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Spotify playlist size limits

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November 8, 2023
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Is there a size limit for Spotify playlist to be played using the Sonos app? I have a 9,000 song Spotify playlist that I have added to My Sonos but it won’t play. I get an error message that says the song cannot be added to the queue. I have other, smaller, Spotify playlists that play fine.

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Best answer by Corry P

Hi @Ebizboy

Welcome to the Sonos Community!

Yes - the limit with Spotify is approximately 6,750 entries, though it varies with the size of the metadata for the entries.

I hope this helps.

Corry PAnswer

Sonos Staff

Hi @Ebizboy

Welcome to the Sonos Community!

Yes - the limit with Spotify is approximately 6,750 entries, though it varies with the size of the metadata for the entries.

I hope this helps.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

controlav

Lead Maestro

There is also a timeout limit when loading playlists, it is either 10 or 20 seconds, I forget which. The timeout is enforced in the Sonos app and in the Spotify gateway.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.

ratty

I seem to recall the queue-loading timeout is 15 seconds.

Corry P

Sonos Staff

Hi @controlav & @ratty

I confirmed it recently - it’s 20 seconds.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

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wavehowie

Lyricist II

Is there a plan to increase the limit? This is likely the reason I can’t play my “Liked” songs on Sonos.

Airgetlam

I wouldn’t think so.

But then, Sonos doesn’t reveal future changes until they release them.

I would consider breaking up your ‘liked’ playlist into more than one. Something which I would expect would not be terribly fun, but remember, Sonos is designed for the most user cases, not the corner cases.

Bruce

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wavehowie

Lyricist II

It seems like there are a lot of people with this problem judging by the amount of posts having trouble playing large playlists and liked song lists. And this is just the people who take time to sign up and post about it.

Airgetlam

I would think a Sonos Product Manager has precise information, or at least closer than I do, to how many people are impacted, and would be prioritizing the efforts to fix this perceived issue based on that data.

Bruce

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wavehowie

Lyricist II

Do you work for Sonos Bruce?

Bumper

It seems like there are a lot of people with this problem judging by the amount of posts having trouble playing large playlists and liked song lists. And this is just the people who take time to sign up and post about it.

I mean you could make the argument that it can’t be unlimited and 6700 is a large amount of tracks. Sonos IMO don’t really develop the app for max playback features, so best to stick with the music service app for max features (or third party local library server like Plex or Squeezebox server)

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