Analysis Learnings from Spotify’s Q2 2025 earnings call… including what the company (didn’t) say about that long-awaited ‘Music Pro’ tier MBW's key takeaways from the green giant's latest grilling from investment analysts
News Spotify sees $16 billion wiped off market cap; stock sinks 11.5% as ‘Social Charges’ drag down profit outlook Spotify's stock price plunged 11.5% on Tuesday (July 29) largely as a result of missing profit guidance
News Spotify subscriber base grew by 8m to 276m in Q2; company posted $460m operating profit 'Social Charges' take toll on operating income, but subscribers and MAUs both ahead of guidance in quarter
News King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard join Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu in pulling music from Spotify after Daniel Ek’s military AI investment Ek recently led a €600 million (USD $703m) series D for Helsing, a defense company focused on AI-powered military drones.
News Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos talks up ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ as fictional groups dominate Spotify charts Seven of the top 15 tracks on Spotify's most-streamed tracks in are by virtual artists from a Netflix movie
News Former Spotify exec Jérémy Erlich launches ALTA Music, signs K-pop star JENNIE The Los Angeles-based company has struck a partnership with THEBLACKLABEL, founded by BLACKPINK producer Teddy Park.
News ‘Super listeners’ make up just 2% of an artist’s monthly streaming audience, yet buy 50% of concert tickets, Spotify says Spotify may have just identified the 'super-superfans' who truly drive an artist's career
News ABBA’s 1979 hit ‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!’ crosses 1 billion Spotify streams as Gen Z drives revival Achievement marks the pop group’s second entry into Spotify’s Billions Club, following Dancing Queen in July 2023.
News Spotify could exit Turkey amid government probe over ‘provocative’ playlists (report) The company is considering all options including “pausing its operations in the market or exiting Turkey altogether," The Times (UK) reported, citing sources.
Analysis News Oasis streams surged 320% on Spotify globally after first reunion tour concerts in Cardiff Oasis stats roll in following first first Oasis Live '25 concerts in Cardiff
News Turkey opens competition probe into Spotify after government minister complaint over ‘provocative’ playlists Spotify says it is cooperating with Turkey’s competition bureau
News Netflix in talks with Spotify on projects like music awards, live concert series (report) The Wall Street Journal reports that the platforms are discussing potential partnerships
News That AI artist with over 1M listeners on Spotify? His music was created with Suno, says expert report The creators behind Aventhis and other AI 'artists' might not actually own the rights to the music they upload to streaming platforms
Analysis The AI music problem on Spotify (and other streaming platforms) is worse than you think MBW has found 13 AI artists with over 4.1 million cumulative monthly listeners on Spotify
News Indie artists can now upload videos to Spotify through DistroKid’s video service Spotify's music video feature is available in beta in 98 markets, but the US and Canada aren't among them