Link sharing and referral data
Create and share unique links to understand the impact of your off-platform marketing efforts and which ones lead to the most clicks and streams.
You can share links from a few places in Spotify for Podcasters:
- On your Home tab, click Share
- On your Episodes tab, click the 3 dots next to an episode, then Share episode
- On an episode page, click Share
You can use the provided link or create a unique link for your show or episode.
Once you’ve copied your link, share it on your socials, promos, and mailing lists.
Note: Referral data isn’t available for links copied from the Spotify for Podcasters mobile app.
Tips for creating unique links
- You can create multiple unique links per podcast or episode to compare their performance across your different social media platforms.
- Give each link a unique name so you identify where you shared the link, e.g. “Instagram link - MMDDYY”. The name is only visible to you.
- We can only show you data for links copied from Spotify for Podcasters. If you share a link to your podcast or episode from the Spotify app, we can’t track clicks.
Viewing referral data
Go to Analytics then Discovery and find the Sharing section.
Or go to Episodes, select an episode, and look for the Sharing section.
Note: It’s not possible to view sharing data on the Spotify for Podcasters mobile app.
We show data on the number of:
- Total clicks of your link
- Spotify users who clicked your link
- Spotify users who started your podcast
- Spotify users who streamed your podcast
- Streams attributed to link clicks
This data updates daily.
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.
Note: We only attribute a start or stream to a link if it happened within 7 days of the click.
Limitations
Unique link clicks are supported by the Spotify desktop and mobile apps.
In some cases we can’t track a click or subsequent play, e.g. if a listener copies and pastes a link rather than clicking it.