If you are looking for the best workout playlist on Spotify or want to learn how you can modify your own playlists to perfectly match your unique workout or exercises, I’ve researched this topic and created this handy guide for you.
The most popular workout playlist on Spotify is ‘Beast Mode’ with over 8 million followers. This is followed by ‘Workout’ with over 4 million and ‘Power Workout’ with over 3 million. However, you can create your own custom playlist using Spotify’s tools to get you the best workout.
Spotify has a team of dedicated playlist curators that are specialists tasked with finding the absolute music for a wide variety of genres and activities, including working out and exercising.
One way you can tell these playlists are the best is because of the high amount of followers (anywhere in the 100’s of thousands and millions!) and the fact that they are updated often (weekly or monthly).
Although I will show you how you can easily create your custom playlists that are tailor-made for your workout, these Spotify-created playlists are a great way to start.
Click any of the images below to go straight to the playlist:
Because these playlist curators are experts and only tasked with creating these official playlists called Spotify editorial playlists, you can expect the best music in these playlists.
If you want to find a Spotify-created workout playlist from a specific genre or learn how you can create your own amazing custom workout playlists, simply keep on reading, my friend. 🙂
How To Create A Custom Workout Playlist That Is Best For You With Spotify
Spotify has a bunch of built-in tools and features that can help you organize your music library and easily create custom playlists that are perfect for any occasion.
In particular, you can use Spotify’s algorithm to recommend songs similar to what you like to easily build a playlist using something I like to call The Automatic Spotify Playlist Maker Technique.
The Automatic Spotify Playlist Maker Technique
The Automatic Spotify Playlist Maker Technique is done by simply adding 5 – 10 songs in a specific genre that you are really liking into a new playlist in Spotify.
From there, you can scroll down to the bottom of the playlist and Spotify will actually suggest very similar songs and artists:
By leveraging Spotify’s algorithm and extremely in-depth data on music and all of its user’s listening habits, you will be able to find music that is extremely similar to the music that you first added to your playlist.
In fact, it’s almost scary how powerful their algorithm can be. Definitely try this technique out.
…want an example?
I’ve done this myself to create a playlist filled with upbeat lofi and lofi-house music that is perfect for running, which you can check out by clicking the image below:
Once you’ve created your own custom workout playlist, you have the ability to customize it further by:
- Changing the Spotify playlist title
- Changing the Spotify playlist description
- Changing the Spotify playlist cover
- Re-organizing the song order by clicking ‘Edit Playlist’
- Adding songs to the playlist by clicking ‘Edit Playlist’ and then ‘Add songs’
P.S. You can learn more about The Automatic Spotify Playlist Maker Technique in my article on learning how to identify & learn music genres.
Use The Spotify Algorithm To Give You More Of The Music You Want
You can also take advantage of Spotify’s streaming rules to fix the Spotify algorithm and get better song recommendations for your workouts.
Here are the top 6 ways to fix the Spotify algorithm to give you better music:
- Listen to more of music in the style of what you want to hear more of
- Like songs and playlists (by hitting the heart button) in the style you want to hear more of
- Add those songs to your own playlists
- Go to the profile of artist’s you like and hitting the follow button
- Make sure you listen to the songs you want more of past the 30 second mark
- Avoid hitting the “skip” button on style’s you want to hear more of
Want someone else to create these playlists for you instead?
I’ve looked up a bunch of the best Spotify-created workout playlists for specific genres for you just below, my friend. 🙂
Best Workout Playlists On Spotify Based On Genre
Spotify has an entire ‘Workout’ genre page where you can browse different categories and featured playlists based on the type of workout you are looking for.
The best workout playlists on Spotify based on genre can be found on Spotify’s dedicated Workout playlist page at https://open.spotify.com/genre/workout-page.
Categories include anything from specific genres to specific types of workouts like gym, yoga, meditation, and running.
I’ve looked up some of the best workout playlists on Spotify based on genre and listed them out for you below:
Best Rap Workout Playlist On Spotify
The best rap workout playlist on Spotify is ‘Rap Workout’ which is created by Spotify’s team of dedicated editorial playlist curators. This playlist has over 3 hours of music and over 1.5 million followers.
Click the image below to be taken to this playlist:
Best EDM Workout Playlist On Spotify
The best EDM workout playlist on Spotify is ‘Workout Beats’ which is created by Spotify’s team of dedicated editorial playlist curators. This playlist has over 4 hours of music and over 1 million followers.
Click the image below to be taken to this playlist:
Another great EDM workout playlist on Spotify is ‘Beast Mode Dance’ which is also created by Spotify’s team of dedicated editorial playlist curators. This playlist has over 5 hours of music and over 300,000 followers.
Click the image below to be taken to this playlist:
Best Rock Workout Playlist On Spotify
The best rock workout playlist on Spotify is ‘The Rock Workout’ which is created by Spotify’s team of dedicated editorial playlist curators. This playlist has over 3 hours of music and over 400,000 followers.
