Spotify Playlist promotion: Pitch your track to real curators

Create an account, choose curators that fit your genre and goals, then submit your track with a short message. You'll get a reply within 7 days or your credits back. Groover connects you with 1,500+ playlist curators and 3,000+ music pros. If there's a fit, your song can be added to their playlists.

No. Placement is never guaranteed. Every submission gets a guaranteed response within 7 days. If your track matches the playlist, the curator can add it.

No. Spotify's editorial playlists are pitched for free through Spotify for Artists, and algorithmic playlists like Discover Weekly cannot be pitched at all. Anyone selling you a placement on either is selling artificial streams. What you can pay for is getting in front of independent curators, who then choose whether to add you.

Released or unreleased, any genre. Submit with a Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, Deezer or Audiomack link. Private and unlisted links work.

Yes, and it's a common reason artists use Groover. Spotify's editorial pitch closes on release day, but independent curators accept tracks that are already out. Fit matters more than release date.

Verified playlist curators, radio stations, labels, managers, media and journalists, bookers, publishers, sync supervisors, DJs, mentors and sound experts. They fall into three groups: promotion, partnership and coaching. Filter by genre, mood, country and badges, then pitch directly.

Yes. You buy credits to contact curators.

• 1 credit costs €1

• Most curators cost 2 credits per submission

• Some top curators cost 4 or 6 credits

• Packs offer up to 24% discounts

Your credits are automatically refunded after 7 days. 90% of curators reply inside the window, most within 72 hours

You can start with a handful. Artists who see the best results send to at least 50, because reach matters more than any single pitch.

Every playlist curator on Groover is manually reviewed and confirmed free of artificial streams before they can receive a track. For playlists you find elsewhere, paste the link into our free Spotify playlist checker.

Usually, though impact depends on the playlist's size and how engaged its listeners are. Placements where listeners save, finish and replay your track are what feed algorithmic playlists like Discover Weekly and Release Radar.

Streams usually start as soon as the track is added. Algorithmic lift builds more slowly and depends on whether listeners save, finish and repeat the track.

It's a fair question to ask of any paid service. Curators are paid for their time, which is why a response is guaranteed and your credits come back when it doesn't arrive. We don't sell placements, we don't sell streams, and every curator is reviewed before they can receive a track. Over 600,000 artists have used Groover.

Release consistently, encourage saves and pre-saves, collaborate with other artists, and pitch radio and blogs alongside playlists. More on how to get more Spotify streams.