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📢 Streaming Guide
🎧 Spotify hasn’t officially disclosed exactly how streams are counted. However, the following outlines confirmed information and recommended streaming practices based on fandom experience and results.
Did Spotify confirmed how they count streams? Spotify didn't officially disclosed the details of how they count streams. But the common understanding is that streams on Spotify are subjected to certain rules to prevent fraudulent or excessive streaming
1. A song needs to played at least 30seconds to count
2. A song needs to NOT be muted
3. Filtered Streams: Automated, bot-generated, or extremely repetitive streams are filtered out to prevent artificial stream inflation
1. A song needs to played at least 30seconds to count
2. A song needs to NOT be muted
3. Filtered Streams: Automated, bot-generated, or extremely repetitive streams are filtered out to prevent artificial stream inflation
🎶 Listen to music naturally and don't overthink too much.
This Is the goldenrule.
Play albums, playlists, or queue songs/albums. Skip or pause when you want. Listen naturally.
Genuine listening is the best way to support BTS.
📀 Ways to stream: stream an album top to bottom or use playlists.
Play Arirang top to bottom and use playlists to stream. Alternating between these methods will reduce the chance of your account looking suspicious.
📋 Playlist Length? Focus on Engagement.
Playlist length. Is this detail important?
The total length of a playlist isn’t crucial but the interactions with it does.
An avid listener can very well play music for hours at a time while working/commuting, so the length of the playlist is not a concern but how often you interact with it and its composition.
What matters is how often you interact with it — playing, skipping, or engaging naturally. Shorter playlists may encourage more interaction initially, but longer playlists are fine as long as listening remains genuine
We usually recommend shorter playlists in the first day to encourage interaction with Spotify. But that's not necessarily a rule if you interact with Spotify even while using longer playlists.
The total length of a playlist isn’t crucial but the interactions with it does.
An avid listener can very well play music for hours at a time while working/commuting, so the length of the playlist is not a concern but how often you interact with it and its composition.
What matters is how often you interact with it — playing, skipping, or engaging naturally. Shorter playlists may encourage more interaction initially, but longer playlists are fine as long as listening remains genuine
We usually recommend shorter playlists in the first day to encourage interaction with Spotify. But that's not necessarily a rule if you interact with Spotify even while using longer playlists.
🔁 Don't loop. A song repeated excessively will be filtered.
Repetition. When looping becomes a problem? Listening the same album or song in the same day is normal. However, what has high chances to be flagged, is identical listening patterns(a song repeated excessively, the same pattern of playlists, no interactions etc) - basically doing the same thing over and over again. These types of streams are described by algorithms as 'low quality streams' and many times filtered by Spotify.
🔊 Do not mute.
We recommend to not mute Spotify, use headphones or lower the volume instead.
🎼 Playlist structure: 3-4 fillers in between and not exceeding a moderate number of 4-5 repetitions of the same song in an hour.
Playlist structure. Based on previous experience and BTS fanbases recommendation, 3-4 fillers in between and not exceeding a moderate number of 4-5 repetitions of the same song in an hour seems to work the best.
🌟 Variety is the answer for quality streams. Please diversify the way you stream and don't stick to just one method.
Variety is the answer. We highly recommend variety in your listening behavior, which means HOW you listen,
WHEN you listen and
WHAT you listen.
Why? Because is easier for Spotify's algorithm to label your streams as low quality streams.
WHAT: For example, adding few songs from other artists will automatically impact the variety of your listening behavior. Looping a song will also impact the quality of your streams.
HOW: For example, interacting with Spotify, using different patterns and avoiding repetitive streaming behavior will decrease the chances of Spotify labeling your streams as low quality and filtering them.
WHEN: For example, looping the same playlist for 24h will also impact how the algorithm perceives you.
WHAT: For example, adding few songs from other artists will automatically impact the variety of your listening behavior. Looping a song will also impact the quality of your streams.
HOW: For example, interacting with Spotify, using different patterns and avoiding repetitive streaming behavior will decrease the chances of Spotify labeling your streams as low quality and filtering them.
WHEN: For example, looping the same playlist for 24h will also impact how the algorithm perceives you.
🧠 Don't stack covers.
How to handle multiple versions of the same song? Playing different versions of a song is fine. Repeating the exact same versions constantly for hours is not recommended.
👪 Use the family plan if you can.
A family plan is 6 accounts. It's technically possible that all 6 members of a family are listening to the same album and type of music at the same time during a new release. So we recommend finding army with whom you can share the family plan and also doing some economies, if possible of course.
💳 Spotify is available either for free with ads or through a paid subscription.
Spotify is available for free (with some limitations and ads), or through a paid subscription. Spotify also offers free trials. A free period of time to use the service without paying. But please keep in mind that you need to cancel it before the free trial ends in order for you to not pay.
🤝 Share and interact with Arirang on Spotify.
Like and share the album and songs as much as possible on social media. This impacts multiple charts and lists and drive traffic back to the album and BTS profile.
🖥️ If you intend to stream on multiple devices, use different accounts.
Using multiple devices? If you are streaming on multiple devices, prepare different accounts.
