Every artist in your lane is running a blueprint.Opah hands you theirs, then tells you what to do next.

Major labels pay people whose whole job is working out what everyone else is running. Independents have been guessing. Opah keeps the Spotify numbers you check every morning, and puts them next to what the artists in your niche did to get theirs: every ad they have paid to run since 2020, the creative inside it, what they posted around each release, which cities they bought. A working template for the whole operation, not another dashboard to interpret.

Numbers Spotify for Artists never shows you

One live roster, anonymised · measured 3 September 2026
Spotify popularity score
26of 100 · scored daily

Spotify’s internal popularity score for artists and tracks.

Fan conversion
3.6%low 2.1%
Followers per monthly listener, lowest when reach peaked.
Track affinity
17.3vs 0.17
Current demand vs lifetime plays.
Instagram formats
Carousel1.7× reels
The format earning the most engagement.
Market affinity
Melbourne
The niche's top city this artist hasn't entered.
World rank
#332
Spotify's world ranking for top artists.

Customizable Niche Playbooks

This niche lives in Sydney

Sample: one 5-artist lane, measured 3 September 2026
Artists sharing the city
  • Sydney5 of 5
  • London4 of 5
  • Melbourne4 of 5
  • New York City2 of 5
  • Los Angeles1 of 5

Every artist in this lane has listeners in Sydney. One has them in Los Angeles. The centre of gravity sits nowhere near where the budget would have gone.

How long these campaigns lasted
2,256 campaigns
1437Under a week
2381–2 weeks
2672–4 weeks
2691–3 months
45Past 90 days

1,437 of 2,256 were switched off inside a week. 45 ran past ninety days. Those 45 are the only creative this niche has proven, and 81 of the set are still running today.

5 of 5
share Sydney

Point the first test budget at Sydney and Melbourne. Every artist in this niche has measurable listeners in Sydney; only 1 of 5 does in Los Angeles.

45 of 2,256
lasted past 90 days

Copy the ad that survived, not the newest one. 1,437 of these 2,256 ads were switched off inside a week. The 45 that passed 90 days are the only creative this lane has actually proven.

702 vs 379
travel vs listens

Lead with the show, not the single. The commonest call to action across this niche's ads is Book travel, 702 ads against 379 for Listen now.

The same models, pointed at your own artists

Sample: one real artist, trailing 90 days
share of audienceshare of output
  • Instagram53% of audience, 44% of output
    765,141 following, 27 posts in 90 days
  • TikTok21% of audience, 55% of output
    307,700 following, 34 posts in 90 days
  • YouTube26% of audience, 2% of output
    383,000 following, 1 post in 90 days

YouTube holds 26% of this artist’s audience and receives 2% of the output. Nobody sees that by opening three apps in turn, because each one only ever shows you itself.

Every artist you track is read across all of this
  • Meta Ad Library
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • YouTube
  • Spotify
The Whole Game: everything an independent artist should have running →

Pricing

You pay for artist slots, and a slot works the same whether you point it at your own artist or at someone you are trying to catch: every source above, the ad archive included. Your plan comes with a Niche Playbook, the single read across a whole set of artists at once, and extra ones are $10 a month. Annual billing is two months free.

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