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Importing past streams

Musicat can't see your listening history from before you connected a streaming service. Tracking starts as soon as you connect. If you'd like to bring in past streams, you can import them - just follow our tutorial to learn how to import data from Apple Music or Spotify.

If you're a paying user, you can easily bring in tracks you've jammed to before setting up your account. It's a super simple process for both streaming services -- Apple Music and Spotify!

1. Go to Spotify Privacy Settings

Edit "Download your data" section as on the image:

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2. Confirm Email from Spotify

After pressing "Request data" Spotify will send you a confirmation email.

3. Wait around 30 days for data from Spotify

Yeah, we know, that's a lot, but it usually takes less time.

4. Download data received in email

It is usually called "my_spotify_data.zip". Don't unzip it, we require the *.zip format

5. Upload ZIP file in your account settings

Go to Settings > Spotify > Import History, here, you can upload the file received from Spotify.

Wait for a couple of minutes, our systems will save your streams and process them.

Will importing duplicate my history?

No. The file is not added on top of the plays Musicat already has. Up to the last play in the file, your Spotify history is taken from the file and replaces what was there before:

  • Plays Musicat already tracked that are also in the file are counted once, not twice.
  • Plays after the last one in the file stay exactly as Musicat tracked them.
  • Uploading the same file again, or a newer export later on, does not double anything. The latest upload simply takes over again.
  • A Spotify import never touches your Apple Music plays.

Because the file takes over, your history up to its last play holds only what is in the file. Upload the archive exactly as Spotify sent it, not a selection of files taken out of it.

While the import is being processed, the import page shows how many of your streams are still left. Until it finishes, some of your earlier plays can be missing from your stats. They come back as processing goes on.