Is Spotify’s shuffle actually random? User finds 72-song repeating sequence

Credit: Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR A Reddit user tracked randomized playback of their 2,000-song playlist and discovered an exact 72-song sequence played twice in identical order on consecutive days. The repetition occurred despite having Spotify’s “Fewer Repeats” toggle switched on and without changing devices or playlists. The findings suggest Spotify could be either aggressively caching queues or reusing shuffle seeds rather than properly re-randomizing playlists.