How to Scrobble Spotify with Last.fm on All Platforms

Last.fm would be a good option for you when you listen to lots of music. It can bring together your favorite music services and join up listening, watching and sharing to connect to your musical world. Luckily, Spotify offers its service to Last.fm which means you can scrobble Spotify directly to your Last.fm. Here we'll walk you through on how to scrobble Spotify with Last.fm.

WARNING: To avoid double scrobbles, just pick up ONLY ONE method from in this post to scrobble Spotify Music on either all platforms, desktop only or mobile only. If you double scrobble Spotify Music, please go to Part 5 to disconnect Last.fm from Spotify.

Part 1. Scrobble Spotify Music - What You Need to Know

1. What Is Scrobbling?

Scrobbling is the process of tracking the music that you listen to via a third-party app. Just in the time, Last.fm serves as the function. It can work across your entire music collection and enable you to scrobble from your desktop music programs including Spotify and more. In addition, it also offers its service to Android and iOS users.

In order to scrobble, you need to make your music programs associated with your listening history to Last.fm. Then you could discover new music and build music collection, as well as offer fascinating insights on your musical tastes.

If you decide to scrobble Spotify using Last.FM, you'll have access to a few unique benefits beyond the main features that Last.FM already provides.

Local Spotify Files:

The feature isn't reliable nor as useful as the Google Music offering. If it takes into effect, Spotify will let you add your locally saved files into the app. Then you could scrobble any locally songs saved from Spotify with Last.fm.

Offline Scrobbling:

All the iterations of the app allow you to download Spotify music to listen to offline. Last.FM can scrobble the last 50 tracks you listened to while offline the next time you connect to the web.

Private Sessions:

If you don't want Spotify to log your play history, you can enter a Private Session. If you start a Private Session on Spotify, Last.FM scrobbling is also suspended. It's a great way to prevent your Last.FM data from getting clogged up with kids' songs and podcasts.

Part 2. How to Connect Last.fm to Spotify Scrobbling for All Spotify Platforms

There is an official way to connect the two services. Now you need to set up Spotify scrobbling through Las.fm. Just follow the below steps and you can scrobble everything you listen to on Spotify from any device with Last.fm.

How to Connect Last.fm to Spotify Scrobbling

1. Go to Last.fm.

2. Click on the Sign up or Log in button to log in to your account.

3. Hover over your profile image in the top-right.

4. Select Settings.

5. Select Applications.

6. You should see Spotify Scrobbling and Spotify Playback under the Suggested Applications section. Click on the Connect button next to Spotify Scrobbling.

7. Continue to log in and allow access to your Spotify account.

Now you connect your account to Spotify Scrobbling successfully. Once connected, Last.fm will track the music you listen to on Spotify, from desktop, mobile, or any other device.

Or you can follow these steps:

1. Go to Track My Music on Last.fm.

2. Choose SPOTIFY from the music services tab.

3. Click on CONNECT on the Spotify section. This will allow Last.fm to track what your listen to on Spotify with on your desktop and mobile experience. Once connected, you can open the Spotify app or Spotify Web Player to track your music with Last.fm.

4. This will allow Last.fm to track what your listen to on Spotify with on your desktop and mobile experience. Once connected, you can open the Spotify app or Spotify Web Player to track your music with Last.fm.

How to Track Spotify Music on Your Last.fm Profile

Now Last.fm will track your Spotify Music playback on all Spotify platforms. Here's how you can make it work for you:

1. On the device that you use Spotify Music, open the Spotify app or Spotify Web Player.

2. Stream something from the Spotify Music.

3. Now back to Last.fm, and hover over your profile image in the top-right.

4. Select [Your Last.fm Username] (View profile).

This will direct you to your profile on Last.fm where you are able to find out more about the Spotify Music contents you're listening to, including biographies, listening stats, photos and similar artists, as well as the tags listeners use to describe them.

Part 3. How to Connect Last.fm to Spotify Music for Desktop Only

Last.fm also offers standalone apps that you can use to track your Spotify Music on individual devices, such as Windows or Mac.

How to Set Up Last.fm Desktop App for Spotify Music

1. Go to the Track My Music page of Last.fm and log in. There're 2 versions of Last.fm for Mac and Windows: Last.fm Desktop Scrobber or Legacy Last.fm Desktop App. For Mac users, you'll need to click the Mac version in the detailed message.

