In the mid-2010s, Spotify analyzed the shuffle algorithm thoroughly and came up with a new update. They asserted that they had already taken care of this issue. However, even after claiming so, it’s still a prevalent issue.
Sometimes the playlist still plays in order even after pressing the shuffle button on your Spotify. In some cases, similar songs might play on repeat. This usually happens when there are not enough songs on the playlist.
There isn’t a direct option to make Spotify shuffle random. But you may try a few things that can give exposure to the songs that are not being played as often, which we have listed below.
Why is Spotify Shuffle Not Random?
How to Make Spotify Shuffle Random?
If the internet gets cut off while listening, the same song gets played over and over again until your device reconnects to the internet. This can make you think the Spotify shuffle is not working. So, ensure you have proper access to the internet while streaming Spotify to avoid situations like this. Here’s how else you may troubleshoot the ‘Spotify shuffle not random’ issue.
Disable and Enable Shuffle
According to Spotify, if the order of the songs changes after following the steps below, it means that the shuffle algorithm is working just fine. It lets you know whether Spotify shuffling is shuffling or not. Relaunch Spotify and follow the steps below.
Knowing that the shuffle algorithm is working fine, but the songs aren’t random, make a new playlist. If you want to listen to new songs but Spotify is playing the same old songs though you shuffled, it’s probably because there aren’t enough songs on your playlist.
Shuffle mode is usually on for free plan on mobile phones.
Sometimes a particular function might not respond to your commands when the same account has been used for logging in to multiple devices, especially when all the devices are using Spotify simultaneously. When you face this issue, you may try logging out of your Spotify andlogging back in. Here’s how to do it.
Sort the Playlist by Title
Some Spotify users have mentioned that when the playlist/track is sorted according to the tile, the shuffle gets more random. Here, songs are placed alphabetically. Symbols and numbers appear before the letters. Songs in playlists are already placed alphabetically on Spotify for phones.
Here’s how you may sort your playlist according to the title on your PC.
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