What are the "bot" countries I should avoid in 2021?

[capturez]

Hey all, I'm fairly new to ads. I mainly use Toneden because it's easier. I was wondering what are the bot countries I should avoid targeting?

Also, currently I'm running Toneden Playbooks Spotify growth so just Instagram story ads and I'm at like 6 cents a follower. Should I be worried they are bots? I heard that it would take a special kind of coding to get a bot to swipe up on a story, go to Spotify, and follow you on spotify (makes sense, like why would someone create a bot that can do that when you can just get fake followers or click farms) but I just wanted to make sure that I'm in the clear. Thanks!

[georgik]

Do NOT advertise to these countries:
India
Morocco
Tunisia
Nicaragua
Egypt
Philippines
El Salvador
Italy

If you want to be even more sure you aren't sending bots to Spotify, you can advertise only to these countries:
Austria, Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, United States

These are rich countries that also pay $0.0035 per stream or more. I have found it is better in terms of bot avoidance to advertise to them + you can get really cheap conversions with a good creative and a few days of facebook's optimisation

[Regret Regret]

Do NOT advertise to these countries:
India
Morocco
Tunisia
Nicaragua
Egypt
Philippines
El Salvador
Italy

solid list. I’ve done just as well in running ads to Italy as I did with the rest of Europe. I would ad Algeria to the list though. The Philippines and El Salvador I was getting around 6 listeners per 10 conversions which was not great but better than India and Northern Africa.

[capturez]

Do NOT advertise to these countries:
India
Morocco
Tunisia
Nicaragua
Egypt
Philippines
El Salvador
Italy

If you want to be even more sure you aren't sending bots to Spotify, you can advertise only to these countries:
Austria, Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, United States

These are rich countries that also pay $0.0035 per stream or more. I have found it is better in terms of bot avoidance to advertise to them + you can get really cheap conversions with a good creative and a few days of facebook's optimisation

Thanks for the list! I appreciate it. I'm targeting those countries now, but also wondering if I should include Canada?

[georgik]

You could for sure! I dont cause they dont pay much per stream

[GreenKidd]

Are you sure they are all bots, what if I actually want to target some of these? Is it possible to have real listeners form these as well?

[georgik]

It is possible of course! But trust me, the quality of your listeners is more important than the quantity

[georgik]

You are just taking unnecessary risk if you target them