Release Radar & Discover Weekly Explained (2026)
How Spotify's Release Radar and Discover Weekly work in 2026, and how to increase your chances of landing in both.
Discover Weekly and Release Radar together deliver 40%+ of algorithmic streams for growing artists. Landing in each requires slightly different triggers.
Release Radar (Fridays)
Populated with new releases from followed artists plus a personalized selection of new releases from similar artists. Being followed is the biggest lever.
Discover Weekly (Mondays)
Populated from a listener's collaborative-filter neighbourhood. Getting into other artists' fans' Discover Weeklies requires playlist co-occurrence with those artists.
The signal that unlocks both
Save-to-listener ratio above 20% in the first 14 days signals genuine engagement and pushes tracks into wider algorithmic distribution.
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Browse Spotify packages →Frequently asked questions
How do real bought streams affect these playlists?
They raise base engagement, but must be combined with real save activity to trigger both playlists.
How long does a song stay in Release Radar?
Up to 30 days for followed-artist tracks.
Does Follow count as a save?
No — Follow is artist-level, Save is track-level. Both matter.