What is Spotify Radio and how can I get played on it?

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 What Is Spotify Radio?

Type

What It Does

Song Radio

Plays songs similar to a specific track

Artist Radio

Plays songs like the selected artist

Album/Playlist Radio

Curated around that body of work

Auto-Radio

Kicks in after a playlist/album ends (Autoplay)


Listeners often discover new music through these radio feeds.


 Why Spotify Radio Matters for Growth

  • It’s algorithmic = no gatekeepers
  • It’s passive discovery = plays while people are just vibing
  • It can lead to better streaming retention
  • It builds your “audio similarity graph”—a key part of Spotify’s AI


 How to Get on Spotify Radio

  1. Make music that fits into an existing ecosystem
    • Understand your genre and mood family
    • Compare your sound to artists who show up in radio feeds
  2. Improve your algorithm metrics
    • Lower skip rates
    • Higher save-to-stream ratios
    • Streams from real, engaged listeners
  3. Tag your releases accurately
    • Use Spotify for Artists to select the right genres, moods, instruments
    • This helps Spotify classify your sound and match you with similar tracks
  4. Promote your track with organic and ad traffic
    • When listeners from similar genres stream, save, or playlist your track, it signals relevance to Spotify’s algorithm
  5. Use smart playlist strategy
    • Get placed on listener-curated playlists alongside similar artists
    • The algorithm uses this data to pair songs in radio sequences


 Bonus Tactic: Leverage “Autoplay”

  • When a playlist ends, Spotify Autoplay starts a song radio stream
  • If your track is tagged well and performs well in similar contexts, it will show up
  • More time spent in radio = more passive streams


 Pro Tips

  • Listen to the radio of artists you sound like—study who shows up
  • Use the same BPM, tone, and energy in your production
  • Use your own songs to create a Spotify Radio feel in custom playlists—Spotify learns from this


Spotify Radio is like a ripple effect—get close to the right songs, and you’ll start riding their wave.

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