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Of those, <strong>22<\/strong> saw growth reverse or began losing followers. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artist.tools\">Artist.Tools<\/a><\/strong> independently classified all 50 as \u201cLikely Bot-Free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with YouTuber and music marketer <strong>Andrew Southworth<\/strong>, Staubus said he had seen evidence that an unnamed Spotify executive confirmed in writing that a spam filter evaluates user playlists and their contents when determining whether to rank or recommend them. He also claimed that many user playlists had become harder to find through search.<\/p>\n<p>Staubus described user playlists as a distinguishing feature of Spotify compared with <strong>Apple<\/strong> and <strong>Amazon<\/strong>, which he characterized as primarily reliant on pitches. He said user playlists can offer carefully curated listening experiences with strong retention.<\/p>\n<h2>What remains unclear<\/h2>\n<p>In September, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2025-09-25\/spotify-strengthens-ai-protections\/\">Spotify announced a music spam filter<\/a> targeting tactics such as mass uploads, duplicate tracks, artificially short recordings and search engine manipulation. The company said flagged material would no longer be recommended and acknowledged the risk of false positives. \u201cWe want to be careful to ensure we\u2019re not penalizing the wrong uploaders,\u201d Spotify said, describing a conservative rollout.<\/p>\n<p>Slower follower growth or losses do not establish that the filter caused the changes 11A observed. It is also unclear whether Spotify\u2019s filter for track recommendations is connected to the playlist changes Staubus alleges. 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