Discover the Spotify Playlists of Tech Titans and Celebrities Revealed by Panama Playlists

The Panama Playlist portal asserts that it has uncovered the songs and playlists favored by notable entrepreneurs, journalists, and politicians on Spotify. This includes the music tastes of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, and many other public figures.

Five individuals mentioned on Panama Playlist have confirmed the accuracy of the information published to The Verge. These individuals include New York Times journalist Mike Isaac, Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern, and User Mag’s Taylor Lorenz.

According to Panama Playlist, JD Vance enjoys the «Making Dinner» playlist, which features tracks by the Backstreet Boys and Justin Bieber. Another one of his playlists, «Gold On The Ceiling,» includes songs from Daft Punk and One Direction. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt has a preference for music by Beyoncé, Cyndi Lauper, Shaboozey, and other artists.

Sam Altman’s choices include Rüfüs Du Sol, Dixon Dallas, David Guetta, OneRepublic, and Missy Elliott, while Adam Mosseri leans towards the Kinks, Leon Bridges, Leonard Cohen, and Bobby Vinton. Ilya Sutskever, a co-founder of OpenAI and head of Safe Superintelligence Inc., listens to Tool, Muse, and Eminem, while Figma CEO Dylan Field enjoys Jungle, the Spice Girls, and Post Malone. Uber’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi prefers Olivia Rodrigo, 50 Cent, and Chapell Roan.

Panama Playlist thrives on Spotify’s design, which is predicated on the idea that users wish to share their activity with others. By default, all playlists and profiles are public, and users must adjust their settings in the «Privacy and Data» section to keep their playlists private. However, this change does not retroactively privatize existing playlists, which must be modified individually.

Many users opt to use their names as usernames, likely because they registered on Spotify via their Facebook accounts. This significantly simplifies the process of locating individuals. This approach allowed The Verge to discover the profiles of Mosseri and Oculus founder Palmer Luckey.

Spotify gathers a vast array of personal data, including search queries, playback history, user interactions, location data, device identifiers, and other information. It’s impossible to create a completely private profile—names and profile pictures are always accessible to any Spotify user who has not been blocked by the account owner.

The creator of Panama Playlist remarked that they began searching for celebrity profiles in the summer of 2024.

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