What is the Discover page?
Every track is suggested based on complex algorithms, using your like/dislike history, and getting better at suggestions as you rate more tracks, and as tracks get more accurately profiled.
Discover Engine
FAQ
How credits, ratings, match scores, taste learning, and navigation work on the Discover page.
For listeners exploring the engine
Understand how the discovery engine works before you dive in
These answers explain credits, what the rating buttons do, how the engine learns your taste, and how to get the most out of each session.
Do I need an account to use Discover?
Yes. Discover requires a signed-in account because it builds and stores a personal taste profile. Guest browsing is available on other parts of the site, but the discovery engine is for registered users only.
What are credits and why do I need them?
Each track you load spends one credit. Credits prevent the engine from being spun up indefinitely and give the system a way to reward meaningful engagement. You start with an onboarding pool of free credits, then draw from daily credits that refresh at midnight and from earned credits you accumulate by profiling tracks.
How many credits do I get each day?
Free (Voyager) accounts receive 5 daily credits that reset at midnight UTC. Explorer tier accounts receive 30 daily credits. In addition, you can hold up to 30 earned credits on a free account and up to 100 on a paid tier.
How do I earn extra credits?
Profile a track using the Profile button. A completed profile earns 2 credits by default. Tracks with fewer than 10 existing profiles earn a bonus, and wildcard tracks with no profiles at all earn 5 credits.
What do the 1 to 5 rating buttons mean?
The five buttons express how much you want to hear music like this track. 1 and 2 are negative signals — the engine will show you less of this sound. 3 is neutral. 4 and 5 are positive signals that strengthen the match toward similar artists, genres, and textures. Ratings are also stored as your general track rating on the site.
What does the match score percentage mean?
The match score is the engine's confidence that this track fits your current taste profile, expressed as a percentage. A higher number means the engine predicts you are more likely to enjoy it based on your genre affinities and past ratings. Some tracks show no score — those are wildcards.
What is a wildcard track?
Occasionally you will be suggested a wildcard: a track with little or no community profiling data. Wildcards appear without a match score because the engine cannot yet place them accurately. They are worth the most credits to profile because that data helps everyone discover the track later.
How does the engine learn my taste?
For the first five interactions the engine uses your chosen seed genres to find popular tracks. After five interactions it builds a full taste profile from your ratings, weighting genres, artists, and sonic properties. The confidence bars in the top bar reflect how calibrated your profile is — more varied ratings across more tracks increase confidence.
What happens when I skip a track?
Skipping records a 30-day cooldown. The track will not appear in your suggestions again for roughly a month, after which it can resurface if it still fits your profile. A skip also registers as a light negative signal.
What happens when I save a track?
Saving bookmarks the track to your library. Saved tracks are permanently excluded from future discovery suggestions so you will not be shown something you already own or have decided to keep.
Can I use a keyboard to navigate?
Yes. Press 1 through 5 to rate the current track, the left and right arrow keys to swipe, S to save, and P to open the profiling modal. Keyboard hints are shown at the bottom of the page.