what counts as a play on spotify

According to Spotify, a song stream is counted when someone listens to it for over 30 seconds. This means that if a song is played for at least 30 seconds, it counts as a single stream, regardless of whether the song was skipped or not played until the end. If a song appears on multiple releases, it counts towards the stream count on every release. Spotify does count streams on repeat, but only if the song has been listened to for 30 seconds or more. If a song is played on mute, it will not count as a play. However, if a song is listened to offline and saved in the library, each play will still count after 30 seconds, and Spotify will track the offline plays and add them to their servers when the user next connects to the internet.