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Spotify traces SB19's rise from RADAR to Lollapalooza. 18 Aug 2026 Following their debut at Lollapalooza as the first P-Pop group to perform at the festival, Spotify is spotlighting SB19 in The Come Up, a global series that traces the defining moments behind an artist's rise. SB19's streaming story extends beyond a single breakout moment. Since "GENTO," the group has maintained a global monthly listener base of more than 1.4 million on Spotify, built and sustained across multiple releases, cross-market collaborations, and playlist exposure. From RADAR Philippines to a global stage. SB19 joined RADAR Philippines in March 2020 as one of the Filipino artists featured in the program's global launch, when the group had 141,489 monthly listeners on Spotify. Six years later, they performed at Lollapalooza with more than 1.4 million monthly listeners. As SB19 moved through different eras, Spotify playlists helped introduce each chapter to new audiences. "MAPA" earned a spot on Tatak Pinoy, while "GENTO" broke through Viral Hits Philippines, with the group's monthly listeners nearly quadrupling in three months. When Spotify launched P-Pop On The Rise to give the genre a dedicated home, SB19 became the first artists featured on the cover. Their reach also began crossing borders through collaborations, with their JVKE collaboration bringing a Tagalog verse into a global hit, while "Toyfriend," their joint track with Japan's BE:FIRST, landed on the cover of Hot Hits Japan. "The more places SB19 showed up on Spotify, the more their audience grew and stuck around. Our playlists like Tatak Pinoy, P-Pop On The Rise, and Viral Hits Philippines are how millions of listeners discover what to listen to next," said Chesca Tan, lead editor for Spotify Philippines. "And what stands out with SB19 is that every era gave us a reason to champion them again. Each time, the audience got bigger and stayed longer. From playlists to podcasts to a first-of-its-kind Listening Party that drew fans from around the world, it's exciting to see an artist and their fans growing together on Spotify," she added. More ways for A'TIN to connect. Fans and new listeners also found ways to connect more deeply with SB19 on Spotify. A'TIN tuned into the group's exclusive podcast Atin Atin Lang between releases, joined the Pagsibol-era A'TIN 'To! jeepney art activation, and turned out 20,000-strong for SB19's Listening Party, a first by a Filipino artist on Spotify. Downloading Interactive Geographic Maps For newer listeners, Spotify features including Discover Weekly, Release Radar, and DJ continued surfacing SB19 tracks to people who had not searched for them directly. Reflecting on their journey, SB19 said: "When we debuted eight years ago, we never imagined performing at international festivals or hearing fans around the world sing our songs back to us. A'TIN has been with us through every chapter, and Spotify has helped more listeners discover our music. Every milestone reminds us how far we've come and motivates us to keep creating music that makes Filipinos proud."

Spotify announces Hometown live series featuring exclusive shows with Jorja Smith, Nemzzz and beabadoobee. 18 August 2026. Spotify have today announced Hometown, a new live music format celebrating the places that shape artists and the fans who have supported them from the very beginning. This September, Hometown will see three of the UK's most exciting artists - Jorja Smith, Nemzzz and Beabadoobee - return to the communities where their musical journeys began for a series of intimate, one-night-only performances. A continuation of Spotify's commitment to bringing fans closer to the artists they love, inviting top listeners of each artist to experience these special performances in person, before they're made available to audiences around the world through exclusive concert films on Spotify. The inaugural edition of Hometown shines a spotlight on three artists whose individual journeys reflect the richness and diversity of British music today. Returning to Walsall, Manchester and London, Jorja Smith, Nemzzz and Beabadoobee respectively will each headline a Hometown show that celebrates not only where they come from, but the communities that helped shape their creativity, ambition and sound. Spotify will be working with each artist to curate community-led initiatives in their hometowns to give back to young people locally and build lasting value beyond the headline performances, including meaningful donations that support the youth groups involved. Jorja Smith - Walsall, 6th September. One of Britain's most celebrated singer-songwriters, Jorja Smith has earned global acclaim for her distinctive voice and genre-defying sound, while remaining proudly connected to her Walsall roots. Her new album, 'What Are The Odds', is due on 21 August. "Walsall is where I first started writing and recording music as a teenager. It's where my love of music began and the people, experiences and sense of community there continue to influence my creativity today. It's home, home is where my heart is and home is where I found my voice! I hope it's a moment that inspires the next generation to believe that big things really can come from