How to find artists on Spotify

With this guide you will get a list of artists from Spotify. For each artist you will see their monthly listeners, the cities where people play them and their social links. You can add artists with an Instagram to your contact list and message them from Verse.

On Spotify, Verse only finds artists. Verse cannot send messages on Spotify. Messages go through Instagram, email and the other channels.

What you need first: an active Verse license on this computer. You do not need to connect your own Spotify account. By default, Verse searches through its own server.

How to find artists

You can also paste a Spotify link instead of text:

• a playlist link: Verse collects the artists from its tracks;
• an artist link: Verse finds artists like this one.

The table shows where each artist came from. For example, a search, a playlist or similar artists.

How to find similar artists

• Click Related / Radio on an artist's row. Verse finds similar artists through Spotify's own lists.
• To find artists like several artists at once, tick them. Then click Similar on the bar at the bottom. Verse uses up to 15 ticked artists.

How to see listeners, cities and socials

A search shows up to 100 artists. At first you only see basic details. To load listeners, cities and socials, click Collect data:

• on an artist's row: for one artist;
• on the bar at the bottom: for the ticked artists;
• above the table: for the whole list.

Verse loads:

• how many monthly listeners the artist has;
• the cities where people play them most;
• the links from their Spotify profile, including Instagram.

Artists with loaded data are saved in Artist library. Spotify does not always give everything. For example, some artists have no listener cities.

When there are many artists, Verse works through them one by one. You can Stop and later Resume. Data that is already loaded stays.

How to keep only the artists you need

The filters above the table hide the artists you do not need:

Filters only use loaded data. If a filter is on before you search, Verse loads data for the artists it finds. Artists with no city data do not pass the region filter.

What to do with the artists you found

Tick the artists you want. A bar with buttons appears at the bottom:

• Copy Instagram: copy their Instagram links. One artist's row has its own Copy Instagram button.
• To CRM: add them to your contact list (CRM). This is one table with every artist you message. Only artists with an Instagram are added. Verse tells you how many it skipped.
• Save: save them in Artist library.
• More actions: here you find Export CSV (download the list as a table) and Delete selected.

From the contact list you can DM an artist or start a mass message. To get started, read Your first Instagram campaign.

Artist library

Artist library keeps every saved artist with their socials and listener cities. You can search by name or genre. It has the same filters as the search.

The library is stored on your computer. You can use it even when your monthly limit is used up.

How to connect your own Spotify

By default Verse uses the Shared Verse server. This is a server run by Verse. It needs no extensions and no Spotify login.

You can also search through your own Spotify account. Open My Spotify and click Configure my Spotify. There are two ways: Web Player and Web Player + Developer App.

Your Spotify login and keys are stored encrypted on your computer. To go back to the shared server, click Switch to Verse server.

How many artists you can find per month

The limit is how many different artists Verse can find for you in a calendar month. If the same artist shows up again that month, it does not count again.

The "This month: … unique artists" counter is at the top of the screen. It goes back to zero on the first day of the month.

Sometimes Spotify or the Verse server asks Verse to wait. Then Verse shows when you can search again.