Get started as a Playlist Curator

artist.tools is your all-in-one platform for analyzing your Spotify data, detecting bots, improving playlist strategy, and understanding your performance over time. This guide walks you through how to get started and unlock the platform’s full potential.

Dashboard Overview

The Dashboard serves as a central place to manage and monitor your tracked playlists.

  • Track Playlists: You can paste any Spotify playlist URL into the search bar to begin tracking it. Once tracked, it appears in your Dashboard for easy access.

  • Overview Metrics: View high-level metrics at a glance, including:

    • Follower count

    • Search visibility (ranking for specific keywords)

    • Playlist status (e.g., suspected artificial growth)

  • Quick Access: The Dashboard provides a saved list of all your tracked playlists so you can revisit them without searching again.

Spotify Search Visibility and SEO

artist.tools offers visibility into how your playlists appear in Spotify search and provides data to help you improve that visibility.

  • Search Rankings: Each playlist’s search rankings are shown for keywords it's currently indexed for (e.g., “afro house,” “summer chill”).

  • Keyword Suggestions: The Keyword Explorer tool provides keyword ideas based on genre, mood, and track content. This can help you adjust your playlist titles and descriptions to improve search performance.

  • Impact Scoring: Keywords are ranked based on estimated traffic impact to help prioritize which ones to target.

You can find SEO-related data in the playlist view, under the "Search Visibility" and "Keywords" sections.

Charts Tab: Historical Performance

The Charts tab provides a time-based view of playlist activity and ranking changes.

  • Follower History: Track how your follower count has changed over time.

  • Keyword Position Changes: See how your playlist’s search rankings have evolved for specific terms.

  • Event Correlation: Use this view to correlate content changes (like artwork, title, or track updates) with shifts in performance metrics.

This section helps with understanding long-term performance and the effect of curation changes.

Tracks Tab: Per-Track Metrics

The Tracks tab breaks down detailed information about each song in a playlist.

For each track, you can view:

  • Spotify Popularity Score: A 0–100 score estimating the current engagement level of the track.

  • Stream Count: Where available, this reflects public stream data.

  • Copyright Ownership: Understand which label or distributor owns the track.

  • Flags and Warnings: If a track has appeared in botted playlists or shows unusual behavior, it will be flagged here.

This data helps curators identify underperforming tracks or avoid adding tracks that could affect playlist health.

Additional Notes on Bot Detection

artist.tools includes built-in tools to help detect signs of artificial growth. These are especially relevant for curators concerned with maintaining playlist legitimacy.

  • Playlist-Level Detection: Flags playlists that may have gained followers through inorganic means.

  • Track-Level Detection: Identifies if specific tracks are frequently included in suspicious playlists.

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