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I got Spotify verified with only 2k monthly active listeners!

Spotify rolled out “Verified by Spotify” with real human review and it's supposed to show who is not AI.

Initially they published articles saying we need 10k monthly active listeners, but a few days ago they updated it and I got the verification on my music profile which only has 1.7k monthly listeners.

It could be because I'm a pre-AI artist (I released music before AI got good), but independent artists can still take steps to improve their chance of getting verification!

A quick checklist is:

- Increase social media posting and run meta ads to increase external traffic to Spotify

- Make sure profile images have your face!

- Avoid AI generated cover art

- Make a website if you can

- Use playlisting to drive listener volume (MusicMinutes, SubmitHub)

- Report any suspicious spikes you get where it's from a single playlist and looks like bots

- Add your social links to your Spotify for Artists (you can only do it on the web platform)

...and more

This is most of the info but to see how it meets their published guidance and extra checklist points, I posted a blog on our MusicMinutes site 😊

Good luck!!

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u/PaulNichollsMusic — 1 day ago

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I’m SOUR — this is my new snippet “Die Bout That.” Be honest, would y’all run this back?

What’s good Reddit, I go by SOUR.

I got a new record I’m getting ready to drop called “Die Bout That.” This one came from a real place — loyalty, pressure, betrayal, and standing on what you believe in when things get serious.

I’m not here just looking for “fire” comments. I really want honest feedback from people who actually listen to new artists.

Would this make you want to hear the full song?
Does the hook catch you?
Would you add this to a playlist, or would you skip it?

Snippet: https://youtube.com/shorts/TrOw2-ypAto?si=6q7plD45\_Kshd3RI

If you rock with the sound, tap in with me here: @soursvault

Appreciate everybody who listens. Good or bad, I’m taking the feedback seriously.

u/SoursVault — 12 days ago

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I’m building an app for tracking album listens and reviews and I would like to get some content creators to talk about it.
I tried reaching out to a YouTuber that talks about music but the rate he asked was basically my whole month salary for a 60 seconds spot. Looked for clipping strategy but all the clippers were either fake accounts or making zero interaction. Anybody has some idea how to get to find those middle level content creators that would accept a payment that would not break the bank?

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u/ParsleySlow9182 — 14 days ago