Back in 2020 I published a paper analyzing the Spotify collaboration graph. You can read it in on Arxiv for free or behind a fancy paywall at the Journal. Since that publication, several people have asked me how to download the full network of Spotify. The short answer: don’t, it’s gonna take a bunch of work.

Inspired by the work of Holden Karnofsky in Cold Takes and Cold Takes Audio; this is an initial attempt to create a blog for the purpose of learning things myself, but doing so out in the open. I expect there to be ~~errors~~ mistakes, but I'll try my best and learn along the way.