Latest Spotify Stats of 2025: Listeners, Artists & More Data

Spotify is the most popular streaming platform today with over 31% of the market share in the industry. 

With its 675 million monthly active users worldwide, Spotify has 100 million tracks and over 6.5 million podcast titles available on the platform. 

But what exactly are we listening to?

This comprehensive report delves into Spotify statistics 2025 and trends. It also provides a detailed snapshot of Spotify revenue growth and engagement as of 2025.

Take a look at these latest Spotify stats. Here is what you need to know.

Top Spotify Statistics In 2025

  1. Spotify has over 675 million monthly active users as of 2025, among which 263 million are Spotify Premium subscribers. 
  1. Spotify has 11 million artists and creators worldwide. 
  1. As of Q4 2024, Spotify generated โ‚ฌ15.67 billion in yearly revenue
  1. Europe accounts for 27% of Spotify’s monthly active users, totaling 182 million.
  1. Over 100 Million tracks and 6.5 million podcast titles are available on Spotify.
  1. Spotify holds 31.7% of the market share in the music streaming industry. 
  1. Each month, 1.8 million new songs are uploaded on Spotify.
  1. Spotify is currently available in 184 countries and territories.
  1. Taylor Swift is the most streamed artist on Spotify with almost 98.5 billion streams as of 2025. She also has 83,448,692 monthly listeners as of 2025.
  1. Spotify pays around $0.003 to $0.005 per stream depending on the artist.

(Source: Spotify Annual Reports, Backlinko, Spotify Investors Data


Spotify User Statistics

Over the past two years (Q4 2022 โ€“ Q4 2024), Spotify has gained 185 million monthly active users. Spotify has seen consistent growth in its user base since its launch in 2008.

Letโ€™s look at Spotify users and their behaviors. 

Spotify Monthly Active Users As of 2025

As of Q1 2025, Spotify has 675 monthly active users. 

Since 2015, Spotify has maintained steady growth in its active users every quarter.

(Spotify monthly active users are new users who listen to music on Spotify at least once a month.)

  1. As of 2025 Q1, Spotify has around 675 million monthly active users. 
  1. Spotify has gained over 185 million monthly active users over the past two years (Q4 2022 โ€“ Q1 2025).
  1. Since 2019, there has been a 23% growth seen in monthly active users, Y/Y.

Letโ€™s take a look at Spotify’s monthly active users growth from 2015 to Q4 2024.

QuarterSpotify Monthly Active Users
Q4 2024
Q1 2024
675 million
615 million
Q4 2023602 million
Q3 2023574 million
Q2 2023551 million
Q1 2023515 million
Q4 2022489 million
Q3 2022456 million
Q2 2022433 million
Q1 2022422 million
Q4 2021406 million
Q3 2021381 million
Q2 2021365 million
Q1 2021356 million
Q4 2020345 million
Q3 2020320 million
Q2 2020299 million
Q1 2020286 million
Q4 2019271 million
Q3 2019248 million
Q2 2019232 million
Q1 2019217 million
Q4 2018207 million
Q3 2018191 million
Q2 2018180 million
Q1 2018157 million
Q4 2017160 million
Q3 2017149 million
Q2 2017138 million
Q1 2017132 million
Q4 2016123 million
Q3 2016113 million
Q2 2016104 million
Q1 201696 million
Q4 201591 million
Q3 201582 million
Q2 201577 million
Q1 201568 million

(Source: Spotify Annual Report)

Spotify Monthly Active Users By Region

Spotify is currently available in 184 countries and territories. 

  1. Europe is the largest region with 182 million MAUs, making up 27% of their total user base (Q1 2025).
  1. North & Latin America accounts for 39% of Spotify’s MAUs.

Below is the distribution of Spotify MAUโ€™s by region:

RegionShare of Monthly Active Users
Europe27%
Latin America22%
North America (USA & Canada)17%
Rest of the world34%

(Source: Spotify Annual Report)

How Many Users on Spotify Premium

As of Q4 2024, Spotify has 263 million Premium subscribers worldwide, up from 239 million in Q1 2024.