✅ We recommend once a playlist is started to be completely finished.
Reason: a longer playlist streamed just 50% would impact the streams across the tracks - tracks repeated more in the first part of the playlist would end up having more streams compared with songs from 2nd part of the playlist. Let the playlist play naturally.
🎯 Overall strategy: Mix the way you listen. Don't stress too much about timing. Interact with Spotify. Encourage others.
Overall strategy:
Mix the Listening. Album top to bottom, playlists, queued songs/albums etc
Just enjoy the music naturally diversify how you stream.
Interact with Spotify. One of the best actions to ensure high quality streams.
Encourage Others. Sharing links with friends or on social media brings real listeners, which actually helps BTS a lot.
Mix the Listening. Album top to bottom, playlists, queued songs/albums etc
Just enjoy the music naturally diversify how you stream.
Interact with Spotify. One of the best actions to ensure high quality streams.
Encourage Others. Sharing links with friends or on social media brings real listeners, which actually helps BTS a lot.
🎧 Apple Music didn't officially disclose the details of how they count streams. But the common understanding is that streams on Apple Music are subjected to certain rules to prevent fraudulent or excessive streaming.
Did Apple Music confirm how they count streams? Apple Music didn't officially disclose the details of how they count streams. But the common understanding is that streams on Apple Music are subjected to certain rules to prevent fraudulent or excessive streaming (similarly to Spotify)
1. A song needs to be played at least 30 seconds to count
2. A song needs to NOT be muted
3. Automated, bot-generated, or extremely repetitive streams are filtered or flagged out to prevent artificial stream inflation.
1. A song needs to be played at least 30 seconds to count
2. A song needs to NOT be muted
3. Automated, bot-generated, or extremely repetitive streams are filtered or flagged out to prevent artificial stream inflation.
🎶 Listen to music naturally and don't overthink too much.
Listen Naturally. This Is the goldenrule.
Play albums, playlists, or queue songs. Skip or pause when you want. Genuine listening is the best way to support BTS.
📀 Ways to stream: stream an album top to bottom or use playlists.
Play Arirang top to bottom and use playlists to stream. Alternating between these methods will reduce the chance of your account looking suspicious.
📋 Playlist Length? Focus on Engagement.
Playlist length. Is this detail important?
The total length of a playlist isn’t crucial but the interactions with it does.
An avid listener can very well play music for hours at a time while working/commuting, so the length of the playlist is not a concern but how often you interact with it and its composition.
What matters is how often you interact with it — playing, skipping, or engaging naturally. Shorter playlists may encourage more interaction initially, but longer playlists are fine as long as listening remains genuine
We usually recommend shorter playlists in the first day to encourage interaction with Apple Music. But that's not necessarily a rule if you interact with Apple Music even while using longer playlists.
The total length of a playlist isn’t crucial but the interactions with it does.
An avid listener can very well play music for hours at a time while working/commuting, so the length of the playlist is not a concern but how often you interact with it and its composition.
What matters is how often you interact with it — playing, skipping, or engaging naturally. Shorter playlists may encourage more interaction initially, but longer playlists are fine as long as listening remains genuine
We usually recommend shorter playlists in the first day to encourage interaction with Apple Music. But that's not necessarily a rule if you interact with Apple Music even while using longer playlists.
🔁 Don't loop. A song repeated excessively will be filtered.
Repetition. When looping becomes a problem? Listening the same album or song in the same day is normal. However, what has high chances to be flagged, is identical listening patterns (a song repeated excessively, the same pattern of playlists, no interactions etc) - basically doing the same thing over and over again. These types of streams are described by algorithms as 'low quality streams' and many times filtered by Apple Music.
🔊 Do not mute.
We recommend to not mute Apple Music, use headphones or lower the volume instead.
🎼 Playlist structure: 1-2 fillers in between.
Apple Music has been tested to allow more repetitions per hour than Spotify, making the recommended number of fillers 1-2. The usual understanding is that playlists with the pattern of 1-2 or 2-3 fillers seems to be a common agreement in the fandom.
🌟 Variety is the answer for quality streams. Please diversify the way you stream and don't stick to just one method.
Variety is the answer. We highly recommend variety in your listening behavior, which means HOW you listen,
WHEN you listen and
WHAT you listen.
Why? Because is easier for Spotify's algorithm to label your streams as low quality streams.
WHAT: For example, adding few songs from other artists will automatically impact the variety of your listening behavior. Looping a song will also impact the quality of your streams.
HOW: For example, interacting with Spotify, using different patterns and avoiding repetitive streaming behavior will decrease the chances of Spotify labeling your streams as low quality and filtering them.
WHEN: For example, looping the same playlist for 24h will also impact how the algorithm perceives you.
WHAT: For example, adding few songs from other artists will automatically impact the variety of your listening behavior. Looping a song will also impact the quality of your streams.
HOW: For example, interacting with Spotify, using different patterns and avoiding repetitive streaming behavior will decrease the chances of Spotify labeling your streams as low quality and filtering them.
WHEN: For example, looping the same playlist for 24h will also impact how the algorithm perceives you.
🧠 Don't stack covers.
