


“Though some of these new IDs were indeed revamps of a similar playlist from before, it still suggests that the pool has been undergoing a lot of experimentation.”

“The playlist group also feels quite young: slightly more than half (52%) of the playlist IDs were created after March 2017,” he added. “A combined total of 370M+ followers enjoy the 973 Genres & Moods playlists, with a median of 123K followers for a playlist and an average of 381K,” wrote Chartmetrics’ Jason Joven, noting that while there are 38 different owners of these playlists, it’s Spotify that owns and operates 92% of them. There’s some thought-provoking data here about a mode of listening – based on mood or current activity – that’s an increasingly-important part of the music-streaming landscape. Yes, obviously that’s counting people more than once if they follow multiple playlists. Analytics firm Chartmetric has published its latest deep-dive into Spotify’s playlists ecosystem, reporting that the streaming service’s genres and moods playlists have more than 370 million combined followers.
