Spotify Reaches 290 Million Paying Subscribers in Q4 2025
The streaming giant also earned $2.5 billion in operating income
Spotify delivered its Q4 earnings report on February 10. It shows growth in paying subscribers and the company’s second full year of profit.
The numbers:
The global Premium subscriber base of 290 million represents a 10% YoY increase.
There were 281 million paid subscribers at the end of Q3 2025.
Spotify’s monthly active users increased by 11% YoY to 751 million in Q4 2025.
Paid subscribers generated $4.67 billion in revenue during Q4 2025.
What they said:
Daniel Ek, Founder and Executive Chairman: “Today, what we’ve really built is a technology platform for audio – and increasingly, for all the ways creators connect with audiences. And this identity will matter even more going forward. The next wave of technology shifts – AI, new interfaces, wearables, new ways of interacting with content – these will reshape how people discover and experience audio and media.”
Spotify delivered its Q4 earnings report on February 10. It shows growth in paying subscribers and the company’s second full year of profit.
The numbers:
The global Premium subscriber base of 290 million represents a 10% YoY increase.
There were 281 million paid subscribers at the end of Q3 2025.
Spotify’s monthly active users increased by 11% YoY to 751 million in Q4 2025.
Paid subscribers generated $4.67 billion in revenue during Q4 2025.
What they said:
Daniel Ek, Founder and Executive Chairman: “Today, what we’ve really built is a technology platform for audio – and increasingly, for all the ways creators connect with audiences. And this identity will matter even more going forward. The next wave of technology shifts – AI, new interfaces, wearables, new ways of interacting with content – these will reshape how people discover and experience audio and media.”
Spotify delivered its Q4 earnings report on February 10. It shows growth in paying subscribers and the company’s second full year of profit.
The numbers:
The global Premium subscriber base of 290 million represents a 10% YoY increase.
There were 281 million paid subscribers at the end of Q3 2025.
Spotify’s monthly active users increased by 11% YoY to 751 million in Q4 2025.
Paid subscribers generated $4.67 billion in revenue during Q4 2025.
What they said:
Daniel Ek, Founder and Executive Chairman: “Today, what we’ve really built is a technology platform for audio – and increasingly, for all the ways creators connect with audiences. And this identity will matter even more going forward. The next wave of technology shifts – AI, new interfaces, wearables, new ways of interacting with content – these will reshape how people discover and experience audio and media.”
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This article was written with information sourced from Music Business Worldwide.
We covered it because of Spotify’s influence on the music industry.
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