Spotify Discovery Mode is a marketing tool that helps your music reach more listeners when they're most open to something new, like during radio and autoplay. There's no upfront cost. Only team owners can use it.

When a track is enrolled, Spotify is more likely to play it in radio and autoplay. Spotify's recommendations decide which tracks are enrolled, so you can't pick them yourself. Tracks that underperform are removed automatically to protect your earnings.

Campaigns run monthly. Opting in or out takes effect from the next campaign, not the current one.

Nothing upfront, and Spare Music doesn't charge you to take part. Spotify applies a 30% marketing fee to streams that come from radio or autoplay during an active campaign. All other streams, like searches, playlists, and libraries, pay the full rate.

That fee is why you may see negative values in your earnings report. You still earn the full payout for all other streams.

A track needs to:

Only releases you distributed through Spare Music are eligible.

We enroll your eligible tracks based on Spotify's recommendations. To be in the next month's campaign, opt in by the 26th of each month.

This removes all your tracks from the program starting with the next campaign. You can opt back in any time before the next period begins.