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How fresh is the data?
Playlist and market charts update once a day, for the day before (UTC). Artist portal numbers arrive 1 to 2 days late.
Charts update once a day. The newest day you can see is yesterday, counted in UTC. Today is not finished yet, so it has no numbers.
The nightly update
Every night we process the day before. The run starts at 03:00 UTC, and the new numbers are usually in by 08:00 UTC. The AI daily brief on Trends and the daily digest follow when it ends.
What happens when, all times UTC:
| What | When |
|---|---|
| Playlist, artist, track and market charts | Once a day, after the run that starts at 03:00 |
| A new follow or a playlist added with Track Playlist | Read within about a minute; the charts fill after the next nightly run |
| A tracked playlist read again | Every 24 hours to 7 days, by size |
| Artist portal sync (Insights) | Daily from 21:30, spread over 2 hours |
Why Insights is 1 to 2 days behind
Spotify for Artists, Deezer for Creators and YouTube publish a day only after it ends, often a day later. So the Insights ranges end on the newest day the service has reported, not today. The card shows it as data through a day.
Sync now on a portal card reads the service again at once. After a sync you can start the next one 15 minutes later. See Sync, reconnect and disconnect a portal.
Questions
Why does Music24 not show today?
A day is processed after it ends. The newest day is yesterday in UTC, and it is ready after the nightly run.
I followed a playlist. When do I see its numbers?
We read the playlist within about a minute. Its charts and its place on Home fill after the next nightly run.
Why do my Spotify for Artists numbers stop two days ago?
Spotify for Artists reports a day late, and we read it once a day from 21:30 UTC. The newest day is usually 1 to 2 days back.