Track · Data as of
Why Try Spotify streams & play count
Spotify streams
141,105,487
Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 9 Nov 2026, 07:12 UTC.
- Popularity
- 63 / 100
- Spotify's 0–100 score
History
Play count history
One reading so far: 141,105,487 plays on 9 Nov 2026. A reading is added each day the store refreshes, and the change per day is drawn from the second one on.
| Day (UTC) | Lifetime plays | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 141,105,487 | First reading |
Track details
- Released
- Track number
- 4
- Duration
- 3:31
- Explicit
- No
- ISRC
- USUM71409724
- Tempo
- 159.8 BPM
- Language
- English
Genres
- Pop
- Bubblegum Pop
Moods
- Emotional
- Love
- Slow
Tempo, language, genres, moods and credits are the API's track insights, strongest first, read .
Credits
- Main Artist
- Ariana Grande
- Producer
- Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco, Noel Zancanella
- Composer
- Ryan Tedder, Noel Zancanella, Benjamin Levin, Ammar Malik
- Lyricist
- Ryan Tedder, Noel Zancanella, Benjamin Levin, Ammar Malik
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For developers
Get Why Try's play count from the API
One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=6O5sKvYjB1R20oCTyaJsc5&include=playcount. Read its reference.
For many tracks, GET /tracks takes up to 50 ids in one call.
Get your own key
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.
| curl -X GET \ |
| "https://spotify-proxy.checkleaked.cc/spotify-data/tracks?ids=6O5sKvYjB1R20oCTyaJsc5&include=playcount" \ |
| -H "x-rapidapi-key: $SPOTIFY_API_KEY" |
Frequently asked questions
How many streams does Why Try have on Spotify?
Why Try by Ariana Grande had 141,105,487 streams on Spotify as of 9 Nov 2026 (UTC). The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.
When was Why Try released?
22 Aug 2014, on the album My Everything (Deluxe).
Who wrote and produced Why Try?
Producers: Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco and Noel Zancanella. Composers: Ryan Tedder, Noel Zancanella, Benjamin Levin and Ammar Malik. Lyricists: Ryan Tedder, Noel Zancanella, Benjamin Levin and Ammar Malik.
What genre is Why Try?
The API's track insights tag it Pop and Bubblegum Pop, strongest first.
What is the tempo of Why Try?
159.8 BPM, from the API's track insights.