topic Re: Following artists. in iOS (iPhone, iPad)

Following artists.

Ovaz1088 — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 16:39:47 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

IPhone XS Max

Operating System

iOS 12.3.1

My Question or Issue

Why do I have to repeatedly keep following many artists I’ve already followed. I suspected it a long time ago, but just confirmed it when I go to ‘Your Library ‘ then to ‘Artists’. The list shows your artists, and also the option to follow that artist if you’re not following them. I’ve gone through the entire list three times, following every single one. Then later on when I come back to the app there’s another long list of artists unfollowed. I followed a certain artist, closed the app and reopened it, and that same artist was unfollowed. Am I the only one this happens to?

Re: Following artists.

MattSuda — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 06:51:29 GMT

I have a similar issue. Artists that I have followed in the past showing up as not following. When I go to the artist's page in the desktop app it shows I am following them but in the mobile app it shows I am not following them.

I contacted support and they said this is a known bug that is being looked into. Hopefully they will fix it soon so that way the following button shows the correct status.

Re: Following artists.

03-ckyvl_ivh5 — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 12:02:55 GMT

@MattSuda

Is there any limit on the artists that I can follow? Or the number of artists that I can follow is unlimited?

Re: Following artists.

MattSuda — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:16:54 GMT

@03-ckyvl_ivh5

I don't think there is a limit to following artists. If there is I haven't heard about one.

I follow around 1,600 artists

Re: Following artists.

03-ckyvl_ivh5 — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:33:49 GMT

@MattSuda

ok, tanks MattSuda

Re: Following artists.

willowshade — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 05:26:42 GMT

Spoke to support on Twitter. All they could say was "That's weird indeed" and tell me they passed my message along to the right people and to wait until they figure something out...

Nice

Re: Following artists.

Katerina — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 07:28:50 GMT

Hey there @Ovaz1088 and @willowshade,

Thanks for reaching out about this and welcome to the Community!

As @MattSuda mentions, our tech teams are aware and looking into this, thanks for bearing with us. Hopefully we'll have a fix soon!

If you are currently following less than 1000 artists when this happens, we'd recommend performing a clean reinstall of the app on your devices by following the steps in this Spotify Answer.

However, if you're following more than 1000 artists, we'd suggest unfollowing some of the artists in the meanwhile.

Let us know how you get on! We'll be right here if you need more help.

Have a lovely day 🙂

Re: Following artists.

Katerina — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 07:49:19 GMT

Hey there @03-ckyvl_ivh5,

Thanks for reaching out about this here in the Community!

As @MattSuda mentions there isn't currently a limit on how many Artists you can follow. However, we'd recommend having around 1000.

If you're following less than 1000 artists and you're experiencing the issue described above, we'd suggest logging out and back in your account or performing a clean reinstall of the app on your device. There's steps on how to do this in this Spotify Answer.

Hope this helps clarify things! Don't hesitate to give us a shout if there's anything else we can help with.

Have a lovely day 🙂

Re: Following artists.

thejibberjabberman — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:46:48 GMT

If I uninstall and reinstall will this completely wipe out my artist list? And liked songs? And bring storm clouds to my life?

Re: Following artists.

Eni — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:45:58 GMT

hey there @thejibberjabberman,

Thanks for getting in touch about this here in the Community.

No worries, if you perform a clean reinstall of the app on your device, you won't lose any content (Liked songs, saved albums, playlists, artists you follow, etc.). You'll only need to re-download it since listening offline is a Premium feature.

Let us know if you have any questions or if you need a hand with anything else.