Spotify Personal Data Download

It was all part of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) policy which forced companies to give their customers much more control over the personal data they have collected. As part of the reforms, Spotify introduced a new privacy tool. It allows you to download and view all the data that Spotify holds on you. Recently downloaded my personal data in hopes of finding a specific song I played before but when I extracted the RAR I was greeted with all these json files and with no idea which file to open and how to decode the values to get the name of the song I searched before. Does anyone have an idea o. Two options down, you will see the Download using cellular option. Make sure that this option is off since you could end up downloading a lot of songs over your data plan. The best way you can save mobile data when listening to Spotify is by using WiFi as much as possible, whenever possible, of course. A few days ago, /u/YEEZYYEEZYBREEZY submitted this post about his very cool stats website for Spotify. Over the years I gathered few similar pages, so I decided to share them with you. Spotify Statistics: Stats of your playlists and most favourite artists, songs and genres, all in nice designe complete with charts. Shuffle Guru: Something like music dashboard. Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs. Spotify is all the music you’ll ever need. Listening is everything - Spotify.

  1. My Spotify Data
  2. Spotify Listening Data

When you download your data, your data will include a copy of your playlists, streaming history and searches for the past 90 days, a list of items saved in your library, the number of followers you have, the number and names of the other users and artists you follow, and your payment and subscription data.

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My Spotify Data

When you use the automated Download your data function, you will receive several files in JSON format. JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation, and is a structured, commonly used format that is capable of being understood by both computers and human beings. Each file contains a different type of personal data as described below:

Playlist

A summary of the playlists created or saved, and any songs saved, including:

  1. Name of playlist.
  2. Date the playlist was last modified.
  3. Names of songs contained within the playlist.
  4. Names of artists for each song.
  5. Names of albums or episodes (if podcasts).
  6. Local track name, if the user uploaded locally saved audio to be played on Spotify service.
  7. Any descriptions added by the user to the playlist.
  8. The number of followers the playlist has.

Streaming History (audio, video, and podcasts)

A list of items (e.g. songs, videos, and podcasts) listened to or watched in the past year, including:

  1. Date and time of when the stream ended in UTC format (Coordinated Universal Time zone).
  2. Name of 'creator' for each stream (e.g. the artist name if a music track).
  3. Name of items listened to or watched (e.g. title of music track or name of video).
  4. “msPlayed”- Stands for how many mili-seconds the track was listened.

Your Library

A summary (at the point of the date of the request) of the content saved in Your Library (songs, podcasts, and videos), including:

  1. Name of artist for each item.
  2. Name of the album.
  3. Name of track saved.
Search queries
A list of searches made, including:
  1. The date and time the search was made.
  2. Type of device/platform used (such as iOS, desktop).
  3. Search Query shows what the user typed in the search field.
  4. Search interaction URIs shows the list of Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) of the search results the user interacted with.
For commands made by voice, see Voice Input below.
Follow

This includes (where available) at the point of the request:

  1. The number of followers the account has.
  2. The number of other accounts this account is following.
  3. A list of artists the account is following.
Payments

This includes details of the payment method (where available):

  1. Type - The card type e.g. MasterCard, Visa etc, or other form of payment such as a Gift Card, Paypal.
  2. Card Number - Where the payment method is via card, this is the last four digits only.
  3. Card Expiry - Where the payment method is via card, this is the four digit expiry date (e.g. 07/18).
  4. Creation Date - The date the payment details were provided to Spotify.
  5. Payment Country - The country where the card was issued e.g. United Kingdom, Sweden.
  6. Postal Code - The postal code the card is registered to.
User Data

This includes (where available):

  1. Spotify username.
  2. Email address.
  3. Country.
  4. Created from Facebook - This shows true if the account was created via Facebook.
  5. Facebook user ID - This is included if the user has turned on Facebook data processing and linked their Spotify account by signing in using Facebook log-in or created their Spotify account via Facebook.
  6. Preferred locale.
  7. Date of birth.
  8. Gender.
  9. Postal code.
  10. Postal address.
  11. Mobile number.
  12. Mobile operator.
  13. Mobile brand.
  14. Account creation - This is the user’s date of registration.
Family PlanFamily plan data (if you own a Premium for Family plan) which includes your address, city, country, name, state, street, and postal code.
InferencesWe draw certain inferences about your interests and preferences based on your usage of the Spotify service and using data obtained from our advertisers and other advertising partners. This includes a list of market segments with which you are currently associated. Depending on your settings, this data may be used to serve interest-based advertising to you within the Spotify service.
Car ThingThis includes details associated with the Car Thing device (if you own a Car Thing device), including:
  1. Details about the order(s), such as;
    • order identifier;
    • the date of the order;
    • status of the order;
    • content of the order; and
    • country.
  2. Details about the device, such as serial number.
  3. Shipping address.
  4. Phone number.
Voice InputA list of commands made by voice (where available), including:
  1. The date and time the command was made.
  2. Language requested by the client.
  3. User catalogue shows what subscription type the user has.
  4. The transcribed voice utterance of the command.
  5. Language set by the client.
  6. Entity type shows the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the item (e.g. playlist, album, track) returned.
  7. Country.
Spotify Personal Data Download

Technical log files

If you have also received a copy of your technical log data, look for the “Read Me First” file provided with your data for a detailed description of the data.

Spotify Listening Data

Last updated: 27 December, 2019