Spotify playlist checker

Know if a playlist is real before you pay

A fake playlist costs £30 to £60 a pitch and the artificial streams can flag your track to Spotify. Paste a link and SpotCheck risk-scores the list in seconds.

One free check a day, no card needed. Try an example.

Pro is £4.99 a month for unlimited checks. Cancel in Stripe.

2,100+ checks run since July 2026No Spotify login required£30 to £60 is what one fake list burns

What a fake list looks like

The verdict, with the evidence behind it

Follower-growth pattern

Organic lists grow steadily. We flag the vertical spikes that give away purchased followers.

Engagement ratio

Thousands of followers but a handful of saves? That mismatch is the classic bot tell.

Curator footprint

One curator running dozens of near-identical lists is a farm, and we surface the pattern.

Track churn

Songs cycled out within days mean paid slots rather than real curation.

How it works

Three steps, under a minute

1

Paste a link

Drop any Spotify playlist URL into SpotCheck, or check it in-page with the browser extension.

2

Read the risk score

You get a 0 to 100 bot-risk score, the exact signals behind it and a plain-English verdict.

3

Pitch with confidence

Skip the fakes, pitch the real curators and keep your promo budget where it earns.

Everything in the box

Built for people who pitch for a living

Bot detection

A transparent 0 to 100 risk score built from real public signals, with every input shown.

Follower history

Track follower growth over time and catch the spikes that betray bought numbers.

Bulk validation

Paste up to 50 playlists at once and triage your whole pitch list in one pass.

Curator contacts

Find the published submission details and pitch the curator directly, with no middleman.

Export reports

Download CSV or JSON to share with your team or attach to a campaign.

Cloud alerts

Monitor playlists and get an email the moment followers spike, drop or tracks change.

artist.tools is a full Spotify intel suite. SubmitHub's checker is free if you already submit there. Playlist Pilot handles pitch outreach. SpotCheck is the one-link check you run before you send the money, with no login in the way.

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Pricing

Free to try. Upgrade when it pays for itself.

One fake playlist dodged covers a year of Pro. The first time, it pays for itself.

Free

£0
  • 1 full check per day
  • Headline bot-risk score
  • Top warning signal
  • No card required
Start free
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Pro

£4.99 /mo
  • Unlimited checks
  • Full bot-risk breakdown
  • Follower history & trends
  • Bulk validation (50 at once)
  • CSV / JSON export
Start 7-day free trial

Premium

£14.99 /mo
  • Everything in Pro
  • Curator contact finder
  • Cloud monitoring (25 lists)
  • Spike / drop email alerts
Go Premium

FAQ

Questions, answered

Is SpotCheck safe to use?

Yes. SpotCheck only reads publicly available Spotify playlist data. It never touches your Spotify account, listening history or private playlists, and we never sell your data.

How does the bot-risk score work?

We analyse public signals such as follower-to-track ratio, follower-growth pattern, sudden spikes, generic naming and missing descriptions, then compare them against the patterns typical of bot-inflated playlists to produce a 0 to 100 risk score.

Is there a free version?

Yes. Sign in with a magic link or Google and you get one full check a day, with the headline bot-risk score and the top warning signal. No card required. Pro unlocks unlimited checks and the full breakdown.

How much does it cost?

Pro is £4.99/month (7-day free trial) for unlimited checks, the full bot-risk breakdown, follower history, bulk validation and export. Premium is £14.99/month and adds cloud monitoring, spike/drop alerts and the curator contact finder.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. Manage or cancel from the Stripe billing portal at any time, and you keep access until the end of the period you paid for.

Stop paying for bot playlists

Run your first check free. No card, no Spotify login, just an honest verdict.