topic Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit? in Desktop (Windows)

Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

johnwdickenson — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 04:48:02 GMT

I'm wondering if there is limit to following artists in Your Music? I'm painfully, butthurtingly aware of the 10,000 track limit. As a work around I was thinking of just following the remaining artists I can't fit. It's a few extra steps, but I really don't want to have to give up on Spotify.

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

Peter__ — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:03:01 GMT

I haven't heard a follow limit mentioned anywhere. Might be a good plan.

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

user-removed — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:26:42 GMT

I was woundering that myself since I logged on today and was going to browse through the artists I am following but when iI go to click on it nothing happens and I have tried from 2 computers plus the web player. It is driving me crazy that how I save my artist since I hit the 10, track limit i thought was be a good solution to my problom and now I am stuck since this is how I remeber what artist i want to check out later. I have been surffing the web all night to see if anyone else had this happen but your post was all i have found so far. Now one pc is telling i am following 456 where the webplayer and my main pc is telling me 704 but i can not see any of them but i can see who follows me so please if you anyone can help me with this please music is a massive part of my life i use this alot thank you. OK i also just tried it on my iphone and i get "an error has occured try again".

p.s. sorry about typing havent slept lol!

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

Joe — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:50:55 GMT

What actually happens in the desktop client when you click on your profile name/profile/following? Any chance of a screenshot?

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user-removed — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:15:45 GMT

it is just blank under following

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

Joe — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:33:05 GMT

You give it plenty of time to load? It sounds like there may be something screwy going on with your account. Get in touch here and the support guys can check it out. If you get an automated response directing you back to the community or to the help pages, please reply to the email to speed things along.

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

user-removed — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 03:09:29 GMT

yes more then enough time over 20 hours now its just blank on every thing i try it on i did what you told me to do i just hope they can help me since now i can not find anything now since i use it like a bookmark for later.

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

Joe — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:57:20 GMT

While you're waiting, followed artists also appear in Your Music under Artists which may help.

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

Peter__ — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:34:35 GMT

It's worth also checking in the web player to see if they appear there?

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

gareth8 — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:55:55 GMT

Yes, exactly the same here: the 'Following' section is blank. I can see some in the Your Music section under Artists, but only 106. I follow 2,100+.

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

user-removed — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:34:38 GMT

no under your music then artist i only get a small handfull of artist i have already check that and like i said before i have used the web player and then pc th version on 2 computers also my iphone app it just not working.

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

user-removed — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:33:59 GMT

this a make or break thing with me since i was about to subscribe to spotify but if i cant use something this simple i'll be sticking with free and thats to bad becuase i really love this service but i have heard anything them still.

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

hoshuajiggins — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:31:38 GMT

Yes, there is most definitely some limit. Due to the 10,000 limit, I started just following artists and not their albums / songs, so I could at least have a full list of artists I enjoy in "Your Music".

However, I found that once you hit a certain number (seems to be around 100), artists start being removed from the top of your list in alphabetical order. I'm finding that if I specifically search for those artists, I'm still "following" them... But they no longer appear in "Your Music" under the "Artists" tab.

This irks me. I just want a list of my favorite artists to easily browse through... Not limited to 100. I listen to a lot of music.

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

Joe — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:22:28 GMT

This is news to me @hoshuajiggins but, if you are right, it may explain the issues others have been reporting. The removed artists still appear under "Following" in your profile presumably?

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

hoshuajiggins — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:26:48 GMT

Correct, if I click my profile and click "Following", the number is how many artists / friends I'm following, and it lists all the artists I've added so far... However, every time I follow a new artist, an artist from the beginning of my "Your Music" / "Artists" list disappears.

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

Joe — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:27:50 GMT

Thanks for confirming. Let me see what I can find out.

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

crux_84 — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:50:32 GMT

same problem!

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Asulol — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:43:49 GMT

any news ?

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

hoshuajiggins — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:23:57 GMT

Just to add more insight to this convo... I just unsaved every single song and unfollowed every single artist, friend, etc. Then I started readding artists that I follow.

100. The limit is 100. If you only follow artists, your "Your Music" artist list is limited to 100 artists. Adding more will still follow them (I imagine for the case of notifications), but Your Music will only show 100.

Re: Is there "Follow Artist" limit?

crux_84 — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:57:20 GMT

I can not believe it. 😞