Walsall." - Jorja Smith Nemzzz - Manchester, 12th September. One of the UK's fastest-rising rap artists, Nemzzz has become one of the defining voices of a new generation, with Manchester continuing to influence both his music and identity. His new album, 'Locked In', is due 4 September. "I've always made a point of celebrating Manchester and representing where I'm from, so getting to do Hometown with Spotify feels like a natural extension of that. There's a pride that comes with doing it at home, around the people and places that have been there from the beginning. No matter where this takes me, I'll always find a way to bring it back home." - Nemzzz Beabadoobee - London, 17th September. Multiple BRIT Award nominated singer-songwriter Beabadoobee has established herself as one of the UK's most distinctive artists, with her West London upbringing continuing to inspire her music and creative vision. Her new album, 'Pylon', is due 18 September. "London has always felt like home to me, it's where I started finding my people, making music, playing tiny shows and figuring out what I wanted to do, so Hometown feels really special. It's also really cool that we're also able to give something back to the community with The Avenues and support young people locally, that part feels really important to me." - beabadoobee As part of Spotify's growing portfolio of live performances and concert films, Hometown reflects the platform's ambition to bring its online and offline worlds closer together, creating moments that deepen the connection between artists and the fans who love them. Concert films from each Hometown performance will premiere exclusively on Spotify in the weeks following the live shows, giving fans everywhere the opportunity to experience these unique homecoming moments.

Podder vs Spotify for Creators analytics, compared honestly. August 18, 2026 Podder Team If most of your audience is on Spotify and you don't pay for anything else, Spotify for Creators analytics now covers a lot of ground for free. If your audience is spread across Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and other apps, or you need one number to hand a sponsor, Podder's cross-platform prefix is the tool built for that job. They're not really competing for the same job, and the honest answer for most growing shows is to use both. This is a podder vs spotify for creators analytics comparison, so let's be specific about what each one actually measures, where they overlap, and where one has a real gap the other doesn't. What each one is. Spotify for Creators (formerly Anchor) is Spotify's free, built-in hosting and analytics tool. If you host your show there, or route through Megaphone under Spotify's umbrella, you get a full creator dashboard covering everything that happens to your show inside Spotify: plays, audience segments, completion, and now monetization tools. Podder is an independent, cross-platform prefix. You install a short redirect URL in front of your episode media file at your existing host, and it logs every download request across every app and platform your listeners use, not just one. It's a paid $19/mo self-serve Analytics plan, and it's built for podcasters who need to describe their whole audience, not just the Spotify slice of it. Side-by-side. | / | Spotify for Creators | Podder | | Price | Free | $19/mo self-serve Analytics plan | | Platform coverage | Spotify only | Apple, Spotify, YouTube, web, and most major hosts | | Audience demographics | Yes, for Spotify listeners | Yes, across your whole audience | | First-time vs returning listeners | Yes (Audience Segments, added June 2026) | Cross-platform equivalent via unified audience data | | Ad attribution for sponsors | Limited to Creator Sponsorships within the Spotify Partner Program | Built in, follows IAB attribution guidelines | | SmartLinks / promo tools | No | Yes | | Historical data | Full history back to your first day on Spotify | From the day you install the prefix forward | | Hosting requirement | Must be on Spotify's own infrastructure (Anchor/Megaphone) for full features | Works on most major hosts that allow a third-party prefix | | Setup | Built in if hosted there | Install a prefix, takes a few minutes | Where Spotify for Creators genuinely wins. It's free, and as of the June 2026 update, it's not a thin free tier either. Spotify rebuilt its creator analytics around a new play standard that only counts a play after at least 30 seconds of listening or watching, and shipped five new tools alongside it: Audience Segments, Episode Trends, Long-Term Engagement reporting, a redesigned Discovery Journey, and full historical data access back to your first day on the platform. That Audience Segments split, first-time versus returning listeners, is a real diagnostic tool. It tells you whether your problem is discovery or retention, and no download-only tool anywhere gives you that for free. If your show lives and dies on Spotify plays, this is a strong, no-cost dashboard. Spotify also added monetization features on the same timeline. At its May 2026 investor day, Spotify announced Memberships for direct fan subscriptions, Personal Podcasts, real-time interactivity, Creator Sponsorships for Partner Program creators, and a