How to Get Your First 20k Monthly Listeners and Activate Discovery Mode

03/12/2025 25 min

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Episode Synopsis

Hitting 20k monthly listeners isn’t luck — it’s strategy. Today we walk through the systems indie artists use to cross that first major milestone and start activating Discovery Mode with confidence. We’ll cover release cadence, conversion benchmarks, listener-lift signals, and how to position your catalog so Spotify knows exactly who to push it to. Whether you’re at 500 listeners or 15k, these tactics will get you over the hump.