I’d believe either, though the latter feels tiny. Pandora is still better than any of the others listed for discovering new music, IMO. Spotify always seems too conservative with its suggestions, making it worse for discovering new music. Subjective, of course.
I agree, I feel like Pandora recommendations are far better than Spotify ones, at least for me. Spotify keeps me in my bubble, Pandora is constantly expanding it.
I don't think it's subjective. Royalties aren't paid equally, and considering Spotify is partly owned by the record labels themselves, it makes sense to steer listeners.
I haven't tried Pandora lately but Spotify is horrible for suggestions. My goto remains BBC 6 Radio Music.
It is tiny - It's US only.
Pandora is also way more trainable. You can train that recommender with your thumbs up/down, and it's been like that for 15 years.