Spotify has over 100 Million songs on its platform as of Q1 2023.

It is estimated that Spotify currently has over 11 million artists and creators on its platform.

Spotify has 515 million monthly active listeners as of Q1 2023. out of which 210 million are premium subscribers.

Europe accounts for 30% of Spotify’s monthly active listeners.

North America (USA + Canada) comes second with a 20% share.

1,800,000 songs are uploaded on Spotify every month on average.

The Weeknd is the artist with the most monthly listeners, with 108.52 million audiences as of May 2023.

Bad Bunny Is the most-streamed Artist on Spotify of 2022. With Taylor Swift, Drake, The Weeknd and BTS in 2nd to 5th position, respectively.

Harry Styles’ single “As it was” is the most-streamed track of 2022. Bad Bunny’s Album titled “Un Verano Sin Ti” is the most-streamed album of last year.

Spotify paid over $8 Billion to its artists in 2022. That’s more than any other music streaming service.

Spotify’s all-time payouts to music right holders is approaching $40 billion.

Spotify Broke the record for the biggest yearly payout from any retail business in history.

1060 artists earned more than $1 Million, while 57,000 artists generated $10,000+ through Spotify royalty in 2022.

Major record labels earned over $4 billion in profit in 2022.

The estimated value of a Spotify stream to an artist ranges from $0.006 to as little as $0.00318 per stream.

Over 44% of users access Spotify every day

North America has the highest average Spotify daily usage.

Here is a complete breakdown of quarterly growth in Spotify monthly users since 2015 to 2023:

Here is a breakdown of Spotify’s Premium subscriber growth from 2015 to 2023:

Here’s a detailed breakdown of Spotify’s income from 2012 to 2023:

Spotify controls 33% of the global music streaming market as of 2023.

The market share of Spotify has steadily been between 32% and 43% over the last 5 years.

If you are wondering how much Spotify pays per stream, it is generally between $0.003 and $0.005 per play. This amount is subject to variation based on several factors, such as the location of the listener and the currency used. However, as a general rule, the payout is based on a 70/30 split between the rights holders and the platform. That means 70% of the revenue generated from each stream goes to the rights holders, while the remaining 30% is retained by Spotify.

Spotify has over 5 million podcasts on the platform.

Spotify ranks 2nd among the podcast platforms in the United States, with 40% of people using it on a regular basis.

Spotify, is the most popular app along with Youtube for podcast listening among Android phone users in the United States, accounting for a 26% share in the market (a 23% increase since 2020).

Spotify began its podcasting journey three years ago, with a database of over 180,000 episodes. Today, Spotify has over 5 million podcasts on its platform, representing a growth rate of over 1500%. Spotify added 1.2 million podcasts to its library in 2021 alone.

Availability of Spotify Across The Globe  Currently, Spotify is accessible in 180 countries. Spotify has grown its presence to 80+ countries since 2020. Spotify was accessible in only 61 markets globally in 2017.  Between 2018 – 2022, Spotify expanded to 117 new nations.

Spotify’s collection has around 4 billion playlists across all genres. Out of which, over 3000 are curated officially by Spotify.

In the year 2020 alone, the music streaming platform added over 1 billion new playlists.

Below is a list of the top 20 most-followed Spotify playlists as of 2023:

Rock Classics (personalized)10,347,963All Out 2000s (personalized)10,036,031Songs to Sing in the Car (personalized)10,002,097All Out 80s (personalized)9,459,031Beast Mode (personalized)8,972,274All Out 90s (personalized)7,249,014Chill Hits (personalized)7,226,944Mood Booster (personalized)7,146,530

Spotify anticipates adding 22 million new tunes by the end of the year. That’s almost a track every second!