u/Alex37000

Actually, it was ‘Release Radar’!! I thought it only played the track to followers (and I only had eight when the track was released...)?? I only had 130 listen in 10 days and I’d spent 50 euros on Meta Ads (which didn’t bring me many plays, but which may have helped Spotify understand my target audience). Just goes to show, it is possible to start from (almost) nothing. I have 350 now, let'see what happened next ! Ask me if you have questions !!

Is it still common these days for an unknown artist to release a track that get 150 streams in 10 days (as in my case), and then be added to a botted playlist by someone I don’t know (I’ve no idea how they found me)?

I notice that I suddenly have 3-4 real-time listeners all day long

It happened to me with a group 2 years ago..... Our song was deleted, we had to repost it. At least we didn't lost the streams