KillingYourCareer Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 The article was posted in German on IFPI Schweiz (Switzerland)'s website, so I'll provide a translation! Quote Weighting of streams [for the national charts] takes into account how pronounced the listener's decision was in relation to playing an audio track. An analysis of usage data from the largest streaming providers showed that an average of 61% of the reported views are of active, e.g. actively decided by the listener (as of May 4, 2020). Accordingly, all streams are weighted down to 61% for the charts, which together with the current unit conversion rate [1:175, Premium streams only] results in a rate of 1:285. What they're saying is: as of 2020, 61% of Premium audio streams were actively selected by the user, while the remaining 39% comes from spam, automatic plays and pre-made playlists. Surprised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbannature Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miichael Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I thought it would be more than 39% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wehavetostan Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I wonder what artist has the largest amount of passive streams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinashegrande6 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 My oh my Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrgVisual Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) My Spotify always autoplay Sasha Sloan or Lauv Edited February 28, 2021 by Sept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fridayteenage Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 that dua lipa payola pays off big then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 That's actually less than I thought I assumed most people just pick a playlist and press play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillingYourCareer Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Cain said: That's actually less than I thought I assumed most people just pick a playlist and press play Picking a playlist is an active action. Autoplay of tracks/pre-made playlists and spam aren't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) Just now, KillingYourCareer said: Picking a playlist is an active action. Autoplay of tracks/pre-made playlists and spam aren't! Idgi, what's the difference between playlist and pre-made playlist? Edited February 28, 2021 by Cain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillingYourCareer Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, Sept said: My Spotify always autoplay Sasha Sloan or Lauv Do you live in South-East Asia? Those acts tend to have unexplainable numbers over there, maybe we know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillingYourCareer Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 Just now, Cain said: Idgi, what's the difference between play and pre-made playlist? For example, if you want to listen to TTH, you go there out of your will and play it. That'll be an active play. But when TTH ends (or any other playlist/album) and the autoplay starts, that's passive. I reckon most people just let the autoplay do its thing once what they were listening to is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 minute ago, KillingYourCareer said: For example, if you want to listen to TTH, you go there out of your will and play it. That'll be an active play. But when TTH ends (or any other playlist/album) and the autoplay starts, that's passive. I reckon most people just let the autoplay do its thing once what they were listening to is done. Ah okay yeah that, people tend to praise that stuff though mostly, like 'oh I found new music I really like cause Spotify made me listen to songs based on that one song I already liked' or atleast that's what people used to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillingYourCareer Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Cain said: Ah okay yeah that, people tend to praise that stuff though mostly, like 'oh I found new music I really like cause Spotify made me listen to songs based on that one song I already liked' or atleast that's what people used to say Yeah, that option mixes popular songs with more obscure stuff you might like based on your taste. The "passive" also includes blatant spam (i.e. stans leaving their account streaming a song on repeat 24/7). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I don’t mind passive songs after I listen to an album. I’m usually pleasantly surprised and I skip songs that sound terrible from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariananext Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Is it really "payola"? Who tf is paying for Louis Tomlinson, Madison Beer and all the new/flop artists to get into my auto-plays when I've never listened to them before? I never get relevant or big artists that are usually accused of "payola". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidSMateus Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Dua is thriving wbk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninasayers Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) i mean, you can always skip a song you don't like when it comes up on autoplay lmao (???) however it is shady when songs that sound nothing like what you were listening to come up, at the end of the day autoplay is supposed to play music they think you might like based on what you were listening, right? Edited February 28, 2021 by ninasayers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punky Rooster Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Another reason why anyone boasting about their fave having huge streaming numbers compared to another artist are really fooling themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Well wbk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzolorenzo Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) How does it work? Because for example after streaming an album in full on Spotify some other random songs start playing right after (they’re usually the same genre as the album I just listened to) and I usually keep listening because I always discover some new songs. Does that count as “passive streaming”? Edited February 28, 2021 by Enzolorenzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
americanlife Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 You can turn off autoplay if you don't want to contribute to the payola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Enzolorenzo said: How does it work? Because for example after streaming an album in full on Spotify some other random songs start playing right after (they’re usually the same genre as the album I just listened to) and I usually keep listening because I always discover some new songs. Does that count as “passive streaming”? Yeah, that's what they're talking about. For me, the songs are usually by lesser known artists and I usually skip immediately if I hate the music or voice, it doesn't take me long to realize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.U.Y_Del_Rey Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I thought the percentage was higher tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphy23 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 5 hours ago, KillingYourCareer said: For example, if you want to listen to TTH, you go there out of your will and play it. That'll be an active play. But when TTH ends (or any other playlist/album) and the autoplay starts, that's passive. I reckon most people just let the autoplay do its thing once what they were listening to is done. Apple Music doesn't have that. Once the playlist is over it's quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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