The service is available on most devices including Windows, macOS, and Linux computers, iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, smart home devices such as the Amazon Echo and Google Nest lines of products and digital media players like Roku. Spotify is available in most of Europe, as well as Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania, with a total availability in 184 markets. Users can search for music based on artist, album, or genre, and can create, edit, and share playlists.

As a freemium service, basic features are free with advertisements and limited control, while additional features, such as offline listening and commercial-free listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. Spotify offers digital copyright restricted recorded music and podcasts, including more than 82 million songs, from record labels and media companies. ) on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American depositary receipts. Spotify is listed (through a Luxembourg City-domiciled holding company, Spotify Technology S.A.

It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 456 million monthly active users, including 195 million paying subscribers, as of September 2022.

Spotify ( / ˈ s p ɒ t ɪ f aɪ/) is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.

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