Playlist Search
Build your own playlist network
Find the right playlists fast. Every result is bot checked, with daily-updated quality scores and real, verified curator contacts.
In short: to get your music on Spotify playlists, search MusicMinutes for organic playlists by genre, mood or a similar artist, open the highest-scoring matches to check the fit, then pitch the curators directly using their contact details. It is a flat £10 a month for 24,000 playlists, with no per-pitch fees, and the contacts stay yours.
- 10kcurators
- 24kplaylists
- Dailyscore updates
How do I get on Spotify playlists?
Landing on playlists comes down to five repeatable steps. Here is the exact flow inside MusicMinutes.
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Search by keyword, genre, mood or similar artist
Search across 24,000 playlists by genre, mood or theme. Know who you sound like? Type the artist in directly.
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Open the top matches and listen through
Results are ranked by a daily quality score. Open a playlist, check the metrics that matter and listen through to confirm your track fits.
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Save the playlists that fit
Found one that fits? Save it to your favourites and build a focused shortlist for this release.
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Build relationships that last
Many curators are hobbyists. Build a real relationship and they add you on every release, for free.
Deep Dive
Every result comes with verified contacts and the detail you need to decide who is worth pitching.
Intelligent Search
Search by any keyword related to genre, mood, environment and more. You can also search for a Spotify artist, and we match them to the playlists in our register based on direct matches and genre.
Get Contacts
Every Spotify playlist in our database comes with contact information. You can reach the curator by email, by Instagram, or through a submission link. Sometimes that link points to wherever the curator asked for, such as X (Twitter), and our goal is always free submissions.
Data Analysis
Each playlist comes with a full analysis that tells you far more than Spotify shows. See how active the playlist is, its follower history, the number of small artists and much more. It helps you understand our rating and learn what makes a good, bot-free playlist.
Quality Indicator
Our proprietary algorithm ranks every playlist on the platform by its potential to help small artists. We also check them by hand and remove the bot and payola playlists we find.
Save to Favourites
Save any playlist to your favourites to build your own quality collection. You get the same sorting options from that tab too.
Collections
Save playlists into your own custom collections, each with its own name and colour, and drag them into any order you like. It is a simple way to organise your shortlists exactly how you work, whether that is by release, genre or campaign.
I have triggered the Spotify algorithm on 100% of my releases with a mix of social posts, Meta ads and playlisting. When I drop a song my monthly listeners usually climb to around 5-10k, and the momentum carries on long after the campaign, dropping off slowly across the year. I use the small network of curators I built before MusicMinutes existed to land on playlists soon after release and boost the early volume. MusicMinutes Playlist Search is the tool I wish I had then and i'm excited I can share it with you!
MusicMinutes vs submission platforms vs cold outreach
Three common ways to chase Spotify playlist placement, side by side.
| MusicMinutes | Submission platforms | Cold DIY outreach | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical cost | Flat £10/month (£6/month annual) | ~$1–4 per pitch, £50–100 a campaign | Free, but very slow |
| Who you reach | 24,000 organic playlists to pitch | A curated in-network list only | Whoever you can find by hand |
| Keep your contacts | Yes, forever, even if you cancel | Pay again for the same playlists | Yes, but you found them the hard way |
| Bot protection | Botted playlists auto-hidden, reviewed monthly | Strong, strict in-network standards | You vet every playlist yourself |
| Value for money | Far more for far less: 24,000 contacts, daily quality scores and full analysis, all on one flat £10/month | A handful of pitches per £50–100 campaign, and no contacts to keep | Free in cash, but huge in time, with no data to guide you |
MusicMinutes vs submission platforms: an honest comparison
They solve the same problem in different ways. MusicMinutes is a discovery tool for organic playlists. Submission platforms, such as SubmitHub, Groover and others, let you upload a track to a curated network and get fast feedback. Both have their place. Here is a fair look at where each one wins.
| MusicMinutes | Submission platforms | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | Much more packed in for a much lower price: 24,000 contacts, daily quality scores and full playlist analysis, all for a flat £10/month with no per-pitch fees. | You pay per submission, so the same budget buys far fewer pitches, and none of the contacts stay yours afterwards. |
| Pricing | Flat £10/month (£6 on annual) for 24,000 contacts, no per-pitch cost. Contacting 500 relevant curators at a ~10% hit rate works out near £0.20 per placement. Note that some curators may ask for a fee to support their playist, but we don't recommend doing this unless you really think the playlist is worth it. You can use external tools to check the predicted monthly listeners. | Pay per submission, often around a dollar to a few dollars each. Approval rates vary, so most artists end up spending roughly £50 to £100 per campaign. |
| Bot detection | Botted playlists sit in a separate database and are auto-hidden, with monthly manual reviews of flagged ones. | Often strong. The established platforms hold strict standards for the playlists allowed on them, which is a genuine plus. |
| Interface | Modern and simple, effectively no learning curve. | Generally fast and robust, with a small learning curve the first time. |
| Playlist detail | An extended details tab focused on the metrics an artist actually needs. | More data on playlists inside their own network, and less on playlists outside it. |
| After your campaign | You keep every contact, so you can re-pitch saved or previously contacted curators for free on future releases. | Low approval rates can waste spend, and submitting the same song again later usually means paying again. |
| Free tools | A free Playlist Checker for our network's quality ratings and bot checks. | Several genuinely useful free tools, like genre finders, playlist checkers and popularity checkers. We use some of them ourselves. |
| Support | Direct access to the founder. | Scaled support teams with secure, handled transactions. |
The honest takeaway: MusicMinutes suits artists who want quality, ease of use, a low flat cost and to own their contacts for the long term. Pitching this way can be very effective, though it still needs the right playlists, real effort on each message and great music. Submission platforms are useful too. Our honest recommendation is to use them alongside MusicMinutes, for example to target a few high-traffic playlists in the first week or two of a release.
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