Case Study #24

Case Study #24

Introduction

Introduction

Promoting Sounds, a major media brand in the Rap/Hiphop space aimed to scale its internal Spotify playlists into primary drivers of music consumption. The strategic objective was to execute a long-term, 6-month Meta ads campaign to not only achieve massive playlist growth but also to build a valuable, retargetable audience for future campaigns and offers.

Year

2025

Client

Playlist Promotion & Audience Development

Timeline

6 Months

Introduction

Promoting Sounds, a major media brand in the Rap/Hiphop space aimed to scale its internal Spotify playlists into primary drivers of music consumption. The strategic objective was to execute a long-term, 6-month Meta ads campaign to not only achieve massive playlist growth but also to build a valuable, retargetable audience for future campaigns and offers.

Year

2025

Client

Playlist Promotion & Audience Development

Timeline

6 Months

The 'Quick Look' summary page for a Spotify playlist case study, showing top-line results including 102K+ playlist saves, $0.17 cost per save, and a 355%+ increase in monthly listeners.
The 'Quick Look' summary page for a Spotify playlist case study, showing top-line results including 102K+ playlist saves, $0.17 cost per save, and a 355%+ increase in monthly listeners.
The 'Quick Look' summary page for a Spotify playlist case study, showing top-line results including 102K+ playlist saves, $0.17 cost per save, and a 355%+ increase in monthly listeners.
A data table showing the 6-month results of a Spotify promotion, highlighting the 'Before' and 'After' playlist position rank and total stream growth for four Promoting Sounds playlists
A data table showing the 6-month results of a Spotify promotion, highlighting the 'Before' and 'After' playlist position rank and total stream growth for four Promoting Sounds playlists
A data table showing the 6-month results of a Spotify promotion, highlighting the 'Before' and 'After' playlist position rank and total stream growth for four Promoting Sounds playlists

Strategy & Results

Strategy & Results

Strategy & Results

A 6-month data-driven Meta ads campaign generated over 102,000+ playlist saves and an estimated 6.7 million streams, successfully positioning the internal playlists as a top 10 source of streams.

Our methodology centered on a long-term campaign focused on strategic audience segmentation and optimization. We utilized Meta's ad platform to reach over 8 million unique users in the Rap/Hiphop genre.

The strategy's core involved segmenting the most engaged users from each individual playlist campaign and retargeting them with other playlists in the network. Simultaneously, we excluded audiences that had already converted to continuously find new, untapped listener segments.

This granular approach optimized the ad spend of $17,727 to achieve a low average cost-per-save of $0.17 and an exceptional 72% landing page CTR, confirming we were building a high-intent audience.

