My theory (not rocket science):
If someone else's playlist includes a song or artists that I like, there is a good change that I will enjoy the rest of their playlist.
Currently, you can only search for public playlists via playlist name. Considering that most people do not name their playlists to accurately reflect the type of music it contains, I believe that the current search functionality is quite limited.
Spotify should have functionality to search for public playlists that contain a song/artist. I think would be immensly helpful for music discovery.
Best of luck,
Ryan
P.S. - Down the line, it would be interesting to see "similarity scores" between two playlists. Could be quite interesting for finding new music.
Updated on 2019-10-31
Hey folks.
Thanks again for all your votes and comments.
We're still keeping an eye on this idea, but at this time we don't have an update.