Spotify has made adjustments to all-time streaming numbers

[Teletubby 153,888]

 

  

 

[huttont 5,492]

Maybe a stupid question but why are they removing them? Are they streams that were bought or done by bots or something?

[Taumaturg0 780]

7 minutes ago, huttont said:

Are they streams that were bought or done by bots or something?

apparently

 

[River 120,035]

The streaming farmer is not on the list as expected 

[Lord Mayhem 1,956]

Where's Taylor Swift? 

[NemoMyName 1,093]

oh BTS the fraud you are

[AVeryGagaHolyDick 27,488]

1 hour ago, Lord Mayhem said:

Where's Taylor Swift? 

At the top as usual

[Teletubby 153,888]

1 hour ago, Lord Mayhem said:

Where's Taylor Swift? 

she doesn't have songs with negative streams 

[Economy 50,933]

3 hours ago, huttont said:

Maybe a stupid question but why are they removing them? Are they streams that were bought or done by bots or something?

For the most part probably. Its a well known thing that many artists/labels inflate numbers with bots (then to a smaller extent overly obsessed fans who listen to their track 100 times a day can also have streams removed)

 

These filters often miss bots or spam but further analysis sometimes catch some of them later and then they get removed.

 

Still tho, no doubt a lot of the inflated streams dont get caught

[Future Lovers 7,143]

5 hours ago, Lord Mayhem said:

Where's Taylor Swift? 

There's a lot of stuff that she can be accused of but the need to bot streams is a little insane when the evidence of how popular she is is very apparent for everybody to see. She's the most popular artist on the planet at the moment. 

[metalpsi 318]

anything related to gags?