How does apple music count total number of plays? How many seconds of streaming counts as a play? When my song is downloaded and played offline, does apple music regard total offline plays as part of music plays?
Please I need comprehensive and factual answers. It's urgent 🙏🏿
Hello Ja_ck_ie,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities. I'll gladly answer your questions the best I can.
Play counts require the entire song to be played in order to count as a single play. Any offline plays would not be counted overall or with other devices until it is online again to be a part of the play count and then it should add it to the total play count. It would only be stored on the device you listened to until the device itself is online or connected to the Internet.
Hope that helps and enjoy.
Hello Ja_ck_ie,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities. I'll gladly answer your questions the best I can.
Play counts require the entire song to be played in order to count as a single play. Any offline plays would not be counted overall or with other devices until it is online again to be a part of the play count and then it should add it to the total play count. It would only be stored on the device you listened to until the device itself is online or connected to the Internet.
Hope that helps and enjoy.
Wow..the entire song? Alright thanks, but suppose I play my song like 1000 times, would apple music record it as 1000 plays? Or just a single play?
Ja_ck_ie,
If you complete the entire song then that would be considered and recorded as one play. If you played the song completely 1000 times, that would be 1000 plays.
Take care.
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