Last.fm Desktop Scrobbler:

The Last.fm Desktop Scrobbler for Windows is a simple app that runs in the background and automatically updates your profile with what you’ve been playing on your computer via native media players such as Windows Media Player or iTunes.

Last.fm Scrobbler/Legacy Last.fm Desktop App:

The Last.fm Desktop App for Windows automatically updates your profile with what you’ve been playing on your computer via native media players such as Windows Media Player.

NOTE: This app is no longer supported and some features such as scrobbling from certain media players and iPods may no longer work on newer systems.

2. Click on DOWNLOAD NOW FOR WINDOWS or DOWNLOAD NOW FOR MAC.

3. Open the downloaded file, and follow the on-screen instructions to connect your Last.fm account.

4. On the toolbar, click the Last.fm icon to quickly access radio play controls, share and tag track, edit your preferences and visit your last.fm profile.

The desktop client runs in the background, quietly updating your Last.fm profile with the music you're playing, which you can use to get music recommendations, gig tips and more. You can also use the Last.fm Desktop App to find out more about the artist you're listening to, and to play personalized radio.

Part 4. How to Connect Last.fm to Spotify Music for Mobile Only

Last.fm also offers standalone apps that you can use to track your Spotify Music on individual devices, such as Android and iOS mobile.

How to Set Up Last.fm Mobile App for Spotify Music

1. On either Android or iOS device, go to Google Play or App Store. Or you can download the correct version of the mobile app on the Track My Music page.

2. Go to Search to search for "Last.fm".

3. Download the Last.fm mobile app to your device.

4. Once installed, open the Last.fm app and log in.

5. You can now listen to Spotify Music, and Last.fm will track your music.

Part 5. How to Disconnect Last.fm from Spotify

To aviod double scrobbles, it's neccessary to remove your Last.fm details from the settings area of any Spotify app where you've previously added them. Before you set out to disconnect Last.fm from Spotify, please ensure which method you use in this post to connect Last.fm to Spotify and follow the steps properly.

How to Disconnect Last.fm to Spotify Scrobbling

1. Repeat some steps to go to Last.fm > Your Profile icon > Settings > Applications.

2. You should see Spotify Scrobbling is under the Connected Applications section.

3. Click on the DISCONNECT button next to Spotify Scrobbling.

How to Disconnect Last.fm Scrobbler/ Last.fm Desktop Scrobbler for Windows to Spotify Music

1. Repeat some steps to go to Last.fm > Your Profile icon > Settings > Applications.

2. You should see Last.fm Scrobbler or Last.fm Desktop Scrobbler for Windows under the Connected Applications section.

3. Click on the DISCONNECT button next to one of them.

How to Remove Last.fm from Spotify Access

1. Use a browser to visit Your Account Overview and log in.

2. Go to the Apps page of Your Account Overview.

3. Scroll to Last.fm Scrobbler in the apps list.

4. Click on the Remove Access button to the right of it.

Bonus Tip: How to Download Spotify Music without Premium

In the process of scrobbling Spotify music to Last.fm, it will give out all your profile information. In this case, your privacy and personal information will be disclosed to the network. That will bring some unsafety to you. However, you could download and convert music from Spotify to MP3 or other plain formats, then you could manage your music on other music management apps.

ViWizard Spotify Music Converter is a professional and popular audio converter and downloader for all Spotify users. It can empower you to download and convert all Spotify music songs, playlists, albums, and artists to M4A, M4B and other plain audio formats losslessly which can enable you to manage your music with ease.

1Add Spotify Music to ViWizard

Launch ViWizard on your computer and wait for the automatic opening of Spotify. Go to your library on Spotify and add your required Spotify music to ViWizard by drag-and-drop.

2Configure the audio parameters

Then you can click on Menu > Preference to change the output audio format. From several audio formats available, you could set the output audio format as MP3. In addition, you could adjust the bit rate, channel, and sample rate.

3Convert Spotify music to MP3

Now, you could click on Convert button to start the conversion of music from Spotify to MP3. Then ViWizard will save music tracks you want from Spotify to your computer in the format of MP3.