How to handle multiple versions of the same song? Playing different versions of a song is fine. Repeating the exact same versions constantly for hours is not recommended.
👪 Use the family plan if you can.
A family plan is 6 accounts. It's technically possible that all 6 members of a family are listening to the same album and type of music at the same time during a new release. So we recommend finding army with whom you can share the family plan and also doing some economies, if possible of course.
💳 Apple Music can be used just through a paid subscription.
Apple Music is available just through a paid subscription. Apple Music also offers free trials. A free period of time to use the service without paying. But please keep in mind that you need to cancel it before the free trial ends in order for you to not pay.
🤝 Share and interact with Arirang on Apple Music.
Like and share the album and songs as much as possible on social media. This impacts multiple charts and lists and drives traffic back to the album and BTS profile.
🖥️ If you intend to stream on multiple devices, use different accounts.
Using multiple devices? If you are streaming on multiple devices, prepare different accounts.
✅ We recommend once a playlist is started to be completely finished.
Reason: a longer playlist streamed just 50% would impact the streams across the tracks - tracks repeated more in the first part of the playlist would end up having more streams compared with songs from 2nd part of the playlist. Let the playlist play naturally.
🎯 Overall strategy: Mix the way you listen. Don't stress too much about timing. Interact with Apple Music. Encourage others.
Overall strategy:
Mix the Listening. Album top to bottom, playlists, queued songs/albums etc
Don’t Stress About Timing. You don’t need to micromanage exact repeats per hour. Just enjoy the music naturally and interact with Apple Music.
Interact with Apple Music. One of the best actions to ensure high quality streams.
Encourage Others. Sharing links with friends or on socials brings real listeners, which actually helps BTS a lot.
Mix the Listening. Album top to bottom, playlists, queued songs/albums etc
Don’t Stress About Timing. You don’t need to micromanage exact repeats per hour. Just enjoy the music naturally and interact with Apple Music.
Interact with Apple Music. One of the best actions to ensure high quality streams.
Encourage Others. Sharing links with friends or on socials brings real listeners, which actually helps BTS a lot.
🔑 Please be logged-in while streaming.
Based on previous experience with youtube, we observed an improvement when ARMY are streaming while being logged-in
🔊 Turn volume up. Never mute.Use headphones.
Youtube is cateogirizing the views as 'high quality streams' and 'low quality streams'. Muting the app might influence the quality of the stream.
🎵 You can stream on Youtube manually or using a playlist.
If possible we would recommend to stream manually the first 24h because is easier for the algorithm to verify your views, if is not possible using a playlist should also be alright.
💬 Engage with Youtube.
Liking, commenting, queuing, skipping, or searching makes your listening active and helps your streams count more effectively.
🔁 Stream the targeted MV, mix 2-3 other tracks or different content in between and go back to the targeted MV.
How many streams per hour? You can replay a song multiple times, but mixing in 2–3 other tracks between repeats makes your listening pattern more natural.
🌟 Variety is the answer for quality streams. Please diversify the way you stream and don't stick to just one method.
Variety is the answer. We highly recommend variety in your listening behavior, which means HOW you listen,
WHEN you listen and
WHAT you listen.
Why? Because is easier for Spotify's algorithm to label your streams as low quality streams.
WHAT: For example, adding few songs from other artists will automatically impact the variety of your listening behavior. Looping a song will also impact the quality of your streams.
HOW: For example, interacting with Spotify, using different patterns and avoiding repetitive streaming behavior will decrease the chances of Spotify labeling your streams as low quality and filtering them.
WHEN: For example, looping the same playlist for 24h will also impact how the algorithm perceives you.
WHAT: For example, adding few songs from other artists will automatically impact the variety of your listening behavior. Looping a song will also impact the quality of your streams.
HOW: For example, interacting with Spotify, using different patterns and avoiding repetitive streaming behavior will decrease the chances of Spotify labeling your streams as low quality and filtering them.
WHEN: For example, looping the same playlist for 24h will also impact how the algorithm perceives you.
🎧 Don't stream just Music Videos, there are audio versions too!
You can play audio versions along with the original video, since they count as different files. Remixes and different versions (explicit, clean, Garage Band, etc.) also count separately, whether audio or video.
⚙️ Check your settings: logged in, video quality 480p+ and don't mute.
Make sure you’re logged in, video quality is above 480p, autoplay is off, and the video isn’t muted. If using split screen or background play, interact more often. Ads can be skipped, but do not use blockers. The purpose here is to ensure that you are actively watching the MV.
🆔 Create or Log in to Your Apple ID.
You need an Apple ID to buy music on iTunes. Make sure your payment method is valid (credit/debit card, PayPal, or gift card).
💻 iTunes is available on iOS, Mac and Windows.
From where you can access iTunes? You can acces iTunes from iOS, Mac and Windows.
🔍 Search for BTS song or album.
Search for BTS Content. Make sure to select the official release from to ensure it counts toward charts.
💳 Purchase Tracks, Albums or Music Videos.
Purchase Tracks,Albums or Music Videos. Click the price button next to the track or album. Confirm your purchase with your Apple ID credentials.
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