topic Re: My Playlist followers dissapears!!! in Content Questions

Huge drop on playlist follower count

maizhohlberg — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 07:07:42 GMT

I have a playlist that I started three years ago that was up to near 520 followers now it has lost it half followers in less than 24 hours ! I've seen followers come and go, but not like this. Is there any explaination for this other than all of these people just suddenly decided to clean out their follow lists and unfollowed?

Abnormal drops in playlist follows & unfollowing artists

Gidyin — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 05:08:51 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country UK

Device

(iPhone 6s

Operating System

(iOS 12.2.)

My Question or Issue

Hi guys,

I’ve noticed an abnormal drop in followers on a few of my playlists. I monitor follower count on a daily basis and usually drops/rises are in the single figure to double digits however a few of them are showing drops in excess of several hundred which seems a bit odd. Can you advise if anything will be affecting this?

I also have have an issue where I have to continually refollow an artist as every time I check their page it shows I am not following them.

Thanks,

Jonathan

Re: My Playlist followers dissapears!!!

Barmonk — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 18:23:53 GMT

I have the same exact problem, happened over night tonight...wth?

Re: Abnormal drops in playlist follows & unfollowing artists

Xhit — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 05:28:14 GMT

Had the same thing happening to one of my playlists as well. It dropped more than 25% over night from 550 followers to 392. Kind of curios to what triggered this, my best guess is that it's either a bug or that the count based has been re-assessed based on the number of active accounts and removing inactive accounts from the follower count.

Re: My Playlist followers dissapears!!!

Sjonvall — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:20:00 GMT

Have the same problem. Lost half of my followers on one of my 14 playlists over night. Chatted with the Spotify team who said they would fix it, but only restored roughly 40% of my followers.

Re: My Playlist followers dissapears!!!

Peter — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 07:09:28 GMT

Hey folks,

Thanks for reaching out to us about this - we'll be happy to explain what happened.

We found that our datasets had been over-counting followers for some users for a little while. We’ve now resolved that issue, so you may see a small reduction in your total follower count. Rest assured, every listener who has chosen to follow your playlist is still following it.

Hope that clears things up! Let us know if you have any other questions regarding this.

Stay awesome 🙂

Re: My Playlist followers dissapears!!!

kamrantanha — Sun, 24 May 2020 09:30:45 GMT

Miscount? Is that a nicer way of saying that you're removing all the bots and fake accounts right now?

I have an artists page and my followers dropped over 1000 in one week

sserodio — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 01:16:13 GMT

I have created my artist profile Sari Serodio and released my first single: Hey Ma. My followers were growing steady I was almost at 1800 then in 1 week that number dropped 1000 to 700. why?

Re: I have an artists page and my followers dropped over 1000 in one week

Prague — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 01:21:35 GMT

Hey Sari, firstly congrats on the release!

There could be several reasons why your follower count dropped by 1000 in a week. Here are a few possible explanations:

Bot followers: It's possible that some of your followers were bots or fake accounts, and Spotify removed them from your account. This can happen if Spotify identifies suspicious activity on your account or if they detect that the followers are not genuine.
Inactive accounts: Some of your followers may have been inactive users who stopped using Spotify or deleted their accounts. Spotify occasionally cleans up inactive accounts, which could result in a drop in your follower count.
Changes in algorithm: Spotify's algorithm for recommending music and artists can change over time, which could result in changes in your follower count. It's possible that your music was not being recommended as much to new listeners, resulting in a decrease in followers.
Promotion: It's also possible that the drop in followers is related to a decrease in promotion or marketing of your music. If you stopped promoting your music during that time, it could result in fewer new followers.

Overall, it's difficult to say for sure what caused the drop in your follower count without more information. It's possible that a combination of these factors contributed to the decrease. It's important to keep promoting your music and engaging with your fans to continue growing your follower count over time.

PUPdate me with your findings and seriously keep the music coming!

Highest regards,

-Prague the Dog

Re: Huge drop on playlist follower count

mrwolfira — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 18:22:23 GMT

I also have the same problem

Re: Huge drop on playlist follower count

курюбезобьяснений — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 17:57:03 GMT

А я то думал в чем проблема