Credit: Tech Team / Android Authority
- Multiple Spotify users have reported that hitting the shuffle button tends to play the same few songs instead of actually shuffling the entire playlist.
- The issue has been around for years, but a fresh round of complaints suggests it has worsened in recent weeks.
- One potential workaround is playing a random song from the playlist and then toggling the shuffle option afterward.
Despite being the most popular music streaming app, Spotify is far from perfect. One common issue users have been reporting for years is the broken shuffle functionality, which only surfaces the same few songs in a Spotify playlist. While the company could technically solve it by deploying a basic algorithm, it appears that the problem is only getting worse with time.
According to multiple Reddit posts (1, 2), the shuffle button in Spotify has gotten exceptionally worse recently. One user highlights that the app shuffles between the same 50 songs or so — despite the playlist featuring 3,000 tracks. Another user stated that the app plays the same 20 tracks when shuffling a 10,000-song playlist.