Email alerts inform you when any of your “Followed Artists” or “Followed Songs” have significant activity.
You can get alerted on:
- Spotify Playlist Adds
For your “Followed Artists”, you’ll get alerted every time any song from your artist is added to one of the Top 250 playlists worldwide, whether you select “Everywhere” or your preferred territory (e.g. United States, United Kingdom).
For your “Followed Songs”, you’ll get alerted every time your song is added to top playlists. When you have as your preferred territory:
- “Everywhere”: You’ll get alerts for Top 250 playlists worldwide.
- A specific territory: You’ll get alerts for Top 250 playlists worldwide and Top 100 local playlists.
- Spotify Charts
When your preferred territory is set to “Everywhere”, you’ll get alerted every time any song from your artist reaches a new peak in the Global Top 200 chart.
When your preferred territory is set to a specific territory (e.g. United States, United Kingdom), you’ll get alerted every time any song from your artist reaches a new peak in the Global and local Top 200 charts.
- Spotify Release Comparison
You’ll get alerted when a new release from your followed lists outperforms the artist’s previous or best track globally during the same post-release time period. Your alert may compare against the previous release, the artist’s best performing track, or both.
- Spotify Milestones
You’ll get alerted when a track from your followed list has reached a significant streaming threshold globally. Thresholds include:
| 10,000 |
| 100,000 |
| 1 million |
| 10 million |
| 100 million |
| 1 billion |
| 10 billion |
| 100 billion |
You can only receive milestone alerts when you follow a track, so make sure to follow the track you’d like alerts on.
- Spotify Spikes
You’ll get alerted when a track from your followed list has seen a sharp increase in daily streams. We’ll show you where the spike is coming from. You can only receive spike alerts when you follow a track, so make sure to follow the track you’d like alerts on.
How to set up your alerts
Step 1: Search for your artist or song and click “Follow”.
Step 2: On the “Profile & Alerts” tab, choose your preferred territory for additional local alerts or select “Global” for global alerts only.
Step 3: Toggle your alerts on and you’re all set!