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Spotify streaming guide.

Why every stream matters

Spotify streams contribution.

  1. Spotify Charts (Global and Country: Daily, Weekly, and Viral; Global Music Video Chart)

  2. Global charts (Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S.)

  3. National charts (Billboard U.S., Billboard Japan, Billboard Korea, Oricon Japan, ARIA, UK Official Charts, and many European charts)

  4. Circle Charts (Digital, Streaming, and Global K-pop)

  5. Music show digital scores through Circle Chart performance (indirectly)

Free and Paid streams both count

You can stream with Spotify Free on mobile. Follow the complete guide below before you begin.

Stream with multiple accounts

Don't depend on a single streaming account. Even if you have a Premium account running on Stationhead, create and use additional Free accounts as part of your regular streaming routine.

Use the right playlist

  • Use a playlist with the main song repeated at least 20 times.
  • Keep filler tracks essential and strategic—use them only to increase streams or help curate the algorithm for both the song and the artist.
  • Use multiple playlists and rotate between them. Avoid playing the same playlist continuously.

Required Spotify engagement

  • Interact with and stream the song directly from the artist’s profile.
  • Create your own playlist featuring the song.
  • Interact with the song inside playlists, especially Spotify’s curated playlists.
  • Share the song from the artist’s profile, your library, playlists, and especially Spotify’s curated playlists.

Setup prior to streaming.

Turn off Autoplay so the music stops when the playlist finishes. This gives you more control and prevents other songs from affecting your algorithm and Spotify Wrapped.

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    Tap your profile picture

    Spotify home screen with the profile picture highlighted
  2. 02

    Go to Settings & Privacy

    Spotify account menu with Settings and privacy highlighted
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    Go to Playback

    Spotify settings screen with Playback highlighted
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    Turn off Autoplay similar content

    Spotify playback settings with Autoplay similar content highlighted and switched off

Follow LEO’s profile.

Sharing his artist profile is one way to help promote him.

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    Search for LEO

    Spotify search results showing LEO’s verified artist profile
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    Follow LEO’s artist profile

    LEO’s Spotify artist profile with the Following button highlighted

Create your own playlist.

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    Tap Create → choose Playlist

    Spotify Create menu with Playlist highlighted
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    Add songs that you would like to include

    Spotify search results with controls to add songs to a playlist
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    To reorder the playlist, tap Edit

    Spotify playlist screen with the Edit control highlighted
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    Move and reorder the song list as you like

    Spotify Edit playlist screen with the reorder control highlighted

Mobile noteYou cannot add duplicate songs through the mobile app. If you do not have a computer, copy an existing playlist that you want to use.

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    Choose the playlist you would like to copy → tap ⋯

    Spotify playlist screen with the more options control highlighted
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    Choose Add to other playlist

    Spotify playlist options with Add to other playlist highlighted
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    Create a new playlist and add the songs from the existing playlist

    Include “LEO” and the main-song title in the playlist name when making a focused-song playlist so it can appear in search results.

    Spotify new playlist screen with the New playlist option and playlist name field
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    The new playlist will be saved as your own copy

    Modify the playlist as you like—add, remove, or reorder songs to match your preferences.

    Spotify new playlist screen used to save a copied playlist

Important notes for creating a playlist

  • Creating your own playlist counts as fan engagement. It shows that you like the song enough to include it in your playlist, not just listen to it once.
  • Add 2–3 songs between repeats of the main song. Keep filler tracks essential and strategic, such as increasing streams or helping curate the algorithm for the song and artist. Similar-genre songs from other artists can also support artist exposure.
  • Create one playlist at a time and share it on your social media.

Spotify streaming.

Spotify looks at how listeners interact with a song, not just how many times it is played. Streaming from different entry points shows broader, more organic engagement. Each method can influence different areas, from playlisting algorithms to the artist’s visibility and discovery within Spotify.

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    Stream from LEO’s profile

    Play all of his songs directly.

    LEO’s Spotify artist profile playing a song
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    Stream from your library

    Spotify Liked Songs library containing LEO songs
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    Stream from multiple playlists

    Make sure each playlist is thoughtfully curated with the songs you want to focus on. Create or find multiple playlists and alternate between them instead of playing the same playlist every time.

    A personal Spotify playlist containing LEO songs
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    Stream from Spotify’s curated playlists

    A Spotify-curated playlist playing a LEO song

Streaming settings.

These settings apply only to the Spotify Premium mobile app. The free mobile app only offers streaming with Smart Shuffle. Mobile users can stream through a mobile browser instead. The complete guide will be explained in the next section.

Spotify Premium playback controls with the saved-song, shuffle, and repeat controls highlighted

Before you stream

  • Make sure you have saved the song to your library.
  • Turn off Shuffle so the playlist plays in order.
  • Turn off Repeat and Repeat One so the playlist stops once it is completed. This works together with turning off Autoplay in Settings.
  • Use a different playlist if you want to keep streaming.

Sharing a song.

01Play the song

02Share the song directly from Spotify to your social media or messaging app

Spotify share sheet with social media and messaging apps

03Include the artist and song name when posting on social media

Social media post containing the artist name, song name, and Spotify link

04When you find a shared link on social media, open it and play the song

Important notes for sharing a song

  • Sharing the song can contribute to Spotify Viral Chart activity, helping the algorithm promote it through playlists and radio to reach new audiences.
  • Sharing a song and playing it through the link supports real streams from unique listeners, which can help chart performance.
  • Share from different entry points—including the artist’s profile, your library, playlists, and especially Spotify’s curated playlists—to maximize its impact.

Spotify Free streaming on mobile.

Spotify Free users on the desktop app and web player can choose specific songs and play playlists in order instead of using Smart Shuffle by default. The main difference is that Spotify Free includes ads.

Before you startDelete the Spotify mobile app to avoid being redirected to it.

01Open the Spotify web player in any browser on your mobile device.

02Change the browser setting to Desktop Website.

Spotify open in a mobile browser with the browser menu highlighted

03Stream from playlists.You can see the queue in the same order as the playlist.

Spotify web player showing a playlist and its ordered queue

04Stream from various entry points and complete the other Spotify engagement actions explained in the previous sections.

Spotify web player showing song playback from another entry point