How we count plays, starts, and streams
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For podcasts hosted with Spotify
Go to the Analytics tab to see all your plays. Go to Episode Rankings and select an episode to see that episode’s plays.
Note: You can only see data for your top 10 episodes on the mobile app.
We count a play every time a listener on any platform streams your podcast for 60 seconds or more, or downloads it.
Some listeners automatically download new episodes, so a download doesn’t necessarily translate to a stream.
Video plays contribute to your play count.
Plays per episode is an average across your recent episodes, so this number may temporarily decrease when you publish a new episode.
For podcasts hosted somewhere else
Go to Analytics to see all your starts and streams, or Episodes to see each episode’s stats.
We count a start every time a listener streams your podcast for 0 seconds or more on Spotify.
We count a stream every time a listener streams your podcast for 60 seconds or more on Spotify.