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3. The Critical Popularity Score: Your Quality Rating

Part 2 • Higher, Sustained Thresholds for DW

The "Popularity Score" is Spotify's internal, hidden metric that rates the overall engagement and virality of a track. It's calculated based on a complex array of factors, including:

<ul> <li><strong>Saves:</strong> How many times users save your track.</li> <li><strong>Playlist Adds:</strong> How often users add your track to their personal playlists.</li> <li><strong>Completes:</strong> How often users listen to your track all the way through.</li> <li><strong>Skips:</strong> The inverse; a low skip rate is crucial.</li> <li><strong>Shares:</strong> How often users share your track with others.</li> </ul> Spotify has never confirmed a Popularity Score cutoff for Discover Weekly; treat 30% as a rough community benchmark at best. It signifies that your track has achieved a baseline level of broad, positive listener engagement.

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In this module: Higher, Sustained Thresholds for DW10 steps
  1. 1The "Rolling 28-Day" Window: Sustained Performance
  2. 2Rough Thresholds for DW Eligibility & The 1,000-Stream Rule
  3. 3The Critical Popularity Score: Your Quality Rating
  4. 4How to Track Your Popularity Score
  5. 5The Feedback Loop from Other Discovery Features
  6. 6The Role of Sustained Marketing Efforts
  7. 7The Impact of Long-Term Playlist Adds
  8. 8Strategic Implications: Building an Evergreen Catalog
  9. 9The "Discovery Funnel": From RR to DW
  10. 10Your Actionable DW Checklist for Sustained Growth