Spotify Filters 50 Million Tracks From Recommendations

Spotify says it removed more than 50 million tracks identified as slop or spam from recommendations during 2026, while leaving those tracks available on the streaming service. The company also says it has removed more than 75 million tracks from the platform for serious or repeated rule violations. The figures were included in an October 20 update on Spotify’s efforts to address unwanted uploads and AI-generated content. The recommendation figure covers tracks users would no longer encounter through editorial or algorithmic suggestions, though they can still find them by searching or otherwise seeking them out. Spotify said its editors also keep tracks identified as slop or spam out of curated playlists. Spotify said it examined tracks that listeners skipped, ignored or reported as unwanted and found that many were identified as slop or spam. The company said changes to recommendations over the past six months have produced a marked decrease in listener concerns about such material appearing in recommendations. That assessment is Spotify’s own; the update did not provide underlying figures for the reported decrease. The company says it combines listener feedback and...