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Spotify profit takes hit from higher payroll taxes, shares drop
Spotify forecast second-quarter profit below market estimates on Tuesday due to employee salary-related taxes, taking the ...
Spotify Subscriber Gains Continue, With Revenue Buoyed by Price Hikes
Spotify continued to add subscribers during the first quarter, which is usually a softer period for the audio streaming giant ...
Spotify Adds More Premium Subs in Q1 Than Expected to Reach 268 Million, but CEO Warns of Near-Term ‘Noise’ Amid Economic Uncertainty
Spotify gained a better-than-expected 5 million paid subscribers for Q1 2025 but its CEO said macroeconomic headwinds could ...
Spotify’s growth spurt continues.
Monthly active users have increased 10 percent year-over-year to 678 million, up from 615 million, while subscribers jumped ...
Spotify Adds Record Number of Users in Quarter, Paid Subscribers Hit 268 Million
The total number of monthly active users grew to 675 million, up 12% year-over-year. Spotify ’s paid subscribers increased to 268 million in its first quarter, up 11% year-over-year and beating ...
Spotify’s HR chief says remote staff aren’t ‘children’ as company sticks to work-from-anywhere policy
Spotify isn’t planning to follow Amazon and scrap its “work from anywhere” policy, but its HR chief admitted remote work ...
Spotify quietly adds new way to completely turn off Smart Shuffle
Spotify is testing a new setting that may allow users to disable Smart Shuffle, which mixes recommendations into shuffled ...
Spotify set to report earnings as Wall Street praises 'defensive' subscription model
Spotify said last quarter that it expects first quarter gross margin to hit 31.5%, a slowdown from the record 32.2% the ...
Spotify paid more than $100 million to podcasts in the first quarter, including Joe Rogan, Alex Cooper and Theo Von
The payout includes creators on the platform across all formats and agreements, including the biggest podcasts from Joe Rogan ...