SpotifyPolicy

Spotify's official voice on global policy issues. Check out @Spotify and @SpotifyNews for more.

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🎧Introducing @SpotifyPolicy — Spotify’s official voice on global policies that impact creators, listeners, and the future of streaming. For general news about Spotify, check out @Spotify and @SpotifyNews

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From your first stream to the front row, at Spotify we are working to build the full fan experience. This is what giving users control looks like. 🎟️

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From the stage to your feed, say hello to Reserved, a new experience for eligible Spotify Premium subscribers designed to hold two tour tickets for an artist's most dedicated fans to purchase before they go on sale to the general public. Hear about how it works.

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At Investor Day, we shared lots of new announcements but our co-CEOs Alex Norström and Gustav Söderström share the four ideas guiding them all:

1. The world operates as a power law. And for Spotify, that opens up significant monetization opportunities.

2. Spotify is moving from single player and passive to multiplayer and interactive.

3. The world is moving to generation, where our users are in control and our goal is to give them exactly that.

4. At Spotify, we don’t capture people’s attention with empty calories. We do it by delivering an experience that people truly value.

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Celebrating our 20th taking a look back at your first listens and all-time hits 💚

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With Prompted Playlist expanding to podcasts, Spotify is empowering listeners to actively shape their discovery and find millions of new podcasts. Listeners can use prompts to learn the latest news, engage with real-time trends, and find new local shows. https://t.co/efL2b12oAH

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Together with LIDE, we gathered Brazilian policy and business leaders in NYC to celebrate our 2026 Loud & Clear report and the global rise of Brazil’s music market 🇧🇷📷 Capped off with an incredible performance by @micheltelo, the night was a toast to Brazilian music taking the world by storm.

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Spotify Chief Public Affairs Officer @DusteeJenkins met with lawmakers, artists and creators in Mexico City to reiterate Spotify’s strong commitment to empowering local artists and growing the Mexican music industry. Streaming represents more than 95% of all music revenue in Mexico, and in 2025, royalties generated by Mexican artists on Spotify reached nearly MXN 8.2B, with Mexican artists accounting for over 70% of the tracks on Spotify Mexico’s Daily Top 50.

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Spotify hosted Members of @Europarl_EN from the Future Lab group in Stockholm, where Spotify’s Head of Experience Sten Garmark discussed Spotify’s approach to AI and how Spotify drives discovery for artists’ and creators’ content around the world.

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Introducing our new 'Verified by Spotify' badge to bring more authenticity and deeper context to fans and artists 💚

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Authenticity means something different in 2026. We increasingly hear from fans that they want more confidence in trusting what they find on Spotify. They want to know whether they're discovering an artist pursuing music as a career, playing gigs, connecting with fans — or whether it's a persona, a content farm, or some kind of spam.

We have shipped (and continue to build) systems to catch suspicious activity and fight deceptive behavior. But positively verifying what IS authentic also has an important role to play. So today we're starting to roll out something new: a Verified by Spotify badge.

When fans see the badge, they'll know the Spotify team has reviewed the artist to confirm sustained active fan interest, compliance with platform rules, and an authentic profile (the artist is who they claim to be). This is a manual process, so we are starting by reviewing hundreds of thousands of artists that represent over 99% of what listeners search for, and will expand to review more artists over time.

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Spotify wrapped up Stockholm Music Week with conversations on the future of Swedish music. From an opening dinner with Culture Minister Parisa Liljestrand, to lunch with IFPI Sverige and @STIM_Sweden, to a morning session on discovery and the artist journey, the focus was on building lasting careers. In 2025, Swedish artists generated nearly SEK 2 billion in royalties from Spotify alone, with 66% coming from listeners outside Sweden.

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Spotify and NIVA announced a year-long partnership to support independent live music across the U.S. and help fans discover more independent shows on Spotify. Through this collaboration, Spotify will help independent venues and the artist performing there. https://t.co/JMDQOAyTE5

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Spotify is rolling out new video controls to give all listeners – especially parents and families – the option to turn off video for music, podcasts, and more. It’s just the latest way we’re giving our listeners more control so they can personalize their Spotify experiences in the way that’s right for them. https://t.co/b4OV78aYcF

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Page Match has expanded to over 30 additional languages, giving book lovers more ways to consume the content they love. Since launching, listeners using Page Match have streamed an average of 55% more audiobook hours weekly than other listeners. https://t.co/PCu6uqtsgZ

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Spotify hosted @SPSA_DC at our New York office this month for a fireside chat with Spotify Chief Public Affairs Office @DusteeJenkins and Head of Government Affairs @aprilsboyd. Both former Senate press secretaries, Dustee and April shared insights on their career journeys, lessons from Capitol Hill, and proven best practices for how Members of Congress can amplify their voices through Spotify.

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FR: Ottawa a vibré la semaine dernière. Spotify a organisé un cinq à sept inspiré des cabanes à sucre à @LittleVicCoffee, célébrant la croissance continue de la musique canadienne — en 2025, les redevances générées par les artistes canadiens sur Spotify ont dépassé 544 millions de dollars canadiens, soit une hausse de 19 % en seulement un an.

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Ottawa brought the energy last week. Spotify hosted a cabane à sucre-inspired cinq à sept at @LittleVicCoffee, celebrating the continued rise of Canadian music. In 2025, royalties generated by Canadian artists from Spotify alone reached over $544M CAD, a 19% jump in just one year.

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.@ProtonPrivacy CEO @andyyen tells @Semafor’s @ReedAlbergotti China will win the AI race:

“The mistake made in the U.S. is we failed to regulate the tech companies.”

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The Government isn't the only one collecting #taxes today! If you're an Apple consumer you could be paying as much as 30% in App(le) Taxes!

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We celebrated 5 years of the EQUAL Program across Latin America all March long with showcases and panels to further amplify and support women artists in the region 💚

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Spotify is the economic engine of Canadian artists building global careers in music, and the data proves it. In 2025, they generated over $544M on Spotify, growing 19% year-over-year and outpacing the wider industry - powered largely by fans beyond Canada’s borders.

The right policies can help keep that momentum going. #LoudAndClear

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As a partner to the UK government and the National Literacy Trust on the UK’s National Year of Reading, our research shows over half of UK readers now switch between print and audio, and more than 4 in 5 say audiobooks help them finish books they wouldn’t otherwise have time for. We're committed to building more flexible, seamless reading experiences so that more people can benefit from great stories in their everyday lives.