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Spotify subscribers hit 138 million in Q2 2020

03/08/2020

Spotify subscribers hit 138 million, a 27% increase year on year, according to its recently released Q2 2020 financial results. Monthly Active Users (MAU) increased 29% to 299 million. Revenue of €1,889 million was up 13% year on year in the quarter despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the quarter, Spotify increased its operations to 92 countries including Russia and 12 additional European countries. Latin America and Rest of World continue to see […]

Groups can stream simultaneously using Spotify’s Group Session

28/07/2020

Groups can stream simultaneously using Spotify’s Group Session beta release which enables groups of 2-5 users to share music and podcasts in real time. The first first beta version of Group Session back in May allowed groups of Spotify Premium users to share control of their listening sessions with others in real time. It even offered shared opportunities for collaboration among all the listeners. In this release Spotify Premium users around the world can tune […]

Higher Learning - one of the first Spotify video podcasts

Spotify launches video podcasts

21/07/2020

Spotify launches video podcasts which are available for Free and Premium subscriptions everywhere podcasts are available. The streamer has unveiled the first version of its new video podcast feature with select podcasts. Listeners can tune into podcasts like Book of Basketball 2.0, Fantasy Footballers, The Misfits Podcast, H3 Podcast, The Morning Toast, Higher Learning with Van Lathan & Rachel Lindsay, and The Rooster Teeth Podcast for a visual and audio feast. To start watching, just press play on your desktop or mobile app. The […]

Spotify launches in Russia

19/07/2020

Spotify launches in Russia together with 12 other European countries bringing the total number countries the streamer is in to 92. Listeners in Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Ukraine can receive Spotify’s full experience of 50 million tracks, 4 billion playlists, and localised music personalization features. Expansion in Europe comes as consumers in the region embrace streaming. Russia in particular is one of the […]

Spotify rolls out Top Podcasts and Trending Podcast charts

16/07/2020

Spotify rolls out Top Podcasts and Trending Podcast charts which are available in 26 countries on Spotify mobile (iOS and Android). The charts will not only share the fastest-climbing of-the-moment trends for podcasts with users, but will also list the overall most popular shows in your region based on recent listener numbers. Certain markets, including Brazil, Australia, Germany, Mexico, Sweden, UK and the US will dig further into the podcast data and will separate out […]

Spotify Discover Weekly playlists reach 2.3 Bn streaming hours

14/07/2020

Spotify Discover Weekly playlists reach 2.3 Bn streaming hours since launching in 2015 according to a recent blog posting to celebrate its fifth anniversary. The playlist initially started as an idea at Spotify’s annual Hack Week. Since then, it’s become one of Spotify’s flagship offerings, and has introduced Spotify users to some of their new favourite artists. In the five years since its launch, listeners have also streamed over 2.3 Bn hours between July 2015 and […]

Spotify adds real time lyrics

01/07/2020

Spotify adds real time lyrics to its streaming apps using Musixmatch technology and rolling it out to 26 countries in Latin America, South-East Asia and India. So far there is no indication as to when or if this will be made available to North America, Europe and Africa but is likely to be an issue over licensing rather than a technology constraint. Lyrics are not usually supplied to streamers by the record company or music […]