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Spotify is a Swedish audio streaming and media service provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. As of June 2025, it is one of the largest providers of music streaming services, with over 696 million monthly active users comprising 276 million paying subscribers. Spotify is listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American depositary receipts. Wikipedia
Website: spotify.com
Symbol: NYSE:SPOT
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About Spotify
Since its launch in 2008, Spotify has revolutionised music listening. Our move into podcasting brought innovation and a new generation of listeners to the medium. In 2022, we took the next leap, entering the fast-growing audiobook market—continuing to shape the future of audio.
Today, more listeners than ever can discover, manage and enjoy over 100 million tracks, nearly 7 million podcast titles, and 350,000 audiobooks a la carte on Spotify. We are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with more than 678 million users, including 268 million subscribers in more than 180 markets.
Latest news
- Oct 3: Spotify announced integration with Amazon DSP, Yahoo DSP and ID5. SiriusXM also announced Amazon DSP integration last month.
- Oct 1: Daniel Ek is to step down as CEO of Spotify. From Jan 1, Gustav Söderström, co-President and Chief Product and Technology Officer, and Alex Norström, co-President and Chief Business Officer, will become co-CEOs. Ek will become Executive Chairman, to “spend more time on the long-term strategic decisions that will define Spotify [in the] next decade”.
- Sep 29: David Senra is a brand new podcast out this week - in the debut episode, David sits down with Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek. Senra "studies greatness and understands it", according to Andrew Huberman, who shared this episode in his feed.
- Sep 26: Spotify is working on tools to govern the use of AI-generated content - but for music only. Its disclosures feature will be based on an industry standard, and be nuanced in its approach: but will be voluntary by music producers.
- Sep 23: PodAnalyst is a brand new tool launched today that helps podcasters unify their analytics across Apple, Spotify and YouTube. The product was founded by George Lejnine and advised by podcast industry veteran and former Head of Product at Cadence13, Jim Saraco - and podcasts with under 1,000 listeners can use the product free forever.
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