How to Make A Playlist on Pandora

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on December 17, 2024

Summary
Only Pandora Premium subscribers can create and share playlists. This guide will show you how to make a Pandora playlists on mobile or desktop using official app or web player. You may also learn how to download Pandora playlists to MP3 using a powerful Pandora playlist downloader.

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Pandora is a popular music streaming service, offering a variety of music genres, podcasts, and more. However, some Pandora users are looking forward to creating a Pandora playlist to get more control over which songs are played. But Pandora playlist functionality only works for Premium subscribers. With a Pandora Premium subscription, you can create personalized stations and playlists, and share playlists with others. In this article, we will guide you how to make a playlist on Pandora on desktop or mobile. Additionally, you will also get extra tips on downloading Pandora playlists to MP3 for offline listening!

Part 1. How to Make a Playlist on Pandora Mobile App?
Part 2. How to Make a Playlist on Pandora Web Player (Desktop)?
Part 3. Extra Tips: How to Download Pandora Playlist to MP3?

Part 1. How to Make a Playlist on Pandora Mobile App?

Pandora playlists allow you to organize songs or entire albums into personalized lists and play them in the order you decide. But you need a to Premium subscription. You can't create a Pandora Playlist if you're a Pandora Free or Pandora Plus user.

Who Can Make a Playlist on Pandora?

Pandora Student	Pandora Premium	Military Premium	Premium Family
$5.99 per month or $71.88 per year	$9.99 per month or $109.89 per year	$8.99 per month or $98.89 per year	$17.99 per month or $197.89 per year

Here's how to create playlist with Pandora mobile app.

Step 1. Open the Pandora app on your iPhone, iPad or Android device.

Step 2. Sign in with your Premium account, and navigate to "My Collection" at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3. Tap on the drop-down menu next to "COLLECTED", and select "Playlists".

Step 4. Tap "New playlist" and enter a name for it, then tap "Next".

Step 5. Go to the search bar and find the songs or albums you like, tap "+" to save it to the newly created playlist.

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Tips: To add the song you're playing to a new playlist, tap the three dots next to the song title. Select "Add to Playlist" and choose the playlist you just created.

Part 2. How to Make a Playlist on Pandora Web Player (Desktop)?

Pandora allows you to stream music library on its app or web player. Making a playlist on the Pandora web player is just as simple as on the mobile app. Here's how you can create and manage playlists directly from your desktop:

Step 1. Go to the Pandora website (www.pandora.com) in a web browser, and log in with your Premium account.

Step 2. Once logged in, click on the "My Collection".

Step 3. Tap "Playlists" tab and click the "+ Create playlist" button.

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Step 4. Enter a name for your playlist, and then select "Find a song to add".

Step 5. Search for songs or browse through your recommendations.

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Step 6. To add a song, hover over the song title and click the three dots next to it.

Step 7. Select "Add to Playlist" and choose the newly created playlist.

Your playlist will now be available under the "Playlists" section in your "My Collection". You can easily enjoy your customized music selection at will!

Part 3. Extra Tips: How to Download Pandora Playlist to MP3?

As we mentioned above, only Pandora Premium subscribers are allowed to make a playlist on Pandora app or web player. They can even download Pandora playlists for offline listening. While Pandora Free users can only stream ad-supported music content online, and Plus subscribers can enjoy ad-free personalized stations and download a few music tracks within the Pandora app. Whether Pandora free or paid users, they are not allowed to download Pandora music on computer, nor listen to Pandora music on other devices.

In this section, we will introduce a powerful third-party tool to help you get Pandora playlist downloads with a Pandora Free or Plus account. That is UkeySoft Pandora Music Converter. It is an all-in-one Pandora music downloader, Pandora playlist downloader, Pandora music converter. With it, users can download tracks, albums, playlists, podcasts and stations from Pandora to computer with a Free/Plus/Premium account. Batch mode allows you to add an entire Pandora playlist to the program with one click. What's more, it can download and convert Pandora songs & playlists to MP3, M4A, FLAC, AAC, WAV or AIFF formats with up to 320kbps. Therefore, you can enjoy high-quality Pandora tracks on different devices or players with no restriction.

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Organize output Pandora songs by artist/album/date.
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Step 1. Launch UkeySoft and Sign In Pandora Account

Once UkeySoft Pandora Music Converter is installed, Launch the converter and sign in with your Pandora account (Free, Plus or Premium is supported).

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Step 2. Define the Output Settings

Before downloading, you need to set the output settings for Pandora downloads. Open the settings window by clicking the "Gear" icon. You can change the output format to MP3 from default M4A. To ensure the best listening experience, 320kbps quality is suggested.

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Step 3. Add Pandora Playlists

Open any playlist, and click the "+" icon to import all songs in the playlist.

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Then, check and confirm the Pandora songs in the playlist you need.

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Step 4. Download Pandora Playlists to MP3

If ready, press on the "Convert" button to to initiate the downloading and conversion process of Pandora music.

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When the conversion is complete, hit on the "History" to check the output Pandora songs. You can go to the output folder to get the Pandora MP3 songs and stream them freely.

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Conclusion

Creating a playlist on Pandora is a fun way to organize your favorite songs and share them with friends or enjoy them yourself whenever you want. With a Pandora Premium account, you can easily make a playlist on Pandora mobile app and desktop web browser. But if you want to download Pandora playlists to your computer, then UkeySoft Pandora Music Converter is a good ideal. It empowers you to download all music content from Pandora for free. Thus, you enjoy your favorite Pandora songs and playlists on any player or device freely.

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Justin Sabrina

Justin Sabrina has always had great enthusiasm for writing, programming and web development. He likes writing about software and technology, his works are featured on some tech blogs or forums like Tom's Hardware, CNET, etc.