Spotify statistics for 2025: User, Subscriber, Revenue & other Statistics [Updated]

Streaming has reshaped how we discover and listen to music – and few platforms show that shift better than Spotify. But what lies behind the playlists, the curated suggestions, and the artist radio stations? The answer: Spotify statistics (2025).

Spotify’s statistics offer a treasure trove of data to be mined from the most-streamed genres to the listening habits that vary from country to country. And this isn’t just data for data’s sake. These numbers can help artists better connect with their audience, advertisers to fine-tune their campaigns, and even listeners to get more out of their personalized experience.

This blog brings together the essentials in one place – how many people use Spotify (MAUs), how many Premium subscribers there are, how many songs are on Spotify, the markets where Spotify is available, and the latest revenue snapshot – updated after each earnings release, with sources.

Whether you’re an artist checking Spotify for Artists, a marketer sizing the audience, or a music fan curious about the numbers behind your Daily Mix, these Spotify stats will help you understand usage, growth, and listening trends at a glance – then dive deeper if you want.

Spotify Statistics (2025): Key Highlights

1. As the second quarter of 2025 wraps up, Spotify currently has 696 million monthly active users (MAUs). This happens to be the company’s second-highest Q2 for net MAU additions.

2. Premium subscribers of Spotify grew 12% Y/Y to 276 million users till quarter 2 of 2025.

3. Total revenue grew by 10% Y/Y to €4.2 billion. Operating income reached 406M.

4. Spotify’s DJ now takes music requests and is active in 60 markets.

5. Spotify Discover has turned 10. It has been a decade since Spotify’s Discover started helping users in finding their next favourite song or artist.

6. Since launching Gen AI ads, over 1500 advertisers have produced 7000 audio ads.

7. Spotify is the world’s leading audio streaming service. Catalog size: 100M+ tracks, ~7M podcast titles, ~350k audiobooks à la carte available in 180 markets.

Spotify Statistics Infographics

Source – Spotify Statistics

8. How many songs are there on Spotify? 

Spotify has over 100 million songs on its platform in 2025. 

9. How many users does Spotify have?

As per the Q2 report of 2025, Spotify has 696 million monthly active listeners, of which 276 million users are premium subscribers. 

10. Who is the number 1 artist on Spotify or the most streamed artist in 2025?

As of Q2 2025, Indian singer-songwriter Arijit Singh is the most-followed artist on Spotify with 159,180,902 followers. Next in the list is the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift with 143M followers. Taylor Swift is also considered The top global artist of 2024.

11. How many monthly listeners on Spotify in 2025?

As of Q2 2025, the total number of monthly active users (MAU) increased to 696M globally. 

12. Most Played Songs on Spotify?

As per Spotify Wrapped 2024, “Blinding Lights” by Weeknd is the most-played song on Spotify with 5.03 billion streams worldwide, followed by other top tracks like Shape of You, Starboy, Someone You Loved, As It Was. As per 2024’s Spotify Wrapped, “Blinding Lights” was the most-played song with 4 billion streams worldwide.

13. Which album has the most streams in 2024?

Bad Bunny‘s Un Verano Sin Ti is the most streamed album on Spotify in 2025. It has over 20 billion total streams.

14. Which artist has the most monthly listeners on Spotify?

Bruno Mars is the artist with the most monthly listeners, with 136M listeners. 

15. How many songs have been uploaded on Spotify every month?

On average, 1,800,000 songs have been uploaded on Spotify every month. 

Miscellaneous Spotify Stats – 

15. Males are 56%, whereas females are 44% in Spotify’s user database.

16. Europe forms the biggest market for Spotify, with over 28% of Monthly Active Users (MAUs), followed by Latin America with 22% and North America with 18%.

17. Over 44% of users access Spotify every day.

Music Stats – 

19. Bad Bunny‘s Un Verano Sin Ti is the most streamed album on Spotify in 2025. It has over 20 billion total streams.

20. For the first time, Spotify gives the option to its free and premium fans to curate a “daylist”. This feature is now available in 14+ languages.  

Spotify Active Monthly User Data 

As per the quarter 2 2025 data of Spotify, they have 696 million monthly active users, which is 11% more on a Y/Y basis.

Source – Spotify Quarterly Report 

The most strong growth was amongst the GenZ listeners and because of this, they improved the performance marketing efficiencies.

 Following is the complete breakdown of the quarterly growth in Spotify monthly active users from 2017 to 2025

Spotify Region wise monthly active users 

According to the Spotify quarter data, they have gained 28% of monthly active users from Europe, and because of this, their largest market share is from Europe. 

Latin America comes second with 21% of MAU.

The rest of the world accounts for the remaining 51% of Spotify MAU. 

Spotify Active Premium Monthly User Data 

In Q2 of 2025, their premium subscriber count grew by 12% Y/Y to 276 million premium users. 

Following is the complete breakdown of the quarterly growth in Spotify monthly active premium users from 2017 to 2024

Spotify user’s stats by its demographic (till 3rd quarter of 2024)

Spotify Revenue stats for 2nd quarter of 2025 – 

Spotify’s 2025 second-quarter revenue grew 10% YoY, which amounts to €4.2 billion.  

As of September 2025, Spotify’s Operating Income reduced to €406 million. Last year, it was €454 million.

What is the Spotify market share right now? 

