Distributors pass on Spotify's fee for artificial streams and rarely say where the streams came from. Paste the playlists from your Spotify for Artists page and SpotCheck shows which ones look like bot farms, then drafts your reply to the distributor.
Two free scans a day with an account. Pro is £4.99 a month for the full report and the drafts.
How the warning scan works
Choose the flagged track, open its Playlists tab and copy each playlist link.
SpotCheck scores every playlist from its public data and tells you which ones show bot-farm patterns.
Edit the reply to your distributor and the removal requests, then send them yourself.
A high score means a playlist shows bot-farm patterns in its public data. It can't prove where your streams came from, and the drafts are worded that way too. Start a scan.
Checking a playlist before you pitch or pay?
A curator asking £30 to £60 for a slot should have a real audience. Paste the link and get a 0 to 100 bot-risk score with the signals behind it.
One free check a day, or three with a free account. No card needed. Try an example.
Pro is £4.99 a month for unlimited checks. Cancel in Stripe.
Want the longer version? How the Spotify playlist bot checker works, signal by signal, and the scoring methodology behind it.
What the scorer looks at
Organic lists grow steadily. Once we hold a playlist's follower history, we flag the vertical spikes that give away purchased followers.
Spotify scores every track on how much it is played. Thousands of followers on tracks that score near zero is the classic bot tell.
Over 10,000 followers for every track is rare for a real list. We flag it unless the tracks are clearly being played, so big brand playlists stay clean.
Keyword-stuffed names on large lists and blank descriptions add a little weight, and so does a follower count in exact thousands, the size bought packages come in.
Everything in the box
Paste up to 50 playlists from Spotify for Artists and see which ones show bot-farm patterns.
A reply to your distributor and a removal request for each risky curator, ready to edit and send.
A 0 to 100 score for any single playlist, with every signal behind it shown.
We record follower counts for playlists we check, so a later check can show a sudden jump.
Download CSV or JSON to keep a record or send to your distributor.
Premium checks up to 25 playlists every day and emails you if one spikes, drops or removes your track.
artist.tools is a full Spotify intel suite. SubmitHub's checker is free if you already submit there. Playlist Pilot handles pitch outreach. SpotCheck scans the playlists behind a distributor warning and checks a single playlist before you send the money.
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The free scan shows how many playlists look risky and the worst one in full. Pro shows every verdict and writes the drafts.
FAQ
Only Spotify and your distributor know that for certain. SpotCheck scores each playlist on your Spotify for Artists page for bot-farm patterns, so you know which curators to contact first and which ones to ask for a removal.
SpotCheck reads the public data Spotify publishes for each playlist: followers, followers per track, how much its tracks are played, and the name and description. Where we have recorded a playlist's follower history, that counts too. Those signals make a 0 to 100 score, and a second model (Jev) reviews each verdict and can raise it.
Yes. SpotCheck only reads publicly available Spotify playlist data. It never touches your Spotify account, listening history or private playlists, and we never sell your data.
Yes. A free account gets two warning scans a day with a teaser report, plus three single playlist checks a day. No card required. Your first single check runs without an account.
Pro is £4.99 a month for the full warning report, the reply and removal drafts, and unlimited scans and checks. Premium is £14.99 a month and adds daily watching of up to 25 playlists, with an email when one spikes, drops or removes your track.
Yes. Manage or cancel from the Stripe billing portal at any time, and you keep access until the end of the period you paid for.
Scan them free with an account. You don't need a card or a Spotify login.