Spotify should remove the public display of listener counts and streams It’s a catalyst for unhealthy comparisons. It creates misleading metrics like "monthly listeners” and incentivizes people to cheat so they can inflate the perception of popularity Hiding the numbers would reduce the pressure to compete on inauthentic metrics and encourage a focus on the music itself. Look at Apple Music…there are 0 convos about how music is performing on there or if streams are fake…because you don’t know!! lmao as it should be It’s nobody’s business how the music is performing outside of the artist and their team. We live in this weird time where everyone feels entitled to know everybody’s business because of social media I get it tho, from Spotify perspective having the numbers public makes it a sport which in turn drives engagement etc etc