{"id":105554,"date":"2025-08-05T12:24:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=105554"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:24:06","slug":"the-spotify-playlists-of-celebrities-and-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/the-spotify-playlists-of-celebrities-and-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"The real Spotify playlists of your favorite celebrities and politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The site ‘Panama Playlists’ claims to have scraped playlists and listening data from 50 politicians, journalists and popular tech figures.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Always fancied knowing the guilty pleasures of public figures? Thanks to Spotify’s lax privacy around listening data, as well as the fact that many figures use their real names, Panama Playlists has collected the data of 50 celebrities, politicians and journalists. Included in the list are U.S. Vice President JD Vance<\/strong>, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis<\/strong>, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman<\/strong>, Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg<\/strong>, FTX Founder Sam Bankman\u2011Fried<\/strong>, Late Night Host Seth Meyers<\/strong> and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panama Playlists was created by an anonymous individual and is quick to note that the site is not affiliated with Spotify or any of the individuals listed. The author says they have been scaping playlists for over a year, as well as looking through their last played songs to see what was played, how many times and when. Have a scroll through the site and you’ll see playlisted tracks, playlist names, liked tracks, Shazamed tracks, Peloton playlists, most played tracks, play counts, as well as the first played or playlisted songs after significant moments for them, such as a major acquisitions or when a news story broke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often, Spotify accounts are created through Facebook, leaving the real name of the user. Also, by default, Spotify playlists are public, although, this can be changed on a per playlist basis or for all new playlists in the settings. If you’re looking for maximum security around your guilty pleasures playlists, we’d recommend changing the name on your profile, switching past playlists to private, and turning off all switches in ‘Privacy and social’ settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the site went live and gained popularity, Mike Isaac<\/strong> and Palmer Luckey<\/strong> have confirmed the validity of their listening data via posts on X. Taylor Lorenz<\/strong>, Joanna Stern<\/strong>, and Casey Newton<\/strong> also confirmed the accuracy of the site to The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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pretty clever

someone who claims to have scraped public listening data from a number of public figures \u2014 politicians, celebrities, journalists \u2014 spun up their alleged playlists and made it into a site

thankfully mine isnt too embarrassing but others\u2026https:\/\/t.co\/3LBhzY1UQm<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5Hf1FHhp3u<\/a><\/p>— rat king 🐀 (@MikeIsaac) July 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>