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Africa Spotify streams & play count

TOTOToto IV19824:55

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Spotify streams

2,815,733,381

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 4 Nov 2026, 11:20 UTC.

Last day
+1,083,886
since 3 Nov 2026
Popularity
90 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score
Charting today
11 markets

History

Play count history

4 readings from 1 Nov 2026 to 4 Nov 2026: +3,318,064 plays over 3 days. Each bar is the difference between two readings a day apart; a gap is a day without such a pair.

2 Nov 2026: +1,216,586 plays3 Nov 2026: +1,017,592 plays4 Nov 2026: +1,083,886 plays
Play count history: each daily reading of the lifetime count, newest first, and its change from the reading before it.
Day (UTC)Lifetime playsChange
2,815,733,381+1,083,886
2,814,649,495+1,017,592
2,813,631,903+1,216,586
2,812,415,317First reading

Spotify Charts

On the charts today

11 positions across 11 markets, from each market's latest chart in the store. Streams are the chart's own count for its day.

ChartRankStreams that day
New Zealand Top 200#6110,778
Switzerland Top 200#6610,467
Netherlands Top 200#6640,231
Belgium Top 200#7415,516
Australia Top 200#10554,013
Sweden Top 200#10518,542
Germany Top 200#11671,506
Austria Top 200#1177,516
Norway Top 200#13510,525
Ireland Top 200#1389,726
United Kingdom Top 200#17371,676

Track details

Album
Toto IV
Released
Track number
10
Duration
4:55
Explicit
No
Tempo
92.8 BPM
Language
English

Genres

  • Soft Rock
  • Classic Rock
  • Pop Rock
  • AOR
  • Easy Listening
  • Rock
  • Rock and Roll

Moods

  • Classy
  • Nostalgia
  • Happy

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

Credits

Main Artist
TOTO
Producer
TOTO
Composer
David Paich, Jeff Porcaro
Lyricist
David Paich, Jeff Porcaro

For developers

Get Africa's play count from the API

One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=2374M0fQpWi3dLnB54qaLX&include=playcount. Read its reference.

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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 Africa have on Spotify?

Africa by TOTO had 2,815,733,381 streams on Spotify as of 4 Nov 2026 (UTC), 1,083,886 more than at the reading a day earlier. The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was Africa released?

8 Apr 1982, on the album Toto IV.

Who wrote and produced Africa?

Producer: TOTO. Composers: David Paich and Jeff Porcaro. Lyricists: David Paich and Jeff Porcaro.

What genre is Africa?

The API's track insights tag it Soft Rock, Classic Rock and Pop Rock, strongest first.

What is the tempo of Africa?

92.8 BPM, from the API's track insights.