Spotify Newsletter #270

Your Weekly Dose of Spotify News

Aug 29, 2025

⭐️ Spotify Introduces In-App Messaging for Sharing Music Recommendations With Your Friends

Messaging will initially be available to Free and Premium subscribers in select markets.

⭐️ Jam Reaches 100 Million Monthly Listening Hours

When Spotify launched Jam, the idea was simple: Music is better when it’s shared. Since then, listeners around the world have been queuing up tracks, enjoying them in sync, and soundtracking moments together, whether across the couch or across continents.

⭐️ 1,000 Songs Have Reached One Billion Streams On Spotify: Which Artists Have The Most?

Reaching one billion streams used to be a goal every major artist vied for. There was a time when only the most successful could even dream of seeing a single track make it to that milestone, but as more and more people all around the world have adopted streaming as their go-to manner of consuming music, more tracks are hitting a once highly elusive landmark.

⭐️ Spotify’s New Ads Celebrate Music's Wildest Fan Rituals

ome Pitbull fans love to dress like the Miami rapper, donning sunglasses, suits, and bald caps. Others draw goatees on their chins to mimic his distinct look. Spotify honors these and other rituals of diehard fans in the latest chapter of its “Fan Life” campaign, which debuted in April

⭐️ Spotify business chief Alex Norström signals more price hikes, says 1B Premium subs ‘not impossible’

After announcing subscription price hikes in numerous markets outside the US earlier this month, Spotify now plans additional price hikes as it works towards sustained profitability.