Spotify statistics as a leading audio streaming platform
Last updated: Feb 21, 2026
Around 75% of worldwide internet users aged 16 and above listen to music and other audio programs through digital streaming services each week, averaging 3.02 listening days per week.
In this article we focus on the user base statistics and revenue of Spotify, a company that was founded in April 2006 as a music streaming service launched in October 2008.
Spotify users base statistics
Among all audio streaming platforms, Spotify currently remains the leading audio streaming platform in 2026, with 751 million monthly active users (MAUs) as of December 31, 2025, an increase of 6% from December 31, 2024.
As of the same date, there were 290 million premium subscribers who continue to utilize the platform to discover, consume, and engage with audio content.
Spotify has shown its continuous growth to become a leader amongst the other audio streaming platforms.
Graph showing Spotify monthly active users growth
Spotify monthly active users(MAUs) from (2020-2025)
| Year | MAUs(in millions) |
| 2020 | 345 |
| 2021 | 406 |
| 2022 | 489 |
| 2023 | 602 |
| 2024 | 675 |
| 2025 | 751 |
Spotify premium subscribers vs ad-supported MAUs
As of December 31, 2025, Spotify premium subscribers and ad-supported monthly active users were 290 million and 476 million respectively.
| Year | Premium subscribers(in millions) | Ad-supported MAUs(in millions) |
| 2020 | 155 | 199 |
| 2021 | 180 | 236 |
| 2022 | 205 | 295 |
| 2023 | 236 | 379 |
| 2024 | 263 | 425 |
| 2025 | 290 | 476 |
Graph showing Spotify ad-supported monthly users vs premium subscribers
Country with the most Spotify users
With a strong global presence, the country with the largest number of monthly active users as of December 31, 2025 is the United States of America, with over 100 million Spotify users.
Spotify revenue in the audio streaming industry as its operating environment
The global digital music and audio services industry had a total revenue of about €41.12 billion as of the third quarter of 2025.
As one of the top leading platforms in the industry, Spotify has consistently captured the largest share of this revenue segment over the years.
Total global audio streaming revenue vs Spotify revenue
Data source: Spotify Newsroom – Official Press Releases & DataReportal
Spotify having a total revenue of €17.186 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, an increase of €1.513 billion compared to the revenue of the same period in the previous year, clearly projects that earnings will continue to rise.
Spotify total revenue from 2020 to 2025
| Year | Spotify revenue (EUR €) |
| 2020 | 7.880 billion |
| 2021 | 9.668 billion |
| 2022 | 11.727 billion |
| 2023 | 13.247 billion |
| 2024 | 15.673 billion |
| 2025 | 17.186 billion |
This revenue growth of Spotify shows the rise of smartphone usage expanding emerging markets thus the continuous rise of revenue generation through the years.
Data source:Spotify
Spotify primarily generates this revenue from premium subscriptions and ad-supported accounts which together contributes to this top financial performance in the audio streaming industry.
Spotify premium vs ad-supported revenue from 2020 to 2025
| Year | Premium revenue (EUR €) | Ad-supported revenue (EUR €) |
| 2020 | 7.135 billion | 0.745 billion |
| 2021 | 8.460 billion | 1. 208 billion |
| 2022 | 10.251 billion | 1.476 billion |
| 2023 | 11.566 billion | 1.681 billion |
| 2024 | 13.819 billion | 1.854 billion |
| 2025 | 15.350 billion | 1.836 billion |
Data source:Spotify Investor Relations
Graph of Spotify premium vs ad-supported revenue
Data source:Spotify Investor Relations – Financial Reports
Spotify average revenue per user(ARPU)
For the quarter ended December 31, 2025 2025, the ARPU of Spotify was €4.70 a decrease from €4.85 at the same time in the year 2024.
Being a leading audio streaming platform, Spotify average revenue per user (ARPU) is currently lower compared to other major platforms.
Type of audio content in Spotify
Music and podcasts are the two major content categories in Spotify. Millions of people across 184 countries and territories have access to over 100 million music tracks and 7 million podcast titles through Spotify.
Spotify as a podcast digital audio platform
About 52.5% of internet users listen to podcasts worldwide each week. Of this podcast listening time, Spotify podcasts currently covers a large portion as it continues to grow as a content category in the platform.
Here are some top podcasts on Spotify as of the time I am writing this report:
| Podcast | Followers in millions |
| The Joe Rogan Experience | 14.5M |
| TED Talks Daily | 5.0M |
| Call Her Daddy | 3.7M |
| Crime Junkie | 3.3M |
| Stuff You Should Know | 3.0M |
Spotify as music streaming audio platform
Music is the major content category on Spotify. Currently, over 600 million people listen to music on Spotify monthly.
The following are the artist with most all-time music stream:
| Artist | Streams in billions |
| Taylor Swift | 108B |
| Bad | 93.7B |
| Drake | 91.0B |
| The Weeknd | 72.5B |
| Ariana Grande | 56.7B |
| ED sheeran | 55.2B |
| Justin Bieber | 53.5B |
| Eminem | 52.2B |
| Billie Eilish | 50.9B |
| Kanye West | 48.7B |
| Post Malone | 46.6B |
| BTS | 43.9B |
| Travis Scott | 41.1B |
| Coldplay | 41.0B |
| Rihanna | 40.5B |
Data source :Chartmaster & DataReportal
Cheers! This marks the end of this statistical summary of Spotify as an audio streaming platform.
I compiled this data from multiple sources as I have cited in every section, and brought it together in one place to make the information easier to access and understand.
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