  1. In Q4 2023, Spotify’s worldwide Premium subscriber count reached 236 million.

Below is the year-over-year Spotify Premium subscribers growth since 2015:

DateShare of Monthly Active Users
Q4 2024
Q1 2024
263 million
239 million
Q4 2023236 million
Q3 2023226 million
Q2 2023220 million
Q1 2023210 million
Q4 2022205 million
Q3 2022195 million
Q2 2022188 million
Q1 2022182 million
Q4 2021180 million
Q3 2021172 million
Q2 2021165 million
Q1 2021158 million
Q4 2020155 million
Q3 2020144 million
Q2 2020138 million
Q1 2020130 million
Q4 2019124 million
Q3 2019113 million
Q2 2019108 million
Q1 2019100 million
Q4 201896 million
Q3 201887 million
Q2 201883 million
Q1 201875 million
Q4 201771 million
Q3 201762 million
Q2 201759 million
Q1 201752 million
Q4 201648 million
Q3 201640 million
Q2 201636 million
Q1 201630 million
Q4 201528 million
Q3 201524 million
Q2 201522 million
Q1 201518 million

(Source: Spotify Financials

  1. Over 63% of the premium users of Spotify are from Europe and North America. 
Spotify Monthly Active Users By Region

Below is the regional distribution of premium Spotify users as of 2025:

RegionShare of Premium Subscribers
Europe 37%
Latin America22%
North America26%
Rest of the World14%

(Source: Spotify)

Spotify Users Demographics 

Letโ€™s now talk about the demographics of Spotify users. 

  1. Millennials and Gen Z dominate Spotify with 55% of 16 to 34 people using Spotify. 
  1. Only 11% who use Spotify are 45 to 55 years old.
Spotify users by age

Below is detailed data on Spotify users based on their age. 

Age GroupShare of Users
18 to 2426%
25 to 3429%
35 to 4416%
45 to 5511%
55+18%
  1. 56% of Spotify users are men while 44% of them are women. 
Gender% of Users
Men56%
Female44%

Spotify User Behaviour Facts

An average user dedicates a substantial amount of time each day to streaming music on Spotify.

And it’s not surprising, given the prevalent consumption of music and podcasts in daily life.

  1. Spotify users in North America spend the most time on the platform, averaging 140 minutes of streaming per day. 
Spotify Time Spend By Region

Here’s a breakdown by region:

RegionAverage Daily Minutes Streamed
North America (Canada + United States)140 Minutes
Middle East & Africa124 Minutes 
Latin America117 Minutes 
Asia Pacific110 Minutes 
Europe99 Minutes 

(Source: Searchlogistics)


Spotify Revenue Statistics 2025

Spotify has generated around โ‚ฌ15.67 billion in revenue in 2024.

  1. In 2024, Spotify’s total revenue was โ‚ฌ15.67 billion, reflecting a 20.54% growth from the โ‚ฌ13 billion earned in 2023.

Letโ€™s take a look at Spotify’s revenue  year over year as of Q4 2024:

YearSpotify Revenue (in Euros)
202415.67 billion
202313.25 billion
202211.73 billion
20219.67 billion
20207.88 billion
20196.76 billion
20196.76 billion
20185.26 billion
20174.09 billion
20162.95 billion
20151.94 billion
20141.09 billion
2013746 million
2012430 million

(Source: Spotify Annual Report, Statista

The revenue for Spotify comes from premium subscribers as well as ad-supported users. 

Spotify Revenue By SegmentsRevenue Generated In 2024
Premium  Revenue โ‚ฌ13.82 billion 
Ad-Supported Revenue โ‚ฌ1.85 billion
Total โ‚ฌ15.67 billion

Now, let’s look at how these segments contributed to the earnings.

Spotify Premium Revenue

Spotify reported โ‚ฌ13.82 billion in revenue from Premium subscribers in 2024, which accounted for 88.19% of the company’s total revenue.

