How to Export Spotify Playlists to CSV
A CSV of your playlists turns a listening habit into something you can actually explore: your most-played artists, which decades you lean on, the average tempo of your workout mix, and every duplicate track hiding across your library. This guide covers getting the export and what to do with it.
Bottom line: Export the playlist to CSV with a Spotify-authorized tool, normalize the headers, deduplicate tracks, then group and chart by artist, decade, or audio feature, all in your browser.
Step 1: Get the CSV
Spotify has no one-click CSV button. Your options: request your full account data (Privacy Settings > Download your data, delivered as JSON in a few days), use the Web API, or authorize a browser-based exporter with your Spotify login to download a single playlist as CSV in seconds. Any of them gives you a plain file to work from.
Step 2: Normalize the Headers
Different exporters name columns differently (Track Name vs track, Artist Name(s) vs artists). Run an auto-fix pass to standardize the structure and rename columns to something consistent before you combine multiple playlists.
Step 3: Deduplicate Tracks
Stack all your playlist CSVs into one file and run fuzzy deduplication on track and artist. This is the fastest way to see which songs you have saved five times under slightly different titles.
Step 4: Explore It
- Top artists: group by artist and count rows.
- Decade breakdown: derive a decade column from release year, then group and chart it.
- Playlist personality: average tempo, energy, and danceability across the playlist.
- Deep cuts vs hits: sort by popularity to see how mainstream your taste really is.
Your Data Stays on Your Computer
Once you have the export, no upload is needed. How To CSV parses and analyzes the CSV entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, nothing is stored, and no account is required to use the tools.
Doing This in How To CSV
- Auto Fix to normalize headers and structure (Step 2)
- Fuzzy Dedupe for near-duplicate tracks (Step 3)
- Group By for artist and decade counts (Step 4)
- Statistics for average tempo, energy, and popularity (Step 4)
- Charts to visualize the breakdowns (Step 4)
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Spotify have a built-in way to export a playlist to CSV?
Not directly. Spotify offers a full account data download (Privacy Settings > Download your data) that includes playlists as JSON, and the Web API returns track data as JSON. For a quick CSV of one playlist, a third-party tool that authorizes with your Spotify login (such as Exportify) is the common route. Once you have the CSV, everything else can happen offline.
What columns are usually in a Spotify playlist export?
Typically track name, artist, album, date added, duration, popularity, and audio features like tempo (BPM), energy, danceability, and release year. Column names vary by exporter, so a rename or auto-fix pass is often the first step.
How do I find duplicate songs across several playlists?
Export each playlist, stack the files, then run fuzzy deduplication on the track and artist columns. Fuzzy matching catches "Song (Remastered)" versus "Song" and live versus studio versions that exact matching misses.
Is it safe to analyze my music data this way?
Yes. After the export, the CSV is just a file on your computer. In How To CSV it is parsed and analyzed entirely in your browser, never uploaded and never stored.
Explore your playlists
Load your exported playlist CSV and chart it by artist, decade, or tempo, entirely in your browser.
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