How Spotify Uses AI to Deliver Personalized Playlists and Enhance User Engagement

By: GoBeyond Team
July 27, 2025
3 min read
Spotify AI-powered playlist dashboard

Quick Overview

Spotify leverages proprietary ML and NLP to generate personalized playlists (e.g., Discover Weekly), analyze listening habits, and automate music recommendations. AI also powers podcast transcription and content moderation.

Spotify
Spotify
Company Size
~8,000 employees
Revenue Range
$13B+ annual revenue
Primary Challenge
Delivering personalized music experiences and increasing engagement
Key Metrics

- Higher user retention
- Increased listening time
- Improved playlist engagement

The Problem

Manual curation couldn’t scale personalization for millions of users

The Solution

Developed AI models for real-time music recommendation, playlist generation, and audio analysis

Results

- More engaged users
- Increased subscription retention
- Scalable personalization

Details

Industry
Media & Entertainment
Departments
Data & Analytics
Marketing & Content
Use Cases
Content Creation
Predictive Modeling
Tags
Machine Learning
NLP
Recommendation Engine
Predictive Modeling
SaaS
Enhanced Decision-Making
AI Tools Used
No items found.
Sources
https://redresscompliance.com/ai-case-study-spotifys-personalized-playlists/https://www.vlinks.com/ai-in-media-and-entertainment/

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