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How do I find artists I'm following?

Jackie888 — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:53:14 GMT

So I find artists I like and I follow them, but how do I then find a list of all the artists I'm following to select one to listen to? I'm obviously being a bit dense. I can only see playlists on the left, but not people I'm following

Thanks in advance!

Jackie

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

Peter__ — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:59:50 GMT

Hey 🙂

If you click on your name in the top right corner of the client and select "Profile" and then click on "Following" at the top of your profile that will give you the list of artists and people you follow 😉

Peter

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

yks — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 01:30:08 GMT

yeah, it's like super easy to access .... really don't get it, why it's so hidden 😕

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

theSlugman — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 20:04:26 GMT

What about for mobile?
Very frustrating that there isnt just a tab in the menu... Come on!

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

theSlugman — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 20:05:17 GMT

Unforunately this shows artist mixed in with friends that you follow... horribly disorganized.

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

Peter__ — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:42:44 GMT

I'm not aware of any way to view all of the aritsts you follow on mobile (using my iPhone).

In the new collection feature which is currently in beta though, you can add artists to your collection and then view a list of all of the artists so maybe that will be what you are looking for!?

If you want to get involved in the beta, go here 😉

Peter

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

michealbach — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:52:30 GMT

Why did these guys make it so hard to find this? After bugging me again and again to start following the artists I like - now they obfuscate the list as much as possible. Bad design.

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

Sam — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 20:00:58 GMT

@michealbach Thanks for the feedback, I'll be sure to pass it on.

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

Hellcat5 — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:36:46 GMT

That they don't have the ability to intuitively see who you're following is a MASSIVE mistake. it's not intuitive to click your icon, then your own profile. Spotify, please make a drop down menu that says, "Following" and has the options for friends and artists.

Simple addition. Fix this.

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

Peter__ — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 16:28:32 GMT

It actually used to be in the Follow tab in the desktop client, but I think it was removed due to low engagement with the feature.

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

Hellcat5 — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 16:55:43 GMT

That's interesting because that's how I find the music I want to listen to, but the artists I'm following. I don't use playlists for that, and there's nothing else I can think of that's like looking through a cd rack of artist names.

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

icipher — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 21:32:19 GMT

Lol, and to think i am paying for this service, and they can't offer something as simple as a "following" tab.

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

Peter__ — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 11:24:39 GMT

You can view a list of everything you follow by going to your own Profile (from your name in the top right of the desktop client) then clicking on "Following" at the top of your profile page.

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

Hellcat5 — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:49:29 GMT

That's not intuitive. If I have to come here to find out how to do something, there's something wrong with the application interface design. Applications should have an intuitive interface. I'm a professional UI designer, I know what I'm talking about. Spotify failed in that area. I commented on this thread hoping they do something about it.

Going to your personal profile isn't intuitive when you want to see who you're following when all over tasks they've got setup in the menu system. I'm guessing many people think that profile is for updating things about yourself.

They could add an section to 'playback' titled 'artists' and another for 'playlists' Having those under that menu makes sense. I usually don't look at friends to see what they're listening to because my taste in music differs from my friends.

They could also add a section / form for suggestions so I can easily get to the suggestions spotify has for me. Again, something that should be under playback. Alternately, they could put these under "view" too, or create a new dropdown.

Making a better program requires feedback from its users. Hopefully someone from Spotify reads this, and does something about it.

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

Peter__ — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:53:53 GMT

There is actually a whole section to post in to suggest changes to the service. Just head over to the Ideas Exchange:
http://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Ideas/idb-p/ideaexchange

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

DesignByAdrian — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 23:49:56 GMT

I agree. Why give the option to follow my fav artists if I can't have:

my fav artists' news in the Discovery section
a section where I can view all artists I follow
a section on my mobile device
my fav'ed artists as default when I create a radio station

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

Peter__ — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:51:31 GMT

Follow is making its way onto mobile devices, if you have the new "Me" tab on iOS you should be able to see the list of people you follow.

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

NickGub — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:42:16 GMT

Hey Peter
I'm running iOS 7.0.2 on my ipad mini
Spotify is up to date
Do I need to update my iOS for that to display?

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

DesignByAdrian — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:44:00 GMT

No, a minor OS version doesn't make a difference.

I think the option simply isn't there.

Re: How do I find artists I'm following?

Peter__ — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:43:52 GMT

No, the "Me" tab is currently only rolled out to a proportion of mobile users (as all new features on Spotify roll out in a phased fashion).

Unfortunately if you don't have it yet, there isn't anything you can do other than wait for it to be activated on your account.