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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Why is Spotify not working? Thousands report outages on platform's app Tuesday morning
Thousands of users say they had issues with music streaming platform Spotify on Tuesday morning. Over 14,000 users reported what seemed like an outage that spiked around 7:30 a.m., according to DownDetector. Nearly all (94%) were experiencing issues with Spotify's app. By 8:15 a.m., the number of reported outages had dropped below 800. Spotify had not acknowledged the outage as of 8:30 a.m. However, the platform appears to have experienced multiple outages in the last several weeks, as documented by its X account, Spotify Status. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Is Spotify down? Thousands of users report outages Tuesday morning
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First Post
27-05-2025
- First Post
Spotify down for scores of user globally, outage not explained yet
Spotify has not yet released an official comment or given an estimated time of full restoration, despite the increasing volume of user reports. read more Spotify, one of the world's largest music streaming services, is experiencing new server troubles, preventing thousands of users from accessing the service on Tuesday evening. According to the outage tracking website complaints of the disturbance began to increase just after 5:45 p.m IST. The website has received thousands of reports from listeners worldwide, including India, UK and the US. The majority of the reports refer to the Spotify app rather than the website. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD This is the latest in a series of service outages for Spotify in recent weeks. Spotify has not yet released an official comment or given an estimated time of full restoration, despite the increasing volume of user reports. The company had many disruptions in April, with another setback only weeks ago, according to Spotify Status, the company's official account on X for outage reports.
Express Tribune
17-04-2025
- Express Tribune
Spotify denies hacking speculation, resolves global outage
Spotify has denied being hacked after a global outage on 16 April left thousands of users unable to access the streaming platform. The company said the issue was technical in nature and all services were restored the same day. Spotify confirmed a temporary disruption to its service on Wednesday (16 April), following widespread reports from users unable to access the platform globally. More than 48,000 users reported problems on DownDetector, a real-time tracking site for service outages. After the outage, many users wondered if the streaming giant had been the latest victim of online hacking. Reports of platforms being hacked follows up from the controversial internet message board 4chan being hacked earlier on in the week. The company addressed the situation via its official support channel, assuring users it was not the result of a cyberattack. 'We are aware of the outage and working to resolve it as soon as possible. The reports of this being a security hack are false,' Spotify stated on X (formerly Twitter) through its @SpotifyStatus account. We are aware of the outage and working to resolve it as soon as possible. The reports of this being a security hack are false. — Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) April 16, 2025 The outage, though brief, affected a significant portion of Spotify's global user base, which exceeds 675 million. The issue was resolved within the day, with Spotify later confirming full restoration of services. 'All clear – thanks for your patience. Get in touch with @SpotifyCares if you still need help,' the company posted in a follow-up message. All clear – thanks for your patience. Get in touch with @SpotifyCares if you still need help. — Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) April 16, 2025 Spotify has not provided further technical details behind the disruption but reaffirmed its systems remain secure.
Forbes
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Spotify Says Servers Are ‘All Clear' After Thousands Reported Outage
Spotify says it has fixed an issue that caused tens of thousands of users to complain of an outage Wednesday morning, according to reports filed on which had prompted social media users to cope with memes and panicked comments. Thousands reported issues with the music streamer Wednesday morning. (Photo by Beata ... More Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Spotify said in a post on X just after noon EST the outage had been fixed, hours after users reported the music streaming platform was not working. Spotify users began reporting issues on around 9 a.m. EST, with reports peaking at just before 9:30 a.m., as more than 45,000 users reported issues with the app. Spotify Status, the company's X account for server issues, acknowledged the possible outage in a post just before 9 a.m. EST: 'We're aware of some issues right now and are checking them out!' Forbes has reached out to Spotify for comment. More than 1,300 users flooded the comments section of Spotify's page in a panic, many of whom joked and commiserated about the temporary loss of the streaming platform. 'It's only been 10 minutes without Spotify, but it feels like an eternity,' one of the most-liked comments says, with the user adding they are 'desperately trying to find something to occupy my mind, but nothing feels right.' 'I don't want to use YouTube for music,' another complained in an all-caps comment. Users also took to X to complain about the outage, where 'Spotify' is the No. 1 trend as of Wednesday morning. One user garnered thousands of likes on a post with a Spotify logo edited onto a headstone, while another joked 'the thoughts are getting in' without music. Spotify did not specify what caused the hours-long outage. The company's customer service X account, Spotify Cares, had responded to multiple users reporting issues Wednesday morning, stating its 'developers are looking into this as we speak.' Spotify also faced an apparent outage last week, according to multiple reports. Spotify Status posted on X just before 6 a.m. last Wednesday the issues it had faced were resolved. Spotify is the world's most popular music streaming platform. Spotify has more than 675 million monthly active users and more than 263 million premium subscribers across 184 countries and territories, the company said in an SEC filing in February. Spotify down: App not working as users told 'something went wrong' (The Independent)
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Yahoo
Spotify is down and everyone is upset about it
No, it's not your phone. You're still locked in on the WiFi. You aren't losing your mind. According to the Spotify Status account on X, Spotify is down. Users were posting on Wednesday morning about having issues using Spotify. The company's status account posted that the company was "aware of some issues right now and are checking them out" at 8:45 a.m. ET Wednesday morning. The account said the app had not been hacked and the company was still working to resolve the outage at 10:39 a.m. We are aware of the outage and working to resolve it as soon as possible. The reports of this being a security hack are false. — Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) April 16, 2025 As of 11:30 a.m., the problems have still not been resolved. Down Detector is still reporting thousands of outages on the app. X users came on the app looking to see if the app was still down. The platform's absence ruined a lot of morning routines. Spotify is down and the thoughts are getting in — Gracie (@graciem19999) April 16, 2025 who's come on to twitter to see if spotify is down? — Lukas (@cancelcloud) April 16, 2025 Spotify is down and I'm still at work — 💜 (@thefutxre) April 16, 2025 Everyone running to Twitter/X to see if Spotify is down. — Fresh ☆ (@AyoFreshhh) April 16, 2025 Waking up to Spotify being down feels like waking up to a note saying your wife has left you and took the kids — stef (@meritforsadness) April 16, 2025 This article originally appeared on For The Win: Spotify is down and everyone is upset about it
