This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.
Summary
- Spotify is experiencing a major outage, with over 17,000 reports of issues on Downdetector since 9 am EST.
- Users worldwide have taken to social media to report difficulties in playing music and searching for songs.
- Spotify has acknowledged the outage and is investigating.
If you’ve been having issues playing music or searching for songs on Spotify this morning, you’re not alone. Many users have taken to social media to report that they are experiencing problems with Spotify, and the popular music streaming service seems to be experiencing a major outage.
According to downdetector.com, a website that tracks outages, reports began to pour in about Spotify being down at around 8am EST. Since 9am EST, there have been over 17,000 reports of the app not working.
Spotify has acknowledged the outage, posting on X, “We’re aware of some issues right now and are checking them out.” There is no word on when Spotify’s services will be fully restored and users will be able to listen to music again, but keep checking back as this post will be updated with any developments.

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This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.