  1. As compared to the 2023 revenue, Spotify premium revenue increased by 12%. 

Spotify’s gross margin increased 555 bps YoY to 32.2% and its operating income hit a record โ‚ฌ477 million (in Q4 2024).

spotify revenue

Here is a quick look at the revenue generated by Spotify Premium year over year: 

YearSpotify Premium Revenue (in Euros)
2024
2023
13.82 billion
11.57 billion
202210.25 billion
20218.46 billion
20207.14 billion
20196.09 billion
20184.72 billion
20173.67 billion
20162.66 billion
20151.74 billion
2014982.7 million
2013677.89 million
2012374.6 million

(Source: Spotify Report)

Spotify Ad-Supported Revenue

In 2024, Spotify reported $1.85 billion in yearly Ad-supported revenue.

  1. Spotify reported โ‚ฌ1.85 billion in ad-supported revenue for 2024, up from โ‚ฌ1.68 billion in 2023.
  1. In 2024, the ad-supported segment contributed 11.8% to Spotify’s total revenue.
YearSpotify Ad-Supported Revenue (in Euros)
20241.85 billion
20231.68 billion
20221.48 billion
20211.21 billion
2020745 million
2019678 million
2018542 million
2017416 million
2016295 million
2015196 million
2014102 million
201368.16 million
201255.5 million

(Source: Spotify Earnings Report)


Spotify Market Share

Spotify holds a market share of 31.7% in the music industry as of 2024.

  1. Out of the 713.4 million people with a music streaming subscription, 226 million are subscribed to Spotify as of Q3 2023.

The following data suggests the Spotify market share among the music streaming industry over the years:

DateSpotify Market share
Q4 2024
Q3 2023
31.7%
31.7%
Q2 202230.5%
Q2 202131%
Q2 202033%
Q2 201934%

(Source: Midiaresearch)


How Much Does Spotify Pay Per Stream? – Spotify Payouts Statistics

Spotify pays around $0.003 and $0.005 per stream to the artists. 

Mostly, artists and songwriters get paid depending on their agreements with a distributor or the record label. 

  1. In 2024, Spotify distributed $10 billion in music royalties. In 2024, independent artists and labels earned over $5 billion from Spotify.
  1. 1,250 artists received royalties exceeding $1 million from Spotify in 2024. Since 2017, the number of artists generating between $1,000 and $10 million annually has tripled.
Royalties Earned in 2024Number of Artists
Over $1 Million 1,250
At least $100,00011,600
At least $10,00066,000 

(Source: Spotify Quarterly Report, Spotify News Room)


Spotify Stats: Podcast Statistics

Spotify is one of the most popular podcast-listening apps along with YouTube. Today, there are more than 6 million podcasts available on Spotify.  

  1. Spotify is the second most popular podcast platform in the United States, with 40 million people using it once a month. Spotify has a 21% of share of Weekly Podcast Consumers (who use the platform the most for Podcast Consumption)!
spotify podcast stats
  1. As of today, there are over 40 million US podcast listeners on Spotify.
  1. In 2025, the number of podcast listeners on Spotify is expected to reach 42.4 million.  
Spotify Podcast Listeners in US

Take a look at Spotify users who listen to podcasts regularly.

YearSpotify US Podcast Listeners
202019.9 million
202128.3 million
202232.5 million
202336.3 million
202440.0 million
2025*42.4 million

(Source: Spotify, Cumulus Media, BloggersPassion)


Most Popular Podcasts On Spotify

The Joe Rogan Experience is the most popular podcast on Spotify with 14.5 million followers. 

  1. TED Talks Daily comes second with 5 million followers. 

Here is a list of the most popular podcasts on Spotify as of 2025 by followers:

PodcastFollower Count
The Joe Rogan Experience14.5 million
TED Talks Daily5.0 million
Call Her Daddy3.7 million
Crime Junkie3.3 million
Stuff You Should Know3.2 million
Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain3.1 million
Huberman Lab3.0 million
The Daily2.6 million
On Purpose with Jay Shetty2.3 million
Serial Killers2.2 million
Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett1.6 million
This Past Weekend with Theo Von1.1 million
New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce938,000
This American Life870,000
The Ben Shapiro Show847,000

(Source: Bloomberg)

Most Listened Podcast Genres On Spotify

Comedy podcasts are the most listened-to podcast genre among Spotify users worldwide.

