Spotify Grows Number of Paying Subscribers Despite Price Hikes

Spotify Grows Subcriber Count Even After Recent Price Hikes

Spotify subscribers grow despite price increases

The music streaming giant increased premium subscriptions to £12.99 per month

Spotify grows number of paying subscribers despite price hikes

The music streaming group saw a 9% rise in the number of paying subscribers to 293 million.

Music streaming price rises and subscriber growth push revenues above $60 billion in 2025

The music streaming industry had another strong year of revenue growth, off the back of most streaming services increasing prices and close to 100 million new subscribers being added to the mix. Total revenues reached $63 billion, an increase of 18.2 percent on the previous year. That’s according to the latest edition of the Music App Report, which shows the three major streaming services in the West – Spotify, YouTube Music and Apple Music – al…

Spotify records 761M users in Q1 2026 despite new prices, gains 293M paid subscribers

Streaming giant Spotify exceeded expectations in Q1 2026, reporting 761 million monthly active users and 293 million paid subscribers. These figures surpassed company guidance, indicating that recent price increases in key markets have not deterred user engagement. Monthly active users rose 12% year-on-year, with 10 million net additions in the quarter, above the expected 8 million. Paid subscribers increased by 9% compared to last year. The qua…

Spotify grows subscriber count even after recent price hikes

Spotify Technology SA, the music streaming leader, added slightly more users than analysts’ expected in the first quarter, showing it can still pull in new listeners even after it raised prices in its biggest market.