12-month overview
Every metric green. Every number verifiable.
This is a direct screenshot from Reggae Roast's Spotify for Artists dashboard. Not a mockup, not an estimate. When every metric moves in the same direction, that's not luck. That's algorithmic momentum.
Spotify for Artists Dashboard · March 2025 - March 2026
What this means
Every metric green. Here's why that matters.
It's easy to grow one metric at the expense of another. Push streams hard and saves might drop. Chase new listeners and your active rate falls. Reggae Roast is the rare case where every single number moved up together over 12 months.
Saves doubled. That's the most meaningful metric in this entire case study. When a listener saves a track, they're telling Spotify 'I want to hear this again.' It's the strongest algorithmic signal an artist can generate. 67,000 saves at a +106.2% increase means Reggae Roast's music is being actively claimed by fans.
Radio generated 15,374 listeners and 24,886 streams in the most recent 28 days. Discover Weekly added 3,888 more. Mixes contributed 3,090. When this many algorithmic channels are active simultaneously, growth becomes self-sustaining. Each channel feeds the others.
For artists in niche genres wondering if algorithmic growth applies to them, Reggae Roast proves it does. Reggae, dub, and dancehall aren't mainstream Spotify genres, but the algorithm doesn't care about genre size. It cares about listener engagement.
Source of streams
Where listeners actually discover this music
Listeners' own playlists and library lead at 26,138 streams. That means fans are actively keeping Reggae Roast in their rotation. Personalized playlists are a close second at 23,263 and growing fastest at +36.9%. When both organic replay and algorithmic discovery are strong, growth feeds itself.
S4A Source of Streams
Algorithmic discovery
The algorithm isn't just aware of Reggae Roast. It's actively pushing their music.
Radio dominates at 15,374 listeners and 24,886 streams. Discover Weekly and Mixes each contribute thousands more. Release Radar reaching 1,581 listeners means Spotify is pushing new releases to an already-engaged base. The algorithm treats Reggae Roast as an active, growing artist.
S4A Algorithmic Placements
Global reach
Listeners in 5+ countries. Not one market, not one playlist.
The UK leads at 18,608 listeners with a 61.8% active rate. That's the highest active rate of any top country across all 9 case studies. Nearly two-thirds of UK listeners are coming back regularly. The US, Germany, France, and Spain round out a European-heavy distribution that makes sense for reggae and dub.
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S4A Locations
Recent momentum
Still growing. Here's the last 28 days.
The 28-day pulse confirms the pattern: everything still growing. Listeners up 16.2%, streams up 12.5%, playlist adds up 7.0%. This isn't a historical snapshot. It's a live, compounding growth engine.
S4A 28-Day Audience
The takeaway
When every metric grows, the algorithm compounds.
Reggae Roast proves that sustained, all-green growth is possible even in niche genres. Saves doubled. Listeners up 57%. Streams up 47.5%. Radio, Discover Weekly, and Mixes all active. The UK at 61.8% active rate shows genuine fan engagement. This is what healthy algorithmic growth looks like over 12 months.
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