are invisible to the recommendation engine, above it the platform starts working for you.
Playlist placements in your genre are the most reliable lever, because they deliver listeners who save and finish your track instead of skipping it. Start by confirming your genre with the music genre finder, then pitch curators directly via our curator contacts database or run a Tunebump campaign where screened curators listen and respond to every submission. And once the streams come in, our royalty calculator shows what they are worth.
Every track and artist on Spotify has a popularity score from 0 to 100. It is calculated from recent streams, save rates, skip rates, playlist additions and listener retention. Recent activity counts much more than old streams, so the score reflects momentum rather than lifetime totals.
For independent artists, 30 is the threshold that matters. Around that score Spotify's algorithm starts recommending your track through Discover Weekly, Radio and autoplay. Most new releases from independent artists start between 0 and 15, so anything above 20 already puts you ahead.
Roughly daily. Because recent streams weigh heaviest, the score can move quickly in both directions. A strong playlist placement can lift it within days, and a quiet period lets it drift back down.
Consistent daily streams with good engagement are what move the score. Playlist placements in your genre are the most reliable way to get them, because they bring listeners who actually save and finish your track instead of skipping it.
