topic Re: Playlists not appearing in search in Content Questions

Playlists not appearing in search

TokeyBear — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 11:17:31 GMT

I have noticed between myself and a few friends, some playlists even though they are set to public, do not appear in a search?

HAs anyone noticed this? I have noticed even some Spotify playlists dont appear in a search.

For example, can anyone would find these

Official Spotify list

Morning Coffee on the Terrace

spotify:user:spotify:playlist:33AfCjktElkPkFdapLdO1m

User list example

Soma Def Con Top 3o

spotify:user:beautifullychilled:playlist:2REWsnXJXsdXhrHS988GnK

Really weird this, anyone have any idea?

Re: Playlists not appearing in search

MattSuda — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:48:41 GMT

Hey @TokeyBear

Sorry for the late reply.

Spotify only indexes playlists to show in search if they have enough of a following. There are millions and probably billions of playlists on Spotify. If they were to show every single playlist with a certain title, it would be a bad experience for the user because they would have to scroll through lots of playlists with the same name.

https://support.spotify.com/using_spotify/playlists/how-can-i-make-my-playlists-available-on-search/

According to the help article from Spotify:

After you publish a playlist, it should appear in search results in the next few days. If the playlist doesn’t appear, it might not be getting enough streams by users to rank yet.

There are a few ways to help make sure your playlists are available.

Share your playlists with your followers to encourage as many listens and followers as possible.
Add new tracks to your playlists frequently to keep your followers engaged.
Shorter titles and description text will make the playlist more relevant.

Re: Playlists not appearing in search

sandrastridh — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 08:47:07 GMT

When I do a search there is playlists with 0 followers showing.. I have a playlist I want others to be able to search for, how do I do that??

Re: Playlists not appearing in search

sandrastridh — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 08:48:54 GMT

https://open.spotify.com/user/sandrastridh/playlist/0gdhF2Y3AZ4NTlK8CwGyJP

This is the playlist, it has 5 followers but does not appear when I search for it..

Re: Playlists not appearing in search

MattSuda — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:48:04 GMT

Hey @sandrastridh

https://support.spotify.com/using_spotify/playlists/how-can-i-make-my-playlists-available-on-search/

According to the help article from Spotify:

After you publish a playlist, it should appear in search results in the next few days. If the playlist doesn’t appear, it might not be getting enough streams by users to rank yet.

There are a few ways to help make sure your playlists are available.

Share your playlists with your followers to encourage as many listens and followers as possible.
Add new tracks to your playlists frequently to keep your followers engaged.
Shorter titles and description text will make the playlist more relevant.

Re: Playlists not appearing in search

sandrastridh — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:42:35 GMT

I know, I've seen that but it still does not appear.. I have done everything that the article says... What does "enough streams" mean?