Spotify releases figures on Discover Weekly

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Since it was launched 10 weeks ago, 1 billion tracks have been streamed from Discover Weekly playlists, therecommendationsdelivered to users as a weekly mixtapeeach Monday.

71% of Discover Weekly listeners save at least one song to their own playlists and 60% of users who try their Discover Weekly go on to stream five or more tracks.

When the service launched in JulyGustav Söderström, VP of Product at Spotify said:“High Fidelity’s Rob Gordon had it right – the making of a mixtape is a very subtle art. That’s why we created Discover Weekly. There’s never been a simpler, more personalised way to discover music, with every playlist tuned just to you every single week.”