  1. Over 30% of podcast listening hours are spent on comedy podcasts on Spotify.
Most Listened Podcast Genres On Spotify

Here is a top podcast genre on Spotify worldwide with the share of listening hours.

GenreShare of listening hours
Comedy30%
Society and culture18%
Lifestyle and health15%
True crime10%
Educational7%

(Source: Statista)

Spotify Video Podcast Statistics

There are over 300,000 video podcast shows on Spotify, including popular shows like The Joe Rogan Experience, Call Her Daddy, The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, Rotten Mango, The Comment Section with Drew Afualo, etc, as of 2025. 

  1. There are over 170 million viewers of video podcasts on Spotify.
  1. More than 70% of users consuming video podcasts on Spotify watch them actively.
  1. 1 in 4 global podcast monthly active users of Spotify engage with video podcasts. 
  1. There has been a 40% year-over-year growth in global video podcast monthly active users (MAUs).

(Source: Spotify Video Podcasts)


Most Popular Artists on Spotify

Spotify has over 11.38 million artists and creators as of 2025. 

Taylor Swift is the most popular artist on Spotify, according to the stream count. 

  1. Taylor Swift leads Spotify’s artist rankings with 100.2 billion streams.

Here is the list of the top 5 most popular artists on Spotify by stream count as of 2025:

ArtistNo. of Spotify Streams
Taylor Swift100,204,012,531
Bad Bunny86,467,941,936
Drake84,968,928,574
The Weeknd67,001,664,566
Ariana Grande52,460,053,598

(Source: ChartMasters)


How Many Spotify Playlists Are There?

There are about 4 billion playlists on Spotify, including over 3000 officially curated by the platform across genres.

During 2020, Spotify expanded its music offerings with over 1 billion new playlists.

  1. Todayโ€™s Top Hits is the most popular Spotify playlist with 35.2 million followers. 

Here are the top 10 most followed playlists on Spotify:

Most Followed Playlist on Spotify Followers (In Million)
Todayโ€™s Top Hits35.2 million 
Top 50 – Global17.2 million 
RapCaviar16.1 million 
Viva Latino15.5 million 
All Out 2000s14.5 million
Rock Classics12.5 million 
All Out 2010s11.6 million 
All Out 80s11 million 
Songs to Sing in the Car10.9 million 
Baila Reggaeton10.8 million 

(Source: Vibrate)


How Many Tracks Are Available On Spotify?

Currently, Spotify has more than 100 million tracks and 6.5 million podcast titles available on the platform. 

  1. By the end of 2025, Spotify expects 22 million new tracks on the platform. 

Most Streamed Tracks on Spotify

โ€œBlinding Lightsโ€ by The Weeknd is the most streamed track on Spotify with 4.75 billion streams.

Here are the top 10 most streamed tracks on Spotify as of 2025: 

TrackArtist Streams
Blinding LightsThe Weeknd 4.75 billion 
Shape of YouEd Sheeran4.27 billion 
Someone You LovedLewis Capaldi3.83 billion
SunflowerPost Malone & Swae Lee3.74 billion
As It WasHarry Styles3.8 billion
StarboyThe Weeknd ft. Daft Punk3.79 billion
One DanceDrake ft. Wizkid & Kyla 3.56 billion
StayThe Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber3.49 billion
Dance MonkeyTones And I3.23 billion
BelieverImagine Dragons 3.36 billion

(Source: chartmasters)


How Many Audiobooks Are Available on Spotify?

There are over 375,000 audiobook titles available on Spotify. 

(Source: Spotify)

How many songs are uploaded to Spotify every day in 2025?

โ€‹As of 2025, approximately 100,000 songs were uploaded daily to streaming services, including Spotify.


Spotify Employee Statistics

As of the last quarter of 2024, Spotify has over 7,691 employees. 

  1. This employee count has gone down by 15.70% compared to 2023.
  1. According to Spotify, the average salary of a Spotify employee is around โ‚ฌ122,814.

Here is a quick look at the Spotify employee count since its launch:

YearEmployees
2024
2023
7,691
9,123
20228,359
20216,617
20205,584
20194,405
20183,651
20172,960
20162016
20151,581
20141,365
2013958
2011311

(Sources: Stock Analysis, Spotify)

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