The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore cover art

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Patient Zero Spotify streams & play count

Taylor SwiftThe Life of a Showgirl: The Encore20263:45

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Spotify streams

131,462,459

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 1 Nov 2026, 11:40 UTC.

Popularity
93 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score
Charting today
16 markets

History

Play count history

One reading so far: 131,462,459 plays on 1 Nov 2026. A reading is added each day the store refreshes, and the change per day is drawn from the second one on.

Play count history: each daily reading of the lifetime count, newest first, and its change from the reading before it.
Day (UTC)Lifetime playsChange
131,462,459First reading

Spotify Charts

On the charts today

16 positions across 16 markets, from each market's latest chart in the store. Streams are the chart's own count for its day.

ChartRankStreams that day
Global Top 200#831,618,571
Canada Top 200#3280,570
Austria Top 200#3912,068
Australia Top 200#4080,132
United States Top 200#43490,776
Germany Top 200#46122,612
United Kingdom Top 200#57127,186
Singapore Top 200#6112,448
Netherlands Top 200#6446,945
New Zealand Top 200#8210,629
Ireland Top 200#8614,066
Belgium Top 200#9017,020
Sweden Top 200#9424,999
Switzerland Top 200#10910,054
United Arab Emirates Top 200#1832,538
Norway Top 200#19810,548

Track details

Released
Track number
1, disc 2
Duration
3:45
Explicit
No
Tempo
92 BPM
Language
English

Genres

  • Pop
  • Alternative Pop
  • Bubblegum Pop
  • Dance Pop
  • Children's Music

Moods

  • Upbeat
  • Cozy
  • Happy
  • Moody
  • Spooky
  • Emotional

Tempo, language, genres, moods and credits are the API's track insights, strongest first, read .

Credits

Main Artist
Taylor Swift
Producer
Max Martin, Shellback, Taylor Swift
Composer
Max Martin, Shellback, Taylor Swift
Lyricist
Max Martin, Shellback, Taylor Swift

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Taylor Swift's other tracks this site keeps a page for, most played first. Taylor Swift's artist page

For developers

Get Patient Zero's play count from the API

One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=11hcBLPtbMp4aQI6zGQLub&include=playcount. Read its reference.

For many tracks, GET /tracks takes up to 50 ids in one call.

No code: Spotify Play Count Scraper on Apify (opens in a new tab) exports play counts for a list of links to CSV or JSON. How play counts work.

Frequently asked questions

How many streams does Patient Zero have on Spotify?

Patient Zero by Taylor Swift had 131,462,459 streams on Spotify as of 1 Nov 2026 (UTC). The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was Patient Zero released?

25 Sep 2026, on the album The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore.

Who wrote and produced Patient Zero?

Producers: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift. Composers: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift. Lyricists: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift.

What genre is Patient Zero?

The API's track insights tag it Pop, Alternative Pop and Bubblegum Pop, strongest first.

What is the tempo of Patient Zero?

92 BPM, from the API's track insights.