When Spotify announced it paid podcasters over $100 million in the first quarter of 2025, the headline came across like a victory parade. The company positioned the news as a win for creators ...

Spotify has long dominated the music streaming industry, providing a vast collection of music to curious listeners while also ...

Spotify is rolling out a Plays feature for podcast, which shows number of listener count directly from the podcast episode ...

Play counts have been visible for music tracks on Spotify for years, but this is the first time this metric will be available ...

Spotify now shows you how many times a podcast has been played, helping you find popular content you might have otherwise ...

The plays will appear next to a podcast episode throughout the app, including the home page, episode page, and show page. It’s also available for creators on Spotify for Creators and Megaphone.

YouTube continues to dominate the podcasting industry, but Spotify is proactively gearing up to close the gap.The Swedish- ...

Spotify has paid more than US$100 million (S$131 million) to podcast publishers and creators since January, the company told ...

In its battle for podcast supremacy, Spotify is adding a new data point to give deeper insight into episode performance. The company is rolling out “Plays,” a publicly visible metric that ...

Spotify reported over $100 million paid to podcast creators in Q1 2025, marking its first public disclosure of such figures.

“With this new metric for podcasts, Spotify aims to encourage users to explore podcasts they may not be familiar with, especially if they see that other listeners highly favor these episodes. For ...

Spotify gained a better-than-expected 5 million paid subscribers for Q1 2025 but its CEO said macroeconomic headwinds could ...