They have 31.7% of market share globally as of 2025 in the global music industry.

The market share of Spotify has steadily been between 31% and 43% over the last 5 years.

Following is the sheet of market share from 2017 to 2023 – 

How much does Spotify pay per stream?

Spotify pays between $0.003  and $0.005 per play as of 2025, which is roughly a 70/30 split. 70% earnings go to artist, while 30% go to Spotify.  

Below are the rough estimates of Spotify’s streaming payouts to artists based on the above data:

Spotify Podcast Statistics – 

• Spotify ranks 2nd among Podcast platforms in the US with 26% of users using it on a regular basis. YouTube ranks on #1 with 33% and Apple on #3 with 14%.
  
• Over 546 million people are regularly listening to podcasts, 50x the number of people listening in 2019.
  
• Spotify is the most Popular Podcast platform in North America with 50% being Frequent Users.
  
• As of today, Spotify has over 7 million podcasts and 250,000 video podcasts on its platform, representing a growth rate of over 1500%.
  
• Spotify currently has over 100 million regular podcast listeners and at least half a billion people have listened to podcast once!

Spotify Popular Podcast –

• “The Joe Rogan Experience” is the number-one podcast on Spotify worldwide. It is followed by WAVESPORTS + ENTERTAINMENT’s “Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce.”

• Third on the list is the “The Telepathy Tapes” by KY Dickens, a podcast that explores the abilities of non-speakers with autism.

• Shawn Ryan’s “Shawn Ryan Show” and “The Tucker Carlson Show” finish in the top five Spotify podcasts globally.

Here is a list of the top 10 most popular podcasts on Spotify globally:

• The Joe Rogan Experience
• This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler
• The Tucker Carlson Show
• The Daily
• Crime Junkie
• Candace
• Countdown To
• The Ramsey Show
• Unseen

In how many countries Spotify is available around the world – 

• Currently, Spotify is accessible in 180 markets. Spotify has grown its presence to 80+ countries since 2020.
  
• Spotify was accessible in only 61 markets globally in 2017.
  
• Between 2018 – 2024, Spotify expanded to 123 new nations.

How many playlists does Spotify have? 

Spotify has 4 billion playlists across all genres, out of which 3000 are curated officially by Spotify. (source – https://newsroom.spotify.com/company-info/) 

Which is the Popular playlist on Spotify? 

Pop-led editorial lists dominate the follower leaderboard. Most of the biggest playlists are new-music or all-time hits collections like Today’s Top Hits and Global Top 50.

Here is the list of the 10 most popular and followed playlists on Spotify as of 2025 –

*Follower counts from Viberate’s live playlist leaderboard; numbers update frequently.

Note: Because this is a live ranking, exact order and counts may vary when you check.

How many tracks are available on Spotify? 

Spotify states listeners can discover over 100 million tracks, nearly 7 million podcast titles, and ~350,000 audiobooks à la carte. We keep “100M+” phrasing to stay aligned with Spotify’s official line (safer than point estimates).

Most Popular Artists on Spotify by Follower Count (Global)

Arijit Singh is the most followed person on Spotify, with over 159.18 million followers.

Below are the top popular artists on Spotify – 

New Updates for Spotify – 

• Spotify launched Lossless Listening for Premium, bringing richer, more detailed audio. Rollout details live in the newsroom post.
• Free users can now pick and play specific songs (with daily on-demand limits), search & play instantly, and open shared links to play right away – Spotify’s first major Free refresh since 2018.
• Spotify added options like Snooze a track for 30 days and more ways to hide songs from specific playlists to fine-tune what you hear.
• A new in-app Messages experience lets you share tracks and talk with friends without leaving Spotify.
• DJ (Premium) now accepts voice requests in more than 60 markets – ask for vibes, eras, or genres and DJ adapts in real time.
• Spotify committed €1M to help produce more non-English audiobooks (starting with French and Dutch).
• Spotify posted a notice on upcoming changes to Premium plans; check your local pricing page for specifics.

How to Check Your Spotify Stats in 2025? A Complete Guide

Now that you have read all these general Spotify stats, wouldn’t it be fun to check your own? 

Spotify allows you to do this in many ways.

View Spotify Statistics on PC or Mac

1. Click your user profile name in the top right corner of the app.
2. Select “Profile” from the drop-down options.
3. Here you can browse popular artists, tracks, and playlists. You can click each category’s “View All” button to see specific statistics.

View Spotify statistics on your phone

1. Tap the settings icon in the upper right corner of the mobile app. (It looks like a mirror)
2. Select “Profile” from the drop-down options.
3. Here you can browse popular artists, tracks, and playlists. You can click each category’s “View All” button to see specific statistics.

See Spotify Statistics with Wrapped

Spotify has been announcing its Wrapped plan every December since 2015. Users can see their music listening habits and statistics for a particular year. 

For example: which artist have you listened to the most in the past year? or how many hours have you spent listening to music in total? 

As soon as you access the phone or computer application, you can access the card packaging. Hard to remember as the app has capital letters and big cards. If you haven’t seen it before, wait for Dec 2025 to see it live! 

Conclusion

Here are all the statistics from Spotify since its inception. This information comes from various places on the internet and can vary, but not by much.

Spotify will offer exciting things to its users and artists in 2025. Stay tuned to know more.