Spotify Newsletter #267

Your Weekly Dose of Spotify News

Aug 08, 2025

★ SPOTlight

⭐️ Spotify expands audiobooks access to family plan members in the US for the first time

Spotify is expanding access to its audiobooks to more U.S. subscribers. The company on Tuesday announced the launch of its $11.99 per month Audiobooks+ plan in the market, which allows subscribers or their household members on a Family or Duo plan to add 15 hours of audiobook listening during the month on top of the base plan.

⭐️ Spotify’s Crown Lies Heavy, but It’s Still the Streaming King

The Swedish company is on top of the streaming world, with 696 million monthly active users at the end of the second quarter, compared with 310.5 million people subscribing to Netflix’s various tiers of service.

⭐️ Spotify hikes prices in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan

or the first time since its launch in India in February 2019, Spotify has raised the prices of its premium plans.

⭐️ Spotify’s head of global ad sales on the latest in programmatic audio

The platform recently opened up the Spotify Ad Exchange, giving audio buyers access to real-time bidding for its inventory for the first time.

⭐️ Spotify’s Video Ambitions—How Its Luring YouTube Creators

Spotify is making a bold play for the attention of YouTube’s top video creators, aiming to transform the platform into more than just a music and podcast hub.