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'It's highly addictive': As Spotify turns 20, there's one underrated music discovery I love the most — and it's not the one y

Is Music Discovery Secretly Driving Spotify's Mix?

Music discovery is the hidden engine behind Spotify’s Daily Mix, and in 2026 the platform served 761 million monthly active users, shaping every track you hear. Music Discovery: Inside Spotify's Curated Algorithm In my testing, the algorithm tags songs with spectral fingerprints - numeric representations of timbre,