Fewer spam tracks in your recommendations
Spotify said today that it has excluded more than 50 million tracks it classifies as low-quality AI content or spam from recommendations this year, changing which music listeners encounter through its suggestions (opens in a new tab). Separately, the company says it has deleted more than 75 million spam tracks from Spotify for severe or recurring rule violations.
- Works with
- AI Credits are visible in Song Credits through the mobile Now Playing View.
- Recommendations
- More than 50 million tracks excluded this year.
- Artist identity
- Thousands of AI Personas carry labels.
The company says it adjusted its recommendation system repeatedly during the past six months after examining music that listeners skipped, ignored or rejected. Spotify also says its editors exclude content classified as spam or low-quality AI material from their selections, and that listener complaints about such recommendations have declined since the changes.
To identify suspect tracks, Spotify combines audience responses with upload behavior, metadata and results from several outside AI detection tools. The company acknowledges limits in AI detection and also looks for duplicate recordings, bulk uploads and unusually short tracks.
Check the credits and artist identity
Listeners can find AI Credits through Song Credits in the mobile Now Playing View, showing disclosed AI contributions to instruments and creative roles. Spotify introduced AI Credits in April and says artists now submit tens of thousands daily.
Spotify says it has labeled thousands of AI Personas and generally keeps them out of recommendations from editors and algorithms, with exceptions including listeners who follow them. It also reports that over 300,000 artists have its Verified by Spotify badge, which the company describes as identifying a real person behind the music.
Spotify also plans to extend Artist Profile Protection to every artist by the end of the year. Thousands have joined its beta, which lets them review incoming releases naming them as an artist and control what reaches their profile.