This campaign not only drove 102,907 saves but also built a massive, engaged audience, resulting in a 355%+ increase in monthly listeners and 62,000 new Instagram followers.
The 'Quick Look' summary page for a Spotify playlist case study, showing top-line results including 102K+ playlist saves, $0.17 cost per save, and a 355%+ increase in monthly listeners
The 'Quick Look' summary page for a Spotify playlist case study, showing top-line results including 102K+ playlist saves, $0.17 cost per save, and a 355%+ increase in monthly listeners
The 'Quick Look' summary page for a Spotify playlist case study, showing top-line results including 102K+ playlist saves, $0.17 cost per save, and a 355%+ increase in monthly listeners
The 'Campaign Overview' dashboard for a Spotify promotion, detailing 102,907 playlist saves, a $0.17 cost per save, 6.7 million streams, and an exceptional 72% landing page CTR
The 'Campaign Overview' dashboard for a Spotify promotion, detailing 102,907 playlist saves, a $0.17 cost per save, 6.7 million streams, and an exceptional 72% landing page CTR
The 'Campaign Overview' dashboard for a Spotify promotion, detailing 102,907 playlist saves, a $0.17 cost per save, 6.7 million streams, and an exceptional 72% landing page CTR
A dashboard detailing the 6-month Spotify campaign results for four Promoting Sounds playlists, breaking down the ad spend, new Spotify follows, and total clicks to Spotify for each playlist
A dashboard detailing the 6-month Spotify campaign results for four Promoting Sounds playlists, breaking down the ad spend, new Spotify follows, and total clicks to Spotify for each playlist
A dashboard detailing the 6-month Spotify campaign results for four Promoting Sounds playlists, breaking down the ad spend, new Spotify follows, and total clicks to Spotify for each playlist
A data table comparing 'Before' and 'After' monthly listeners and streams for the ZAM, HYPE, PERFECT, and OVERTHINK playlists, showing significant audience growth from the music marketing campaign.
A data table comparing 'Before' and 'After' monthly listeners and streams for the ZAM, HYPE, PERFECT, and OVERTHINK playlists, showing significant audience growth from the music marketing campaign.
A data table comparing 'Before' and 'After' monthly listeners and streams for the ZAM, HYPE, PERFECT, and OVERTHINK playlists, showing significant audience growth from the music marketing campaign.
A data table showing the 6-month results of a Spotify promotion, highlighting the 'Before' and 'After' playlist position rank and total stream growth for four Promoting Sounds playlists.
A data table showing the 6-month results of a Spotify promotion, highlighting the 'Before' and 'After' playlist position rank and total stream growth for four Promoting Sounds playlists.
A data table showing the 6-month results of a Spotify promotion, highlighting the 'Before' and 'After' playlist position rank and total stream growth for four Promoting Sounds playlists.
A text slide explaining the stream estimation methodology for a playlist campaign, detailing the process of extrapolating data and calculating the 'long tail' of listener engagement
A text slide explaining the stream estimation methodology for a playlist campaign, detailing the process of extrapolating data and calculating the 'long tail' of listener engagement
A text slide explaining the stream estimation methodology for a playlist campaign, detailing the process of extrapolating data and calculating the 'long tail' of listener engagement
A social media growth dashboard from a 6-month music marketing campaign, highlighting a 1,800% increase in views, 8 million unique accounts reached, and 62,000 new followers on Meta platforms
A social media growth dashboard from a 6-month music marketing campaign, highlighting a 1,800% increase in views, 8 million unique accounts reached, and 62,000 new followers on Meta platforms
A social media growth dashboard from a 6-month music marketing campaign, highlighting a 1,800% increase in views, 8 million unique accounts reached, and 62,000 new followers on Meta platforms
A bar chart summarizing the total ad engagement results from a Meta ads campaign for music, showing 218K reactions, 1.9K shares, 350+ comments, and 7.7K saves
A bar chart summarizing the total ad engagement results from a Meta ads campaign for music, showing 218K reactions, 1.9K shares, 350+ comments, and 7.7K saves
A bar chart summarizing the total ad engagement results from a Meta ads campaign for music, showing 218K reactions, 1.9K shares, 350+ comments, and 7.7K saves
Two demographic breakdown charts from a music marketing campaign, showing a primary audience of males aged 18-34, with 6.9M male clicks and 6.3M clicks from the 18-34 age group
Two demographic breakdown charts from a music marketing campaign, showing a primary audience of males aged 18-34, with 6.9M male clicks and 6.3M clicks from the 18-34 age group
Two demographic breakdown charts from a music marketing campaign, showing a primary audience of males aged 18-34, with 6.9M male clicks and 6.3M clicks from the 18-34 age group

Granular Playlist Performance

Granular Playlist Performance

Granular Playlist Performance

The 6-month campaign successfully transformed the playlist ecosystem, catapulting one playlist from the #48 to the #6 source of streams and solidifying another as the #1 driver of consumption.

The ad spend was allocated across four key playlists, each seeing massive growth in both rank and listenership. The "PERFECT" playlist saw the most dramatic change, jumping from the #48 source of streams to #6. This was driven by a monthly listener increase from just 279 to over 3,000.

Similarly, the "HYPE" playlist grew from #37 to #8. The flagship "3AM" playlist solidified its position by moving from #4 to the #1 top driver of streams for the brand.

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