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Swedish audio streaming service

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# Spotify **Spotify** is a Swedish-American audio streaming and media services provider. Founded in April 2006 by **Daniel Ek** and **Martin Lorentzon**, the platform has evolved into one of the world's most prominent digital music services. ### Operations and Reach As of September 2025, Spotify maintains a dominant position in the global market, reporting: * **Monthly Active Users (MAUs):** Over 713 million * **Premium Subscribers:** 281 million ### Business Model and Listing The service operates on a "freemium" model, offering basic features with advertisements and limited control, while improved features—such as offline listening and commercial-free streaming—are offered via paid subscriptions. Spotify Technology S.A. is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with its corporate domicile in Luxembourg. It is publicly traded on the **New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)** in the form of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs).

📰 Related News (19)

🇺🇸 Spotify’s Prompted Playlists can help you find new podcasts to listen to (2026-04-07)
On Tuesday, Spotify expanded its Prompted Playlists feature to include podcasts, an update that could make it easier for Premium users to find new sho...
🇺🇸 A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll (2026-04-04)
In January, folk artist Murphy Campbell discovered several songs on her Spotify profile that did not belong there. They were songs that she had record...
🇺🇸 Spotify is letting artists manually approve releases to combat AI fakes (2026-03-25)
Spotify is beta-testing a new feature called Artist Profile Protection that lets artists review releases before they go live. Sometimes songs end up o...
🇺🇸 BTS Play First U.S. Concert in Four Years at Chilly but Intimate Invite-Only Spotify Event in New York (2026-03-24)
Just two days after their epic reunion concert at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square, BTS performed a second show some 7,000 miles away — at New York’s Pier 1...
🇺🇸 Spotify’s new SongDNA feature maps how your favorite songs are connected (2026-03-24)
The new feature lets you explore samples, covers, and more about the people behind your favorite songs, says Spotify....
🇺🇸 Spotify Lays Off 15 Staffers In Podcast Division (2026-03-23)
The layoffs Monday impacted positions across The Ringer and Spotify Studios....
🇺🇸 Spotify Layoffs in Podcast Group Cut 3% of Headcount, With Staffers Let Go From The Ringer and Spotify Studios (2026-03-23)
More job cuts have come in Spotify’s podcast group, including layoffs at The Ringer, the streamer’s podcast network and sports and pop culture site. T...
🇺🇸 BTS’ ‘Arirang’ Nearly Doubles Harry Styles’ Opening-Day Spotify Numbers to Claim Year’s Top Streaming Bow So Far (2026-03-21)
BTS’ “Arirang,” the group’s first studio album in six years, appears to be living up to its commercial promise, based on first-day streaming results o...
🇺🇸 Breaking down how Spotify pays musicians (2026-03-21)
Streaming platforms changed the way people purchase and listen to music, but they've also changed how artists get paid for their work. "CBS Saturday M...
🇺🇸 Evercore ISI lowers Spotify stock price target on valuation review (2026-03-17)
🇺🇸 How to use the new ChatGPT app integrations, including DoorDash, Spotify, Uber, and others (2026-03-14)
Learn how to use Spotify, Canva, Figma, Expedia, and other apps directly in ChatGPT....
🇺🇸 Spotify will let you edit your Taste Profile to control your recommendations (2026-03-13)
When you edit your Taste Profile, you'll impact your personalized playlists like Discover Weekly, recommendations, and Wrapped....
🇺🇸 Spotify tests letting users directly customize their Taste Profile (2026-03-13)
Spotify Premium users in New Zealand will be the first to experience the service's latest personalization feature. The company is letting users view a...
🇺🇸 Spotify Says More Than 1,500 Artists Earned Over $1 Million in Royalties Last Year (2026-03-11)
Spotify paid out a record $11 billion to the music industry in 2025, bringing the streaming giant’s 20-year total to nearly $70 billion. But in its la...
🇬🇧 Pop music's bias towards English is fading, says Spotify (2026-03-11)
Songs in 16 languages featured in the global chart last year, as genres like Brazilian Funk explode....
🇺🇸 Jeffrey Epstein Positioned Himself as a Cultural Savant. What Music Did He Really Listen To? (2026-02-26)
The sex trafficker pestered people for playlists, listened to soft rock, watched action flicks, and played with the FatBooth photo app...
🇬🇧 The most played music artists for UK cities - some may surprise you (2026-02-22)
Spotify and YouTube's streaming data for 2025 shows some interesting variations in listening habits....
🇺🇸 Spotify needs to start labeling AI-generated music before it’s too late (2026-02-18)
We’re barreling toward a future where AI-generated music is the soundtrack to our lives, and most don’t even realize it....
🇺🇸 Apple takes on YouTube and Spotify with new video podcasting push (2026-02-16)
Apple on Monday announced that it will bring a new integrated video podcast experience to Apple Podcasts this spring....