Songs that tend to get the most streams are (listed in order of most common priority):
1) Exceptionally written/produced/mixed/mastered on technical level and a widely resonant/commercial level
2) Invested heavily with paid promotion
3) Serving a high demand and/or underrepresented listening community (Examples of this include jazz, Christian rap, contemporary worship)
4) Not serving a low demand and/or overrepresented listening community (examples include: mainstream R&B, mainstream hip hop, jam band, mainstream alternative, hyper-experimental music of all genres)
5) Not serving a highly critical community (examples include: mainstream rap, psychedelic jazz, heavy rock)
6) Not a remix, acoustic version, or alternative version of the main version (We typically recommend lower promo tiers for alternative versions of songs for this reason)
7) Under 5 minutes and/or on the shorter side of the typical song length in their respective genre/sub-genres
8) Not a detour of your specific sound, with the exception of seasonal songs for Christmas/etc. (An example of a detour would be a country artist doing a jazz song. In doing this, your followers who follow you for country music will likely not like the jazz song, which greatly minimizes the potential of algorithmic triggering)
9) Has traffic coming in from additional sources (social media, email blasts, blogs, podcast features)
We recommend artists to make marketable songs/productions that are “more right for more people,“ as well as select the most connectable songs in your discography of already released songs.