How to Find Users on Spotify on PC or Mac

Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

This wikiHow teaches you how to find people you know on Spotify when you’re using a computer.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

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Open Spotify on your PC or Mac. It’s the green icon with three curved black lines inside. You’ll find it in the Applications folder on a Mac or in the All Apps area of the Start menu in Windows.
- If you’re not already signed in to your account, sign in now.
It’s at the top-center area of the app.

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Type spotify:user:Username and press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return . Replace “Username” with the username of the person you want to find.
- For example, to find user John, you would type spotify:user:john and press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return .
If you want to keep tabs on what your friend’s listening to, you can follow their activity this way. This is optional.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

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Open Spotify on your PC or Mac. It’s the green icon with three curved black lines inside. You’ll find it in the Applications folder on a Mac or in the All Apps area of the Start menu in Windows.
- If you’re not already signed in to your account, sign in now.
It’s at the top-right corner of the screen.
It’s under the “Facebook” header. A Facebook sign-in window will appear.
You are now signed in to Facebook.
It’s at the top of the screen. You can use this bar to find your Facebook friends who have Spotify accounts.
As you type, a list of matching search results will appear.
This opens their Spotify homepage.
If you want to keep tabs on what your friend’s listening to, you can follow their activity this way. This is optional.