Last Updated on: January 7th, 2023
Here are a few of the most interesting Spotify statistics and facts I was able to dig up including user counts. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.
Spotify sure has grown up in a relatively short period of time. It seems like only yesterday that the rumors were swirling about this foreign music service that was looking to enter the U.S. To this news, many of us rolled our eyes and said “why do we need another music streaming service?”
Well, after a decade stateside, it appears that a bunch of people made the decision that they did indeed need another music streaming service and Spotify was the one. 400+ million people are now actively using the service and they haven’t shown much let-up yet.
Spotify History
- 2008 – Spotify launches in Europe
- 2011 – Spotify launches in the US
- 2012 – Follow and Discover features added
- 2014 – Listening time limits for free users are removed
- 2015 – Discover Weekly is launched
- 2015 – PlayStation Music launches
- 2017 – Spotify invests in Tencent Music (and visa versa)
- 2018 – Spotify goes public
Spotify Facts
- Website: Official Website
- Year Founded: 2008
- Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden
- Founder(s): Daniel Ek, Martin Lorentzon
- Current Chief Executive: Daneil Ek
- App Download (iOS)
- App Download (Android)
Spotify Statistics
Spotify User Count
How many users does Spotify have?
- 2022: 456 million monthly active users
- 2021: 406 million
- 2020: 345 million
- 2019: 271 million
- 2018: 207 million
- 2017: 160 million
- 2016: 124 million
How many Spotify paid subscribers?
- 2022: 195 million premium subscribers
- 2021: 180 million
- 2020: 155 million
- 2019: 125 million
- 2018: 96 million
- 2017: 71 million
- 2016: 48 million
Number of Spotify ad-supported users:
- 2020: 199 million monthly active users
- 2019: 129 million
- 2018: 116 million
- 2017: 93 million
- 2016: 78 million
Spotify Revenue Totals
Spotify revenue (annual):
- 2021: €9.668 billion
- 2020: €7.880 billion
- 2019: €6.764 billion
- 2018: €5.259 billion
- 2017: €4.09 billion
- 2016: €2.9 billion
- 2015: €$1.94 billion
- 2014: €1.085 billion
Spotify net loss (annual):
- 2021: €34 million
- 2020: €581 million
- 2019: €186 million
- 2018: €78 million
- 2017: €1.235 billion
- 2016: €539 million
- 2015: €230 million
- 2014: €188 million
Additional Spotify Statistics
Number of Spotify installs on Android devices:
Last updated 4/18/19
How many songs on Spotify?
Last updated 12/2/21
Spotify’s share of the global music streaming market:
Last updated June 2017
Number of Spotify playlists:
Last updated 2/17/18
Number of countries Spotify is available in:
Last updated 1/1/22
Number of Spotify employees:
Last updated 1/1/21
Number of songs that have reach 1 billion plays on Spotify:
Last updated 3/30/19
Number of Spotify users in the US:
Last updated 4/29/19
Number of Spotify users in India:
Last updated 4/29/19
Number of countries Spotify Lite is available in:
Last updated 5/13/19
Number of Spotify Lite installs to date:
Last updated 5/13/19
Artist with the best day for streams of a single album on Spotify:
Drake (More Life on March 3, 2017)
Number of Spotify users that regularly listen to music from India:
Last updated 1/14/19
Most streamed artist on Spotify in 2022:
First song to hit 500 million Spotify streams:
“Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran
Number of markets that Spotify is available in:
Last updated 8/15/19
Number of podcasts available on Spotify:
Last updated 7/28/22
Most popular podcast on Spotify:
Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these Spotify statistics come from their own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. No information contained on DMR should be relied upon to make investment decisions. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100%.
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