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With the current discussions going on with the payment of artists from streaming services, I was just wondering for how long a song has to be listened to to count as played.
It's three seconds to show up in your history, 40 seconds to show up in the Activity Feed and 50% to scrobble to last.fm. Which of these, if any, does Spotify use to count track plays?
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Hey there,
I'm pretty sure I read in the community that the limit is 30 seconds.
After a little research, here is the thread: http://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Accounts-and-Subscriptions/When-and-how-does-Spotify-count-song...
Hope that helps 🙂
I don't know for Spotify, but e.g. on Last.fm it afforded a full listening of the song till the end in a radio station to be counted in their Artist Royalty Program.
You might find more related information on this page though:
https://www.spotifyartists.com/
Hey there,
I'm pretty sure I read in the community that the limit is 30 seconds.
After a little research, here is the thread: http://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Accounts-and-Subscriptions/When-and-how-does-Spotify-count-song...
Hope that helps 🙂
Thank you!
It is 30 seconds. But please, if you really like song, why not to listen it fully?
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