Click the image below to be taken to this playlist:
Best Hip Hop Workout Playlist On Spotify
The best hip hop workout playlist on Spotify is ‘Beast Mode Hip-Hop’ which is created by Spotify’s team of dedicated editorial playlist curators. This playlist has over 3 hours of music and over 800,000 followers.
Click the image below to be taken to this playlist:
Best Pop Workout Playlist On Spotify
The best pop workout playlist on Spotify is ‘Pumped Pop’ which is created by Spotify’s team of dedicated editorial playlist curators. This playlist has over 3 hours of music and over 1 million followers.
Click the image below to be taken to this playlist:
What was the most popular song in Spotify workout playlists?
Eminem’s “Til I Collapse” was the most popular workout song having appeared in 318 playlists and being streamed more than 1 billion times, as discovered by research done by PureGym in 2021.
Eminem was also the most popular artist to appear in workout playlists on Spotify, appearing on 1,700 playlists.
Use Spotify Radio To Get More Workout Music That You Like
You can also use Spotify’s Radio feature to find even more of the type of workout music that you like once you have found it.
Spotify Radio is a series of algorithm playlists that can be based on any artist, album, playlist, or song on Spotify. These playlists update over time and usually contain about 50 tracks.
Spotify Radio works by using the Spotify algorithm’s data to find similar songs based on the artist, album, playlist, or song that you have selected.
The Spotify algorithm will look at your listening habits as well as the listening habits of the users who listen to the artist, album, playlist, or song you have selected to create a Spotify Radio playlist made up of about 50 songs.
To start a Spotify Radio playlist on the desktop app, mobile app, or web browser:
- Open the Spotify app or web browser
- Go to any song, album, artist or playlist
- Select the 3 horizontal or vertical dots
- Select ‘Go to song/album/playlist/artist radio’ or ‘Start song/album/playlist/artist radio’
Spotify has a growing number of algorithmic playlists like Spotify Radio that are customized and personalized for each specific Spotify user.
…and because these algorithmic playlists are customized for each user based on their listening habits, they are likely to have some great music in them.
Spotify Workout Playlist Names
Spotify playlist names for workouts tend to include words like beast, hype, pump, motivation, and workout in them in addition to the actual workout or exercise that the playlist is made for.
When creating your own Spotify workout playlist name, simply combine any of the above workout words with a music genre name or a type of workout or exercise. 🙂
What makes a good Spotify playlist name?
A good Spotify playlist theme and name will have a balance of aesthetic appeal, relevance, and search engine optimization to attract as many followers and likes to the playlist as possible.
Aesthetic appeal is really just about being vibey and cool but it is the search engine optimization (aka SEO) part that can really get your playlist in front of thousands of people that might just fall in love with your playlist for free.
To learn more about the types of Spotify playlists you can make, how to craft the perfect theme and playlist title, as well as 15+ playlist theme ideas that you can go ahead and use right now, check out my full article on Spotify playlist names. 🙂
How To Organize Your Spotify Music
The best 2 ways to organize your Spotify music are to do it yourself by creating and managing playlists or by using a third-party tool like ‘Organize Your Music’ by Playlist Machinery.
In both cases, you will first want to have an idea of how you want your music organized, whether it be by genre, release year of the recording, or specific moods or situations like studying or an upcoming party.
To learn more about how you can organize your music on Spotify, with a breakdown on both techniques, and examples of how others organize their music, check out my article on How To Organize Your Spotify Music. 🙂
How To Make Money From Spotify Playlists
Want to learn how you can make money from your Spotify playlists?
To make money from Spotify playlists you need to build up the playlist’s follower count with real listeners before you get paid directly from artists for song placements, for reviewing song submissions, or by selling your playlist.
The 3 main ways to make money from Spotify playlists are to:
- Get paid directly from artists for song placements
- Get paid for considering a song placement by reviewing song submissions
- Sell your playlist to someone else
To learn more, check out my full article on How To Make Money From Spotify Playlists. 🙂
How To Upload To Spotify As An Artist (& Get Paid)?
Want to upgrade from just running a Spotify playlist to actually get your own music on Spotify and becoming an official Spotify artist?
To upload to Spotify as an artist, you need to sign up with one of Spotify’s preferred music distributors and submit your music, artwork, and artist information through that distributor.
Thankfully it’s easy for anyone to upload music to Spotify because a company called DistroKid came along and started offering unlimited song uploads for a small annual fee without taking a percentage of any of your earnings away.
Before DistroKid, it was too expensive and complicated (..you had to pay PER song EVERY year).
To learn more about DistroKid, check out my big fat DistroKid review for everything you will ever need to know about them. There is even a handy How To Choose A Distributor Guide and some info on the nice DistroKid discount.
If you are wondering want to know more details about how to do this yourself, how exactly you can claim your artist profile, and actually make some money by uploading music to Spotify, check out my article called How To Upload To Spotify As An Artist (& Get Paid)
