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Overview

What Spotify does

Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs, podcasts and videos from artists all over the world. Discover music and podcasts, create playlists, and share music with friends.

What people use it for

  • Music listening
  • Podcast consumption
  • Playlist sharing
  • Music discovery
  • Background music

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The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Spotify.

  • Ad-free listening, offline downloads, lossless audio and unlimited skipping all require Premium at $12.99 a month
  • Lossless streaming tops out at 24-bit/44.1 kHz
  • The Duo plan at $18.99 a month covers two people and the Family plan at $21.99 covers a household, with no per-seat option between them

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Pricing

What Spotify costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Free

Free

  • Ad-supported music
  • Shuffle play
  • Limited skips
  • Spotify Connect

Premium

$9.99 /mo

  • Ad-free music
  • Play any song
  • Unlimited skips
  • Download music
  • High quality audio

Family

$15.99 /mo

  • 6 Premium accounts
  • Individual profiles
  • Parental controls
  • Family mix playlist

Capabilities

Features

  • Music streaming

    Music streaming capability

  • Podcast streaming

    Podcast streaming capability

  • Playlist creation

    Playlist creation capability

  • Music discovery

    Music discovery capability

  • Social sharing

    Social sharing capability

  • Offline downloads

    Offline downloads capability

  • Cross-device sync

    Cross-device sync capability

  • Audio quality options

    Audio quality options capability

  • Spotify Connect

    Integration with Spotify Connect

  • Smart speakers

    Integration with Smart speakers

  • Gaming consoles

    Integration with Gaming consoles

  • Car systems

    Integration with Car systems

Behind it

Who makes Spotify

Company
Spotify Technology S.A.
Based in
Stockholm, Sweden
Founders
Daniel Ek, Martin Lorentzon

Timeline

Spotify over time

  1. Milestone2018-04-03

    Direct public listing on NYSE

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  2. Funding2015-06-11$526m

    Funding round at $8.53 billion valuation

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  3. Launch2008-10-07

    Public launch

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