Comments on: Don’t stop the music: The average shared Spotify playlist contains 170 songs

By: Dan Dennedy

Dan Dennedy — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:27:52 +0000

sorry, I replied while logged in under my project’s twitter account instead of personal :-\

By: MLT Framework

MLT Framework — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:16:07 +0000

Most of the playlists I have seen are albums. I think people are finding it more convenient to bookmark an artist+album by making a playlist than by using favorites. This is because the UI makes access to the album more upfront and convenient than sorting through favorites.

By: Janko Roettgers

Janko Roettgers — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:16:57 +0000

In a way, that’s very much like old-fashioned mixtapes as well. People would record countless records, radio shows etc. on tape. But only a few of those tapes were used for curated experiences…

By: Ryan Jarrett

Ryan Jarrett — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:52:20 +0000

Yes, the fact that it takes effort to log in, create a description, upload a cover and submit means that there is a natural barrier stopping casual users adding their lists to SMP. I imagine there are a large number of playlists on Spotify from less interested users that contain less than 10 songs. I guess that is one of the strengths of SMP – a greater chance (but certainly no guarantee) of a certain level of quality of its playlists.

By: Hunter Walk

Hunter Walk — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:10:59 +0000

i’d be very surprised if this data held true across the general Spotify population. One would assume that the sample of folks using this Playlist App are more enthusiastic curators than the average user.