Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years

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June 30, 2025, 10:00 AM

• •Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist is getting an update, allowing Premium users to refine recommendations by genre.
• •Users can now influence their Discover Weekly recommendations towards specific genres to customize their listening experience.
• •The update comes ten years after Discover Weekly's debut, with over 100 billion tracks streamed and 77% of listens from emerging artists.
• •Spotify is also providing more user control over their listening algorithms with queue revamps and the ability to snooze songs.

Spotify is updating its Discover Weekly playlist to allow Premium users greater control over their music recommendations. Users can now select genre filters to refine their algorithmic curation and discover new music more aligned with their preferences. This feature, part of a broader trend of user-inputted algorithms, aims to enhance the listening experience and give users more power. The update signifies the ongoing evolution of the platform in its quest to provide a better user experience for premium users, with new capabilities to manage their recommendations by genre. Spotify is also providing more user control over their listening algorithms with queue revamps and the ability to snooze songs.

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