What is Spotify Discovery Mode?
Spotify Discovery Mode is a new audience development tool that helps you reach new listeners and grow your fanbase, with no upfront budget required. Discovery Mode gives artists and labels the opportunity to influence the personalization algorithm in select personalized listening contexts. When Discovery Mode is turned on for a given track, it increases the likelihood – but does not guarantee – that songs reach listeners in these contexts.
How much does Discovery Mode cost?
Discovery Mode doesn’t require an upfront budget. Instead, a 30% commission is applied by Spotify to recording royalties generated from all streams of selected songs in Discovery Mode Contexts. All other streams of selected songs outside of Spotify Discovery Mode Contexts remain commission-free.
Starting January 1, 2024, tracks included in InterSpace Discovery programs such as Spotify Discovery Mode will be subject to an additional 20% commission on net royalties generated on the streams of tracks included in specific InterSpace Discovery programs, and only during the period they are included and promoted in such programs. You will continue to keep 100% of net receipts for streams not generated through InterSpace Discovery.
In line with the expected 2-month sales posting delay, the earliest sales report where this commission will be taken is the March 2024 sales posting (for January 2024 Radio and Autoplay streams). Any negative Spotify numbers on your downloadable sales reports reflect this information.
You can opt in or out of InterSpace Discovery at any time on a rolling basis. You must opt out before the 12th of the month to be sure your tracks are excluded from the next month's campaign. For example, if you do not want to be considered for the January campaign, you must opt out by December 12th.
How do I opt in?
If you’ve already opted in to InterSpace Discovery, you’re all set–Spotify Discovery Mode is now a program within InterSpace Discovery!
If you've opted out of InterSpace Discovery and would like to opt in again, you can do that directly from your InterSpace dashboard.
Please note: Spotify Discovery Mode is a program within InterSpace Discovery. You cannot opt in to any individual tools within InterSpace Discovery. When you opt into the program, you are giving us permission to opt you into all of the services offered with InterSpace Discovery.
How do I opt out?
You can opt out at any time directly from your InterSpace dashboard.
You must opt out before the 12th of the month to be sure your tracks are excluded from the next month's campaign. For example, if you do not want your tracks to be included in the June campaign, you'll need to opt out before May 12th.
Please note: Spotify Discovery Mode is a program within InterSpace Discovery. You cannot opt out of any individual tools within InterSpace Discovery. When you opt out of the program, you’ll lose access to all InterSpace Discovery services.
What are the eligibility requirements?
Important: Meeting these requirements does not necessarily guarantee that your track will be chosen for Discovery Mode, but it must meet all of these requirements to be eligible for consideration.
The eligibility requirements are:
- The track must be distributed through InterSpace
- The artist must be credited as a main/primary artist or remixer
- The track must have been released on Spotify 30+ days ago
- The track must have at least 1 radio or autoplay stream in the last 7 days
Can I choose the tracks used in Discovery Mode?
No, InterSpace Discovery does not allow you to choose specific tracks to opt in or out of promotional programs, including Discovery Mode. However, you can see how your tracks that have been selected have performed within your InterSpace Discovery Dashboard!
If you've opted into InterSpace Discovery, all of the eligible tracks in your account will be considered by our track selection technology for Discovery Mode. If you've opted out, none of your tracks will be considered.
How are my tracks selected for Discovery Mode?
InterSpace helps take the guesswork out of picking your tracks. We’ll select tracks with the highest likelihood of excelling in Discovery Mode based on data from hundreds of thousands of tracks. Neither we nor Spotify guarantee the performance of any tracks that are selected for Discovery Mode.