verified badge for podcasters. None of that is analytics exactly, but it's part of why staying inside Spotify's ecosystem has gotten more attractive for creators who monetize mostly through Spotify. Where podder genuinely wins. Spotify's dashboard, however good, only ever tells you about Spotify. It cannot see an Apple Podcasts listen, a YouTube view, or a download through your own website player. For a show with meaningful audience outside Spotify, and most independent shows have that, the Spotify number is a partial picture presented with a lot of confidence. Podder's prefix sits in front of your whole feed, so it counts every platform the same way and reports a single audience view: demographics, listening app, and behavior across Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and web, all in one dashboard. That's the number you actually want when a sponsor asks "who listens to your show," because "here's my Spotify segment" is not a complete answer. Ad attribution is the other gap. Spotify's Creator Sponsorships tool works inside the Spotify Partner Program, for spots running through Spotify. Podder's attribution follows IAB guidelines and works across your whole distribution, so you can show a sponsor what their spot did regardless of which app the listener used. If you sell your own ads or work with an agency outside Spotify's program, this is the tool built for that conversation, not a bolt-on. SmartLinks are a smaller but real difference too. Spotify for Creators has no equivalent trackable-link tool for launches, guest cross-promotion, or campaign tracking. That's a feature Podder carries over from the prefix-analytics category Chartable used to define, back when it was the default option before Spotify shut Chartable down and folded pieces of it into Megaphone. The hosting catch. This is the part that trips people up. Spotify for Creators' full analytics suite requires your show to actually be hosted on Spotify's own infrastructure, Anchor or Megaphone. If you're hosted somewhere else and just distribute to Spotify as one of your platforms, you get Spotify's basic in-app numbers, not the full 2026 dashboard. The reverse catch applies to Podder. If your show is hosted on Anchor, Podder's prefix cannot be added to that feed, because Anchor is one of the hosts (along with Acast, Audioboom, and RedCircle) that does not allow third-party analytics prefixes. Podder works with most major hosting providers, including Buzzsprout, Transistor, Megaphone, Simplecast, Captivate, Podbean, Spreaker, Castos, Art19, OmnyStudio, Blubrry, SoundCloud, and PodOps. Libsyn support is in progress. Check your host against that list before you assume you can run both. There's no data migration happening here in either direction. You don't move your Spotify numbers into Podder or the other way around, because the two tools count independently, on their own infrastructure. Adding Podder means installing its prefix fresh in front of your existing episode URLs, a few minutes of work at your host, not an import. Who should pick which. Pick Spotify for Creators alone if your audience is genuinely concentrated on Spotify, you're hosted on Spotify's own infrastructure already, and you don't need to hand a sponsor a cross-platform audience number. The June 2026 analytics update makes this a legitimately good free option for that specific situation. Pick Podder if any real share of your downloads comes from outside Spotify, if you're chasing or renewing sponsorships and need one attributable number, or if you want SmartLinks for launches and cross-promotion. This is most growing independent shows, since Apple Podcasts and other apps still account for a large share of listening for most catalogs. Run both if your host allows it. Use Spotify for Creators to read what's happening with your Spotify-specific audience (its segment and retention data is worth having), and use Podder as the source of truth for total audience and sponsor reporting. They answer different questions, and neither one on its own gives you the full picture a growing show eventually needs. This overlaps with the broader shift since Chartable's shutdown: the market for independent prefix analytics didn't disappear, it consolidated. If you want the fuller context on that move, see its Podder vs. Chartable comparison. Related reading. For more on what Spotify's numbers mean on their own, see its Spotify podcast analytics explained breakdown. For the fuller measurement picture across platforms, its podcast analytics guide and podcast audience measurement tools roundup cover the category. If sponsor reporting is your main driver, its ad attribution guide covers how to build that case with data instead of guesswork. Want the audience number that covers every app your listeners actually use? Start the Podder Analytics plan and get your first cross-platform numbers within a day of installing the prefix. Faq. Can I run Podder and Spotify for Creators at the same time? Does Podder replace Spotify for Creators? Is Spotify for Creators analytics good enough for a growing show? Put it into practice See who's actually listening. Podder gives you audience demographics, per-episode analytics, and chart tracking. The Chartable alternative that goes deeper.