| --- |
| pretty_name: Spotify Public Playlists (Nov 2025) |
| dataset_summary: >- |
| CSV export of 91,906 Spotify public playlists with playlist metadata, owner |
| info, follower counts, cover images, JSON payloads, and historical signals. |
| language: |
| - en |
| license: cc-by-4.0 |
| tags: |
| - music |
| - spotify |
| - playlists |
| - tabular-data |
| size_categories: |
| - 10K<n<100K |
| task_categories: |
| - tabular-classification |
| --- |
| |
| # Spotify Public Playlists (November 2025) |
|
|
| This repository contains an open dataset with **91,906** Spotify playlists. |
| Each row represents a playlist and includes high-level metadata (name, owner, |
| follower count), cover image URLs, JSON payloads with the full Spotify |
| response, and various bookkeeping columns (status, popularity histograms, |
| history, etc.). The release ships as a ready-to-use CSV (`playlists.csv`, |
| ~9 GB) plus a small preview file for browsing. |
|
|
| ## Files |
|
|
| | Path | Description | |
| | --- | --- | |
| | `playlists.csv` | Final 91,906-row CSV (17 columns, ~9 GB) with one playlist per row. | |
| | `playlists_preview.csv` | 200-row slice (64 MB) for quick inspection / Hugging Face preview. | |
| | `LICENSE` | CC BY 4.0 license text covering this dataset. | |
|
|
| ## Schema |
|
|
| | Column | Type | Notes | |
| | --- | --- | --- | |
| | `id` | integer | Autoincrement primary key from the source database. | |
| | `playlist_id` | string | Spotify playlist ID. | |
| | `name` | string | Playlist display name. | |
| | `description` | string | Spotify-provided description (HTML/emoji possible). | |
| | `followers_count` | integer | Followers when the snapshot was taken. | |
| | `owner_id` | string | Spotify user ID of the owner. | |
| | `owner_name` | string | Display name of the owner. | |
| | `is_public` | boolean | Whether the playlist was publicly visible. | |
| | `tracks_total` | integer | Number of tracks reported by Spotify. | |
| | `snapshot_id` | string | Snapshot token returned by Spotify for change tracking. | |
| | `image_url` | string | Primary cover image URL. | |
| | `raw_data` | JSON (string) | Full Spotify playlist payload as JSON (can exceed 1 MB). | |
| | `created_at` | timestamp | When this playlist was inserted into the source DB. | |
| | `updated_at` | timestamp | Last time the playlist row was updated. | |
| | `followers_history` | JSON (string) | Historical follower counts (if tracked). | |
| | `status` | string | ETL status flag from the upstream system. | |
| | `popularity_distribution` | JSON (string) | Histogram of track popularity buckets. | |
|
|
| ## Loading the Dataset |
|
|
| Once the CSV is available (locally or via Hugging Face), you can load it with |
| your favorite data tooling. For quick experiments or to power the Hugging Face |
| table preview, use `playlists_preview.csv` (200 rows). When you need the full |
| corpus, switch to `playlists.csv`: |
|
|
| ```python |
| import pandas as pd |
| |
| df = pd.read_csv( |
| "playlists.csv", |
| dtype={"playlist_id": str, "owner_id": str}, |
| converters={"raw_data": lambda x: x}, # keep JSON as raw strings |
| ) |
| print(len(df)) # 91906 |
| ``` |
|
|
| For streaming workflows (due to the 9 GB size), consider `pyarrow.dataset` or |
| chunked `pandas.read_csv(..., chunksize=10_000)`. |
|
|
| ## Publishing to Hugging Face |
|
|
| 1. **Create dataset repo**: `huggingface-cli repo create <namespace>/spotify-playlists-2025 --type dataset`. |
| 2. **Clone with Git LFS**: `GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/datasets/<namespace>/spotify-playlists-2025` then `cd` into it and run `git lfs install`. |
| 3. **Copy assets**: Bring over `playlists.csv`, `playlists_preview.csv`, `README.md`, and `LICENSE` (track the large CSVs with Git LFS). |
| 4. **Track large files**: `git lfs track "*.csv" "*.sql"`. Commit the updated `.gitattributes`. |
| 5. **Push**: `git add . && git commit -m "Add Spotify playlists dataset" && git push`. |
| 6. **Add metadata**: The `README.md` you are reading doubles as the Hugging Face dataset card, so it will render on the hub automatically. |
|
|
| Optional: Add any additional metadata files (schema diagrams, notebooks, etc.) |
| to enrich the dataset card and help users onboard faster. |
|
|
| ## License |
|
|
| Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). See `LICENSE` for |
| the full text. When using the dataset, credit “Spotify Public Playlists (Nov 2025)” |
| and include a link back to the Hugging Face dataset page or this repository. |
|
|
| ## Citation |
|
|
| ``` |
| @dataset{spotify_public_playlists_nov2025, |
| title = Spotify Public Playlists (November 2025), |
| author = Max, |
| year = 2025, |
| howpublished = Hugging Face Datasets, |
| note = CC-BY 4.0 |
| } |
| ``` |
|
|
| ## Contact |
|
|
| Questions or takedown requests? Open an issue or reach out via the contact info |
| on your Hugging Face profile. |
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