Spotify experienced an outage on Wednesday morning, causing widespread frustration among users. The issue was reported by tens of thousands of users, with over 45,000 users reporting problems with the app on DownDetector.com.
The company acknowledged the problem just before 9 a.m. EST and stated it was investigating the cause. Hours later, Spotify confirmed that the outage had been fixed.
Users took to social media to express their frustration, with many joking and commiserating about the temporary loss of access to the streaming platform. One user joked that without music, life felt like an eternity.
Spotify did not specify what caused the hours-long outage, but its customer service team responded to users, stating that its developers were looking into the issue. This is not the first time Spotify has experienced technical issues, with a similar outage reported last week.
Despite the inconvenience, Spotify remains one of the world’s most popular music streaming platforms, with over 675 million monthly active users and 263 million premium subscribers across 184 countries and territories.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/04/16/spotify-says-servers-are-all-clear-after-thousands-reported-outage