Spotify

Spotify

https://www.spotify.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotify/

Spotify, a Publicly Owned company headquartered in Sweden, was founded in 2006 and employs approximately 16,200 individuals. The company reported $18.7B in revenue as of 2025. It provides audio streaming and media services, offering digital copyright restricted recorded music and podcasts, including content from record labels and media companies.

2025 Revenue

Founded

2006

Headcount

16,199

Headquarters

Sweden

Primary Segment

Media and TV services

Ownership

Publicly Owned

News Summary:

Spotify is reportedly preparing to enter the smart glasses market, signaling its expansion into smart devices amid a surge in adoption within the tech industry on March 22, 2026. Earlier on the same day, Spotify sealed a deal with ChatGPT, integrating its AI to offer features like "Prompted Playlists," a move to bolster subscriber retention against competition from Apple, YouTube, and Amazon and combat AI commodification of music. Previously, on March 21, the space rock band Failure reinstated its catalog on the platform after a two-year absence, reflecting shifting dynamics between artists and streaming services. Also that day, Spotify partnered with Backline to establish their Heart & Soul Wellness Lounge at SXSW 2026, providing a restorative space for artists, managers, and badge holders and building on their broader collaboration to support the music community's wellbeing. Separately, an American man pleaded guilty on March 21 to defrauding global music streaming platforms, including Spotify, and musicians of millions of dollars by using bots to stream billions of plays of hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs.

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Spotify offers 2 products in the media and telecoms services and ad tech and services industries. Spotify's product portfolio comprises of media and TV services and ad measurement and verification.

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Spotify's revenues were $18.7B in 2025. Caretta Research has split Spotify's revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is music streaming, which represents 100% of Spotify's revenue.

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Mar

28th

2026

03:23

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Why Google, Netflix, and Spotify Moved Beyond Jupyter Notebooks

I love Jupyter Notebooks. I want to say that up front because the rest of this article might sound like I don’t. If you’ve ever written Python for data analysis, you’ve probably done it inside a Jupyter Notebook.

Mar

27th

2026

21:17

Regulatory and Legal, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Billboard Canada Power Players Noms, Spotify Artist Royalties & More

10 Canada’s Music Industry at a Crossroads: Power Players and Streaming’s Evolving Landscape The Canadian music industry is experiencing a period of dynamic change, fueled by both domestic recognition of key players and the ongoing evolution of streaming economics.

Mar

27th

2026

13:51

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Spotify Android Auto: Missing Songs & Fixes

A growing number of Android Auto users are reporting a frustrating issue: locally stored music files within the Spotify app are no longer visible in their in-car playlists. While the tracks themselves remain accessible on the phone, they’ve seemingly disappeared from the Android Auto interface, disrupting a seamless listening experience for commuters and road-trippers alike.

Mar

27th

2026

12:20

Financial Results, Events, Awards and Recognitions, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

In Canada: Billboard Canada Opens Power Players 2026 Nominations

Billboard Canada Power Players returns for 2026, spotlighting the executives driving the country’s music business and shaping its global impact. An extension of Billboard’s celebrated Power 100, the list recognizes the most powerful leaders across sectors whose work is influencing how the industry operates and grows.

Mar

27th

2026

03:59

Dasha’s Plan for Her Spotify Billion Club Plaque Is Hilarious

A billion streams is no small feat, and Dasha's got plans for that Spotify plaque that might surprise you. Continue reading…

Mar

26th

2026

21:51

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

The Universal – has music’s AI future finally been sold? UMG CEO sets out his AI vision

Since the birth of popular music, artists have inspired a sliding scale of fandom: casual listeners, people who love a particular song but can take or leave the rest, plus the hard core of fans and 'superfans', those devotees of an act or genre, who will see the shows, grab albums in every format, and buy the t-shirt from the global merch stand.

Mar

26th

2026

18:30

Spotify and labels seek $322m default judgement from Anna’s Archive

‘Shadow library’ website Anna’s Archive’s decision to scrape Spotify and announced that it would be making a huge stash of metadata and audio files available last year is increasingly looking like the mother of all own-goals.

Mar

26th

2026

18:30

New Offerings, B2B Tag

Spotify SongDNA Transforms How Users Explore Songs

Spotify’s new interactive music discovery feature, SongDNA, transforms how users engage with the tracks they love by visualizing the creative networks behind each song. Built directly into the Now Playing view, the feature allows listeners to explore songwriters, producers, collaborators, samples, and covers in an intuitive, tap-based interface.

Mar

26th

2026

18:30

New Offerings, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Spotify announces SongDNA in beta for Premium users to explore song origins and artist connections

Spotify has announced a new feature called SongDNA, currently rolling out in beta for Premium users. The feature is designed to provide deeper insights into the music users listen to by highlighting the creative ecosystem behind each track.

Mar

26th

2026

17:37

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Identity Theft in the Age of Spotify AI

I’ve been using Spotify’s Release Radar for over a decade as a music discovery tool. It’s been a great, simple way to find new artists. Until now. AI-generated music has quietly ruined music discovery on Spotify by stealing the identity of real artists.

Mar

26th

2026

11:53

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

How Machines Learn: Supervised, Unsupervised, and Reinforcement Learning Explained With Real Examples

No math. No jargon. Just honest explanations of the ideas powering the technology you use every day. Yesterday, Spotify played five songs you had never searched for. Every single one felt like it was made for you.

Mar

26th

2026

11:27

Partnerships and Alliances, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Naver & Spotify Discuss Partnership Expansion at Sweden Roundtable

24 Naver and Spotify: A Blueprint for the Future of Platform Partnerships The recent roundtable between Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon and Spotify Co-CEOs Alex Nordstrom and Gustav Söderström signals more than just a successful integration of Naver Plus and Spotify memberships.

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