Spotify's privacy page offers three separate packages and most people only ever tick the first. Account data is reported to arrive in about five days, extended streaming history and technical log information are reported to take up to 30 days, and there is no way to hurry either. Written 2026-08-24.
That request button opens Spotify's own privacy page, where the three tick boxes live, in a new tab. We never sit between you and them, never log in as you, and never ask for your password to any platform. When the file lands, the free Spotify Count opens it on your own device and prints the real numbers in about ten seconds. No account, no email field, and nothing is uploaded.
Your part of this is about two to four minutes. Everything after that is Spotify taking its time, and nothing you do speeds it up.
| What | How long reported |
|---|---|
| Account data, reported | Around five days. |
| Extended streaming history, reported | Up to 30 days, and it usually takes most of them. |
| Technical log information, reported | Up to 30 days. |
| Confirmation email | Required. The clock does not start until you click it. |
| Your own time | About 3 minutes to request all three at once. |
Account data is usually a few megabytes. Extended streaming history is commonly 5 to 50 megabytes of JSON for a long standing account. The technical package varies widely and is the largest of the three for heavy users. reported
Spotify does not publish a firm download window, and the link arrives by email. Download it the day it lands rather than finding out the hard way after a 30 day wait.
Every wait window and every file size here is reported, not measured by us. It comes from the platform's own published help pages and from what people consistently say happens, and platforms change both without telling anyone. When we have a request we timed ourselves, this page will say measured and print the date the measurement was taken. Until then, treat these as the range to plan around rather than a promise.
Written 2026-08-24. Export screens move every few months. If a step here has gone stale, tell us and it gets fixed rather than quietly rotting.
When the file lands, you do not have to unzip it or understand it. Drop it into the free Spotify Count and read the real numbers in about ten seconds. It runs entirely in your browser, there is no account, no email field and no card, and nothing is uploaded.
The full Reading is 6.99 a week or 69.99 a year. No free trial. There is a Refund button in your dashboard for 7 days, one tap, no reason required. The Count stays free forever either way.
Reported at around five days for account data and up to 30 days for extended streaming history and technical log information. Tick all three boxes in the same request so you wait once rather than three times. We have not measured this ourselves.
Account data is the fast summary covering roughly the last year. Extended streaming history is every play since you joined, with skip and duration data. Technical log information is the separate package reported to carry the inferences, and it is the one almost nobody requests.
No. The privacy settings screen only exists on the website. Sign in at spotify.com in a browser, on a phone or a laptop, either is fine.
One page per file. Each is the same browser local tool scoped to a different export, and none of them ask for an email.
Same shape every time: the exact taps, the reported wait, the real size, what is inside, and what is missing.