topic Re: I can't see my friends listening activity in Desktop (Windows)

I can't see my friends listening activity

happymeebee — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:33:18 GMT

I have followed the instructions on spotify desktop app for it supposedly start working and have even connected my Facebook account in the hopes of it working, which wasn't successful.
I have also checked if my friends have that feature turned on and not on a private session

Re: I can't see my friends listening activity

happymeebee — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 17:00:28 GMT

Just a little update, I have made a new account on spotify on my desktop to test out if the friends activity would work, which it did. It seems that the problem is coming from my spotify account and not from my laptop.

Any ideas on how I can fix this??

i have included a picture of how it looks on my spotify account

Re: I can't see my friends listening activity

AlejaR — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 21:30:58 GMT

Hey @happymeebee,

Thanks for posting on the Community and for the screenshot shared.

We'd like to add some initial insights. At Spotify, we're always working to enhance our users' experience. We updated the Friend Activity default to private so that users have greater control over how their listening activity is shared with others on Spotify. Users that want to make their listening activity public, can turn sharing on in the Settings menu.

That being said, there's some other details it's important you take into account. Please check you meet all he following:

Make sure you're following users in the app, not just artists.
The users you follow must have enabled permissions to share their listening activity under settings from their own accounts.
The users you follow must have listened to a track for at least 30 secs within the last week.
You have enabled permissions to share your listening activity under settings.

Take into account Friend Activity might not update in real time. You can read more about it in this article and, If the inconvenience persists, for starters, you can follow the basic troubleshooting there.

We'll be on the lookout for your replies.

Until then!

You have 0 friends on Spotify

razigi1212 — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 23:38:51 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Israel

Device

Desktop + Mobile

Operating System

iOS 17, Windows 10

My Question or Issue

For some reason, It shows '' You 0 Friends on Spotify '' through Facebook,

I have tried to :

1. uninstall the application from the desktop completely.

2. log out and log in with Facebook + cancel the connection itself from Facebook

3. Play with settings - See what your friends are playing, Private session on and off, all of the social settings as well.

I Have tons of Facebook friends who use Spotify, but yet I do not see a single one in Spotify.

Why is my friends listening feed frozen and I can’t see everyone’s. But the

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 08:41:04 GMT

Mine and all my friend’s share listening is turned on. But I can’t see theirs and they can see mine.

Re: I can't see my friends listening activity

Magne3 — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:23:03 GMT

It doesnt work here either.

Re: I can't see my friends listening activity

user-removed — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:36:31 GMT

Useless support.

Re: I can't see my friends listening activity

CrustyCrumpet — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:20:00 GMT

Typical corporate greed, Spotify is happy to take peoples money while increasing the costs and provide a diminishing service that is getting worse every year and refuses to acknowledge they messed things up or explain what they plan to do to improve a troubled service