Spotify Research https://research.atspotify.com/ Spotify’s official research blog Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:26:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://research.atspotify.com/images/research-logo.png Spotify research https://research.atspotify.com/ 32 32 Beyond the Next Track: Spotify Research at RecSys 2025 https://research.atspotify.com/2025/9/beyond-the-next-track-spotify-research-at-recsys-2025/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:30:18 +0000 https://research.atspotify.com/?p=1uUnPLItSyYsGweO3meLec At Spotify, we believe recommendation is about more than simply choosing the next track...

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]]> Optimizing Budget Allocation with Theoretical Guarantees and Adaptive Learning https://research.atspotify.com/2025/9/optimizing-budget-allocation-with-theoretical-guarantees-and-adaptive/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:48:34 +0000 https://research.atspotify.com/?p=6UOFmfFpb0J5Ko2pAY0nB5 Online platforms, whether for entertainment or other personalized experiences...

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]]> Scaling Transformer-based Text-to-Speech with Knowledge Distillation https://research.atspotify.com/2025/8/scaling-transformer-based-text-to-speech-with-knowledge-distillation/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:19:46 +0000 https://research.atspotify.com/?p=3cznjxP2xm1KDqhbtrnBH6 Transformer-based models have led to dramatic improvements in text-to-speech (TTS) quality...

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]]> ForTune: Running Offline Scenarios to Estimate Impact on Business Metrics https://research.atspotify.com/2025/8/fortune-running-offline-scenarios-to-estimate-impact-on-business-metrics/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 09:11:48 +0000 https://research.atspotify.com/?p=1P1uQgtjRzJAn3Vh9FTvUX For product leaders at Spotify and other web-facing companies, making informed decisions about...

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]]> Modality-aware Multi-task Learning to Optimize Ad Targeting at Scale https://research.atspotify.com/2025/8/modality-aware-multi-task-learning-to-optimize-ad-targeting-at-scale/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:34:40 +0000 https://research.atspotify.com/?p=4HZ9p4E9YSXHzpnG9RS3fJ Much of our on-platform listening happens while users are occupied with something else...

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